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Posted: 1/14/2013 1:15:14 PM EDT
| If I walk the hammer down to decock it, I can hear it the action click about 3/4 way; after that, the action becomes jammed and wiggling the cylinder or hitting it on the left seems to be the only thing to unjam it. If I attempt this with the plate off, I can unjam it by pressing against the cylinder stop, which I suspect acts a little like a disconnector as well. I've stripped this gun bare and cleaned every part in it; any thoughts on what might be causing this behavior every time? |
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Could be a number of things.
Check: Make sure the cylinder latch is going all the way forward when the cylinder is closed. If the latch is back slightly, the hammer blocking safety bar could catch and cause the hammer to stick. Take the grips off and observe the "tail" of the cylinder locking bolt and the rebound lever. The locking bolt is on the right side of the frame and is just visible. The "tail" interacts with a tiny triangular surface on the rebound. If something is botched up there, the bolt may not be operating correctly and the hammer may stick. When operating correctly, as the hammer is cocked, the bolt tail will be pushed upward by the rebound lever. Before the hammer cocks, the bolt will drop off the rebound. When the trigger is released, the rebound will lower and the tail of the bolt will snap back onto the tiny triangular surface on the rebound. The front of the rebound may have slipped off the notch on the hand that advances the cylinder when you had it apart. The rebound is also the hammer rebound safety. If the front of the rebound is not properly in th ehand's notch, the hammer may catch. The double action strut on the front of the hammer may be out of adjustment. If so, the strut may catch on the sear of the trigger and cause the hammer to stick. When properly fitted, the strut will JUST clear the tip of trigger as the hammer falls. There could be any number of other issues, depending on what some previous owner may have done to the gun. If you can't find an obvious problem, don't get stupid and take it to a local gunsmith. They no longer understand or know how to work on these complicated Colt actions. Be smart, and send it to Colt. Pythons are too expensive to risk these days. |
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