So I've done some searching, and I've read the revolver check-out thread, but I still don't have an answer. So...
I've got a S&W 642-2 and I'm concerned about the movement of the cylinder. I can rotate the cylinder when it is supposedly in full lockup (trigger all the way back right before hammer falls) and the chamber/cylinder bore becomes un-centered with the barrel. How much is too much? Basically, I'm concerned that, upon firing, the bullet will impact the forcing cone too far off center resulting accelerated wear on the gun.
It's like this: looking down the barrel (gun unloaded, of course) if I rotate the cylinder counter-clockwise, it won't move much and I can't see any of the cylinder down the barrel. If I rotate it clockwise, I can see a good bit of cylinder on the left side of the inside of the barrel. Am I just paranoid? I understand that they aren't supposed to lock up completely solid (other than old colt "bank vault" revolvers) but this seems like it's too loose to me.
I've got a S&W 642-2 and I'm concerned about the movement of the cylinder. I can rotate the cylinder when it is supposedly in full lockup (trigger all the way back right before hammer falls) and the chamber/cylinder bore becomes un-centered with the barrel. How much is too much? Basically, I'm concerned that, upon firing, the bullet will impact the forcing cone too far off center resulting accelerated wear on the gun.
It's like this: looking down the barrel (gun unloaded, of course) if I rotate the cylinder counter-clockwise, it won't move much and I can't see any of the cylinder down the barrel. If I rotate it clockwise, I can see a good bit of cylinder on the left side of the inside of the barrel. Am I just paranoid? I understand that they aren't supposed to lock up completely solid (other than old colt "bank vault" revolvers) but this seems like it's too loose to me.