S&w 629 spiting lead out

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Last year I bought a gently used 629 classic . From what I gather from the previous owner had fired less than 250 rounds out of it. Since I have owned it I have fired less than 250 Remington UMC 180 grain loads through it. Last session I noticed a little lead hitting my hand. I also noticed where the yoke closes into the frame the top of the yoke is getting a little gap, when I bought the gun I admired how nice the fit of these 2 pieces were. The gun is still accurate. Is this a common problem with the 44? easy fix ?
 
Some people think it's cool to snap the cylinder closed by flicking their wrist.
It can cause the crane to bend and you get that gap.
This may mean your cylinder bore and barrel bore are not perfectly aligned and a bullet can shave lead.
Another factor of lead shaving is if the hand isn't clocking the cylinder all the way into alignment.
#### the hammer as slow as possible, when it is cocked see if the cylinder turns a little more before it locks in place. If so your hand may be too short or its a factor of the crane to frame gap problem.

Something else worth mentioning is that the cylinder ejector plunger can start to back out on these revolvers making them sticky to open and close the cylinder. I don't see it being a factor in your problem but worth noting.
 
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I can assure you that the cylinder has never been flicked shut by me or the previous owner. That being said thanks for the tip and I shall check the hand movement this morning. Thanks Sleeper
 
If you intend to shoot lead bullets through the gun I would suggest you get the forcing cone cut to 11 degrees to ease the entry of the bullet into the barrel. This will reduce any lead shaving you might get. You can buy the cutters from Brownells or have a smith do it for you.

Take Care

Bob
 
Thanks Bob, my main concern is the yoke/crane becoming any more misaligned. I can see cutting the forcing cone would be easier on the crane.I'll look at purchasing the cutter as I'm fairly mechanically inclined
 
Pull the cylinder , yoke out and check for crap , should not be a problem, but someplace to start, put the yoke back in and see if it closes tight. If it it is shaving, check timing and look for bits of lead in the gaps.
Also, you will have I would thing, clean the star . I don't think the rod turning out on the newer ones seems to be a issue as much as the older ones.
 
pw58 said:
I'll keep checking on Abe books. Amazon and ebay will be around $80-90
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Try Google to see if it is on line for free.I found Phil Sharpe's book on handloading digitized. It now resides on my desktop as well as in book form.

Stranger things have happened.

Take Care

Bob
 
Brownells sells a yoke alignment tool that will tell you if the yoke is bent and help you fix it if so.
 
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