My revolver stopped revolving - 04/23/21
Hello, all. Before I begin this thread, I would like to mention that I have been aware that revolvers can malfunction for some time now and that the matter of revolver vs. autoloader is probably better discussed in a different thread.
With that said... I NEED HELP AND I NEED IT BAD.
I am the proud owner of a .454 Casull Freedom Arms Model 83 revolver. It's a fantastic gun and amazes me every time I pick it up. I especially like the wonderful fitting and tight tolerances. That said, those tight tolerances became a problem for me today. I went out to shoot a few rounds. After the second round I noticed that the cylinder was hard to turn, so I inspected the spent casings and saw that I had a blown primer. I removed both spent casings and all was well, so I shot a third round. I went to cock the hammer again, but it wouldn't budge past the first hammer notch and the cylinder would only turn an extremely short distance.
I took the gun home with extreme care (after all I still had two rounds in the other chambers - thankfully NOT below the hammer) and tried removing the cylinder. I took out the pin and opened the loading gate, but - again - the cylinder would not budge.
After some thinking I shone a light through the gap between the breechface and the rear of the cylinder and - sure enough - there was something that wasn't supposed to be there. It looked like the firing pin was stuck in the primer and had locked up the gun this way. Since my gun thankfully is a newer model I unscrwed the firing pin bushing and took the pin with it's corresponding screw out.
I looked through the gap again and the obstruction was still there, so I concluded that it must be either a high primer or the primer having flown into the firing pin hole. Now for my question...:
How the heck do I get it out of there?
I have the idea to use a scale modelling saw that would be thin enough to fit the (extremely narrow) gap and saw through the primer to get the cylinder turning again and then punch the rest out through the firing pin hole. Does anybody here have an idea on how I might get the cylinder turning again and the primer out of there?
As always, help is greatly appreciated and I will be thankful for every answer.
P.S. The rounds I shot were Magtech 260gr. Soft Points if that might be the cause.
With that said... I NEED HELP AND I NEED IT BAD.
I am the proud owner of a .454 Casull Freedom Arms Model 83 revolver. It's a fantastic gun and amazes me every time I pick it up. I especially like the wonderful fitting and tight tolerances. That said, those tight tolerances became a problem for me today. I went out to shoot a few rounds. After the second round I noticed that the cylinder was hard to turn, so I inspected the spent casings and saw that I had a blown primer. I removed both spent casings and all was well, so I shot a third round. I went to cock the hammer again, but it wouldn't budge past the first hammer notch and the cylinder would only turn an extremely short distance.
I took the gun home with extreme care (after all I still had two rounds in the other chambers - thankfully NOT below the hammer) and tried removing the cylinder. I took out the pin and opened the loading gate, but - again - the cylinder would not budge.
After some thinking I shone a light through the gap between the breechface and the rear of the cylinder and - sure enough - there was something that wasn't supposed to be there. It looked like the firing pin was stuck in the primer and had locked up the gun this way. Since my gun thankfully is a newer model I unscrwed the firing pin bushing and took the pin with it's corresponding screw out.
I looked through the gap again and the obstruction was still there, so I concluded that it must be either a high primer or the primer having flown into the firing pin hole. Now for my question...:
How the heck do I get it out of there?
I have the idea to use a scale modelling saw that would be thin enough to fit the (extremely narrow) gap and saw through the primer to get the cylinder turning again and then punch the rest out through the firing pin hole. Does anybody here have an idea on how I might get the cylinder turning again and the primer out of there?
As always, help is greatly appreciated and I will be thankful for every answer.
P.S. The rounds I shot were Magtech 260gr. Soft Points if that might be the cause.