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Post by AdamARM on Sept 26, 2018 18:03:02 GMT -5
Hi,
I have a Heritage 357. I have had it about 2-3 months and shoot it most weekends. I have noticed that of all the 38 brands I have put through it, it only seems to like Remington, other brands seems to jam the cylinder. I have put a wide range of Remington though it (UMC, HTP, Golden Saber, etc) and also a few other brands that have all jammed the cylinder (Federal target, Winchester USA, Speer Lawman) the only non-Remington brand that did not jam the cylinder was Sig Sauer Elite (but only fired 25 rounds of Sig Sauer, and that stuff is expensive)
Today, I tried Speer Lawman 38+p in hopes that I could find a cheap non-remington that might work. It jammed on the first loading(not first bullet but first loading). Pulling the hammer back had a grinding sound/feel, and I saw what looked like jacket shaving on the work bench (I don't know if they was there before me, but I think it was likely from me). I was able to manually force the cylinder to rotate so I could eject the rounds.
I have noticed that Remington's 38s are a bit longer than other brands: the brass is the same height but the bullet is longer (apology if my terminology is not correct).
Note, I have not had issues yet with 357, but so far I have only fired Remington 357 in it.
Questions:
[1] Is there something different about Remington that might account for what I am observing? Or am I just getting lucky with Remington so far (I have probably put around 800 Remington rounds through it so far)?
[2] What could account for the above situation and how should I go about fixing it, or perhaps I should just get used to the fact that my revolver wants a monogamous relationship with Remington?
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Post by contender on Sept 27, 2018 10:26:58 GMT -5
Well,,, there are a myriad of possible reasons this is happening.
First,, you are shooting 38's in a chamber bored for 357. As such, you may be getting a carbon ring build up that causes it to not allow the brass to seat fully.
Next,, you mentioned shooting some 357's,, and that can cause the carbon ring to be harder to clean out.
Also,,, it's possible the Remington ammo is a tiny bit different in dimensions to where it works,, while other ammo binds up.
May I suggest you do a VERY serious, deep cleaning of each chamber in the cylinder.
Another thought is to send the cylinder to 2 dogs & let him check & ream the chambers if necessary.
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Post by AdamARM on Sept 27, 2018 13:56:30 GMT -5
May I suggest you do a VERY serious, deep cleaning of each chamber in the cylinder. Another thought is to send the cylinder to 2 dogs & let him check & ream the chambers if necessary. Thanks for the suggestion. I do clean the cylinders after every firing. I don't know if I do a "deep" cleaning, but I do it the best I know how (Hoppes #9, with bore brush). So I can't imagine that carbon build up would be the issue.
>> Another thought is to send the cylinder to 2 dogs & let him check & ream the chambers if necessary.
Yes, that might be a good idea to send it to a competent gunsmith.
-Adam
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Post by AdamARM on Oct 18, 2018 14:37:34 GMT -5
While not a big deal, I thought I would post an update to my thread.
As it turns out, one of the chambers in my cylinder must be shaped incorrectly. Though trial and error, I found out which chamber was causing the jams. I just keep a snap-cap in that bad chamber. It does not matter too much because I only load 5 anyway (and just skip the offending chamber). Seems to work so far without jams on a variety of brands.
-Adam
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