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Post by whiterabbit on Sept 20, 2022 3:11:29 GMT -5
Bought an old single six 32 from gunbroker. Has an issue, they always seem to. It's why it was sold, right?  . Anyways, it has extraction issues with ONE chamber. I can get the cartridge back a few mm, but then it stops. I assume it is getting hung up on the loading scallop somewhere, But I can't find where the interference is easily. In general, it seems this revolver has a very tight window of cylinder rotation for the ejector rod to work and the case to line up with the loading port. My question is, is this a common issue, with a common solution? or is the name of the game troubleshooting? |
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Post by flyingzebra on Sept 20, 2022 6:21:37 GMT -5
Shoot a cylinder full of cartridges
Remove the cylinder with all the brass still in the cylinder
Push each case out of each chamber
Do they all come out with the same amount of force, or is there one that requires more force?
This exercise will help determine if it's a chamber that needs attention
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Post by 45MAN on Sept 20, 2022 9:18:46 GMT -5
22lr AMMO CAN BE DIRTY AND GUM UP CHAMBERS QUICKLY. CLEAN ALL THE CHAMBERS GOOD, REAL GOOD, THEN DO WHAT THE FLYING ZEBRA SUGGESTS.
OOOPS, I MISREAD THE OP AS 22 INSTEAD OF 32 - 45MAN
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Post by contender on Sept 20, 2022 9:19:19 GMT -5
Send the cylinder to Fermin, (2 dogs.) He can fix it.
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Post by 45MAN on Sept 20, 2022 9:20:58 GMT -5
ONE MORE COMMENT, DO NOT ROTATE THE CYLINDER UNTIL IT LOCKS (CAN'T GO BACKWARDS) AS SOMETIMES THAT GOES TO FAR AND CAUSES EXTRACTION ISSUES.
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Post by needsmostuff on Sept 20, 2022 9:25:07 GMT -5
Clean and inspect the chambers. Someone may have been shooting 32 longs in it or somehow crusted it up.
And measure throats. One may be substantially tighter creating higher pressure in that one charge hole.
If the holes are wonky, or you want to shoot cast bullets well, yeah,,,, off to Fermin.
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Post by 2 Dogs on Sept 22, 2022 1:59:56 GMT -5
Steve, the older generation of Ruger 32’s had consistently undersized throats. Clean your cylinder and take a jacketed component bullet and see if it will pass through the throats. If it won’t give me a call.
Fermin
361-960-3697
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Post by whiterabbit on Sept 24, 2022 0:48:14 GMT -5
no issue with the throats, is the case that gets hung up.
I'm out of the country on a trip so I haven't been able to follow up on the advice to shoot the chamber and pull the cylinder to see if it gets stuck yet. Will do that when I get back!
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Post by lar4570 on Sept 24, 2022 20:51:50 GMT -5
I have had a couple of revolvers with Egged chambers. The brass would extract a very short distance, then get stuck, it would push back in fine and come back out the same distance only to get stuck again. A trip back to the factory with the stuck brass and a clear explanation fixed the problem.
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Post by whiterabbit on Oct 10, 2022 10:17:36 GMT -5
Nothing is wrong with the chamber SHAPES that I can determine, and it seems like no accuracy issues either, though I'm still figuring that out for sure. All cases extract with the same effort from a free cylinder.
TWO chambers are hanging up on the loading tunnel, one worse than the other. I'm guessing these cylinders are a thou or two in toward the center of the cylinder? Or maybe the loading tunnel was cut small? I'm not thinking alignment because I speculate that alignment would cause those chambers to throw bullets off into the ether. I'm trying to turn this into a 100 yard shooting gun, and don't see any (accuracy) issues achieving my goals yet.
Cartridges can load, it's just that last 3mm or so of the tunnel that starts to hang-up. Since custom builders clearly open up that area when chambering for larger cartridges, I'm thinking to remove a small amount of material there and re-polish and blue. like some 320 wrapped around a dowel outghta let the rims clear on the way out.
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Post by rkrcpa on Oct 10, 2022 12:11:38 GMT -5
Since custom builders clearly open up that area when chambering for larger cartridges, I'm thinking to remove a small amount of material there and re-polish and blue. like some 320 wrapped around a dowel outghta let the rims clear on the way out. I think the caliber conversions are done on Old Model Single Sixes because there is not enough room in the loading gate area on New Models. My 32 mag can be finicky if I don't hold the cylinder in line with the loading gate, there's not much wiggle room. |
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Post by Encore64 on Oct 10, 2022 12:18:11 GMT -5
"Cartridges can load, it's just that last 3mm or so of the tunnel that starts to hang-up. Since custom builders clearly open up that area when chambering for larger cartridges, I'm thinking to remove a small amount of material there and re-polish and blue. like some 320 wrapped around a dowel outghta let the rims clear on the way out."
There should be no problem with this. The New Model can generally be opened up to 10mm/40 S&W without getting into the transfer bar channel.
A Dremel Tool with a sanding tool could be used for the job. Just be careful. Steel is easy to remove, but can't be put back...
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Post by flyingzebra on Oct 10, 2022 13:13:00 GMT -5
Steel is easy to remove, but can't be put back... The new model guns are definitely used for cartridge conversion to bigger centerfire configuration, there's material there to work with On the topic of putting metal back - it's possible, but it's costly It's also possible to go so far as to appear as if you have gone too far and still have a perfectly functional gun |
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. Anyways, it has extraction issues with ONE chamber. I can get the cartridge back a few mm, but then it stops. I assume it is getting hung up on the loading scallop somewhere, But I can't find where the interference is easily. In general, it seems this revolver has a very tight window of cylinder rotation for the ejector rod to work and the case to line up with the loading port.
