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I bought 4 .36 Brass Frame Pietta Navies, just for fun, to make a 4-gun rig for range shooting.
One of the guns , on one chamber, if you grip the cylinder while in lockup, with the hammer down, will come out of lockup if you push toward the "leade" side of the bolt stops.
It won't do it with the hammer cocked. It won't even always do it when the hammer is down.
I'm thinking......one stop notch is a bit oversized? I've never noticed this on any other cap and baller. The hammer seems like it kind of keeps the cylinder locked .
What do we think, is this OK?
I had an "unmentionable " revolver that did this (DW) and they were known for this, you could twist the cylinder out of lockup and no one seemed worried about it.
One of the guns , on one chamber, if you grip the cylinder while in lockup, with the hammer down, will come out of lockup if you push toward the "leade" side of the bolt stops.
It won't do it with the hammer cocked. It won't even always do it when the hammer is down.
I'm thinking......one stop notch is a bit oversized? I've never noticed this on any other cap and baller. The hammer seems like it kind of keeps the cylinder locked .
What do we think, is this OK?
I had an "unmentionable " revolver that did this (DW) and they were known for this, you could twist the cylinder out of lockup and no one seemed worried about it.