rswartsell
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I have in my hand a blued S&W Mod 10-5 with a 2" barrel. This was purchased used a few months ago. I shot it extensively yesterday and observed that the cylinder was balky to open, rounds hung up a bit on ejection.
The thumb-piece was bit stubborn to get to the full forward unlocked position. Action displayed minor signs of not being as crisp and free as a Model 10 can be. I elected a soak overnight in "Ed's Red", blow it out with brake-cleaner aerosol can, clean with Hoppes 9 and re-evaluate. I filter the "Ed's Red" back into storage and it is apparent that some old crud was removed. I haven't yet removed the side-plate.
I re-lubricated the revolver and dry fired with snap caps and went through a few reloading drills. A slight but noticeable improvement in double action, a fair amount of lead came out with the cleaning.
The thumb-piece is still a bit tough to get full forward making opening the cylinder harder and slower than it should be. I do not find on Numrich's schematic such a part as a cylinder release spring, but obviously one is employed in operating the thumb-piece. What is the first "usual suspect" for such symptoms?
The thumb-piece was bit stubborn to get to the full forward unlocked position. Action displayed minor signs of not being as crisp and free as a Model 10 can be. I elected a soak overnight in "Ed's Red", blow it out with brake-cleaner aerosol can, clean with Hoppes 9 and re-evaluate. I filter the "Ed's Red" back into storage and it is apparent that some old crud was removed. I haven't yet removed the side-plate.
I re-lubricated the revolver and dry fired with snap caps and went through a few reloading drills. A slight but noticeable improvement in double action, a fair amount of lead came out with the cleaning.
The thumb-piece is still a bit tough to get full forward making opening the cylinder harder and slower than it should be. I do not find on Numrich's schematic such a part as a cylinder release spring, but obviously one is employed in operating the thumb-piece. What is the first "usual suspect" for such symptoms?
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