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A buddys .357 Smith was nasty, lots of grit and leaf matter and such in it from being a heavy duty woods roamin gun. I took off the handles and side plate to clean. When I opened the cylinder it all pulled forward and released all the cylinder assembly (pardon my lack of terms for these parts) now if you open the cylinder and point the gun down and shake it the entire assembly will drop to the ground. It was having these problems prior to my hands on it. For example when you open the cylinder you could not close it until you pulled the assembly back tight where it goes.
What keeps these tight and why is this one loose?
And.... even though he let the barrel rust terribly and it wouldn' t even cock back due to grit and you could shake out enough leaf matter and grit from his holster to fill a saucer, when I open up the side plate, none of that crap had made it inside, it was only rusty and slightly gritty. Do any of you usual suspects know whats wrong? .dT
What keeps these tight and why is this one loose?
And.... even though he let the barrel rust terribly and it wouldn' t even cock back due to grit and you could shake out enough leaf matter and grit from his holster to fill a saucer, when I open up the side plate, none of that crap had made it inside, it was only rusty and slightly gritty. Do any of you usual suspects know whats wrong? .dT