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Post by gnappi on Apr 11, 2023 19:12:26 GMT -5
Boy, what a surprise when cocking the hammer back it locked up as tight as a drum. I eventually got the hammer to drop but it will no longer cock past half way. I can now open the loading gate and remove the cylinder, but the hammer will not go back past half way. I didn't even start working up a load with my newly cast PC'd bullets. :-( On the bright side it wasn't loaded at the time and I wasn't in the wilds of south Florida
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Post by silcott on Apr 11, 2023 19:22:02 GMT -5
Check to make sure that the transfer bar isn't hanging up on the firing pin. There's a spring loaded plunger pin in the end of the base pin that keeps it away from the firing pin on the NM guns.
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Post by lar4570 on Apr 11, 2023 19:37:06 GMT -5
^^^ What He Said ^^^ I had to get a new base pin for my 500 JRH BFR to fix a similar problem.
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Post by gnappi on Apr 11, 2023 19:37:57 GMT -5
Check to make sure that the transfer bar isn't hanging up on the firing pin. There's a spring loaded plunger pin in the end of the base pin that keeps it away from the firing pin on the NM guns. Good thought but no, it's free and that's not it. That also wouldn't explain the lockup it had at full cock. My one thought that gives me the willies is Ruger wanting to replace it with a SRH (no interest at all) or another SBH in a different caliber or longer barrel length. I wouldn't take either.
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Post by Encore64 on Apr 11, 2023 20:15:29 GMT -5
To avoid than scenario, I'd probably opt to send that gun to a good smith for repairs and upgrades.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2023 20:24:31 GMT -5
Your bolt plunger spring might be bound. Trigger return spring might not be installed correctly. Whoever had it before you may have had it apart and got something out of whack.
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Post by rufus on Apr 13, 2023 19:33:57 GMT -5
Check to make sure that the transfer bar isn't hanging up on the firing pin. There's a spring loaded plunger pin in the end of the base pin that keeps it away from the firing pin on the NM guns. Good thought but no, it's free and that's not it. That also wouldn't explain the lockup it had at full cock. My one thought that gives me the willies is Ruger wanting to replace it with a SRH (no interest at all) or another SBH in a different caliber or longer barrel length. I wouldn't take either. Is this because Ruger doesn’t make this gun in 480 any longer or is there another reason they would want to replace it instead of making it right ?
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Post by gnappi on Apr 13, 2023 23:44:37 GMT -5
Good thought but no, it's free and that's not it. That also wouldn't explain the lockup it had at full cock. My one thought that gives me the willies is Ruger wanting to replace it with a SRH (no interest at all) or another SBH in a different caliber or longer barrel length. I wouldn't take either. Is this because Ruger doesn’t make this gun in 480 any longer or is there another reason they would want to replace it instigated making it right ? I've heard of makers replacing or wanting to replace a gun and not giving a reason for it. I've likely created this specter in my own head but, they get it today and I should have an answer in a week or so. Anyway, they do not catalog a .480 SBH in 4.62" but their site does catalog a 6-1/2" SBH (as well as 2 SRH models) and shows a Lipsey exclusive but even if Lipsey had one, I doubt Lipsey has the 4.62" model they'd supply to Ruger as a replacement. I was not about to give it to a local "smith" because it's not a Glock :-)
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Post by potatojudge on Apr 15, 2023 11:00:37 GMT -5
^^^ What He Said ^^^ I had to get a new base pin for my 500 JRH BFR to fix a similar problem. Was the tip of that trying to shear off?
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Post by lar4570 on Apr 15, 2023 12:14:49 GMT -5
Yes!
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Post by gnappi on Apr 15, 2023 13:24:01 GMT -5
None of those ideas were the issue, but many thanks for the thoughts. It was due to get to Ruger Friday but my paid for 2 day shipping wound up being six days and Tuesday is the new likely target. Gads, why don't FedEx just not offer two day shipping, this is not the first time a package got stuck in Memphis. Anyway, I've been busy casting and powder coating bullets, only 450 made so far but it's not an auto so they'll last a bit. I HAVE to get a few more molds, two at a time is waayyyy too slow. Here's my three best colors for coverage and adhesion.
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Post by bula on Apr 15, 2023 18:33:46 GMT -5
On the left, that green is close enough to John Deere green to make me smile. What bullets are those ?
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Post by lar4570 on Apr 15, 2023 18:34:46 GMT -5
Is that the Lee 475-325 bullet? Do you shoot it in the 480 without a gas check? I sure would like to have that in a 6cav mold and plain based.
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Post by squawberryman on Apr 16, 2023 12:03:58 GMT -5
Hi res, magnified photos make holes look uuugly.
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Post by gnappi on Apr 17, 2023 8:20:43 GMT -5
Is that the Lee 475-325 bullet? Do you shoot it in the 480 without a gas check? I sure would like to have that in a 6cav mold and plain based. Yes, that's the mold, I too wish they had made it in a 4 cavity mold but accurate does without the GC. Since they're powder coated I do not gas check any of my GC mold bullets but I haven't shot these yet as my SBH is arriving at Ruger today. I have 450 pieces cast, PC'd and sized but my Dillon 550 shell plate for the 480 arrives today so I'll have a bunch of test bullets made up before it comes back from Ruger. Bula, the color was called John Deere Green by the paint maker HB Fuller. It covers well and luckily before the color was discontinued I got a pound of it. Given it only takes a teaspoon to do a hundred or more bullets it will last a while.
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