Tight Cylinder on 357 Bisley

[ChevellRCR]

I have a problem with my Ruger Bisley 357 in the fact that after shooting I have to pull almost every empty cartridge out by hand. The cylinder seems too tight to release it. They are not hard to pull out but just tight enough to not slide out on their own. Before you ask, I have verified the cylinder is clean and the problem occurs with all ammo used which is mostly brass cased 38 special. Reloads and factory new ammo. How would I be able to remedy this problem? Thanks for any help provided.

 

[fiVe]

Are you shooting S & B ammo? I've had the empties expand and would not eject. (Had to use a hammer & screwdriver to get them out.)

 

[bigger jon]

Seen it befor

My days at the range i worked at for years, Check out the inside of the cyl,is it roughf or can you see some rings from the machining?You may need to have a gunsmith clean up the cyl, or send it back to the factory.

 

[Wil Terry]

IS THERE SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE EJECTOR ROD ON THE GUN ???

I cannot imagine your " pulling out ' any fired brass when you have a built in ejecting system on the gun.

 

[ChevellRCR]

I cannot imagine your " pulling out ' any fired brass when you have a built in ejecting system on the gun.

I use the ejector rod on the revolver and it takes the cases almost all the way out of the cylinder but even with the tinyest bit of brass still in they will not fall free on thier own.

My days at the range i worked at for years, Check out the inside of the cyl,is it roughf or can you see some rings from the machining?You may need to have a gunsmith clean up the cyl, or send it back to the factory.

I hope I dont have to send it back to the factory. A friend of mine looked at it and told me that I may have to polish it a tiny bit. I am willing to try most anything but I dont want to chance messing it up.

Are you shooting S & B ammo? I've had the empties expand and would not eject. (Had to use a hammer & screwdriver to get them out.)

No I have not tried S&B ammo in it. This has been mostly blazer brass, winchester, and some reloads.

 

[Old Fuff]

You may have tight chambers, that were cut with worn reamers.

Brownells (www.brownells.com) sell chamber hones in different sizes. You can polish the chambers yourself if you have an ordinary electric drill. The hone removes very little metal so you shouldn't get into any trouble. Do be sure to order the special honing oil that is used as part of the procedure.

Also be sure that the chambers are lead-free before you try to hone them. Otherwise the lead will plug up the abrasives in the hone.

 

[ChevellRCR]

Thanks for the reply OLD FUFF. I will look into the hones. I may also just call Ruger up just to see what they say.

 

[Majic]

If you are saying that the fired cases just won't slide out the chambers like an unfired cartridge would then nothing may not be wrong. Not all fired cases just drop out the chambers.

 

[TallPine]

I use the ejector rod on the revolver and it takes the cases almost all the way out of the cylinder but even with the tinyest bit of brass still in they will not fall free on thier own.

Are you saying the ejector rod is not long enough to completely extract the spent cases

 

[ChevellRCR]

The ejector rod may not be long enough. I will check that out tonight when I get home. I don't have another to compare it to though. How far is the rod supposed to protrude past the cylinder when used?

 

[foghornl]

Blazer Aluminum cases stuck badly in my "Sheriff's Model" Vaquero, until I took one of those "wool mop" cleaning thingys, a short cleaning rod, and some "Flitz" metal polish.

Pulled the cylinder, chucked the rod/mop in the battery power drill, added a lot of Flitz, and gently polished the cylinder.

Blazers drop free like all the rest now. Cylinder didn't look rough before, just not quite as smooth as I would have expected. I don't think I removed any significant amount of metal, just smoothed things out.

 

[YodaVader]

Seen it before

My days at the range i worked at for years, Check out the inside of the cyl,is it roughf or can you see some rings from the machining?You may need to have a gunsmith clean up the cyl, or send it back to the factory.

Yep , I have 2 Blackhawk 357s and both display the rough cylinder bores. One is a convertable with a 9mm cylinder. The 9mm cylinder is smooth like it should be. The 357 cylinders look like caveman grade machining!

Thing is , both 357s shoot so good! But for cylinder bores to be that rough is pretty shoddy to me. I have also thought of using the Brownells cylinder hone.