Posted: 10/24/2008 8:01:17 AM EDT
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Hey guys and gals, I recently purchased a new Ruger GP100 3", after having so much luck with my sp101. However after taking the gun to the range yesterday and putting aprox. 75 total rounds of mixed CCI .357JHP and .38spl, and having NO problems, I took the gun home to start my cleaning. I spray foaming bore cleaner down all of my guns and let it sit to help loosen things up before going back and scrubbing things down. Including my sp101, which I spray foaming bore cleaner down the cylinders and barrel and let sit for 10 minutes. So I did the same with this gp100 and left it sitting 10 minutes with the bore cleaner down the barrel and cylinders, with the cylinder open. *Note, again I didn't have any problems with the gun hanging etc before shooting, during shooting, or after shooting, and everything worked as it should* Then I went to start scrubbing things down and I cleaned the cylinders (with a 40cal bronze bore brush, patches, etc). At this point I went to push the cylinder closed and it wouldn't close... It appeared that the something was hanging although I couldn't see where, and the cylinder wouldn't go in. Then after pushing it (fairly hard) into the frame, and shoving it back out 4 or 5 times it loosened up and went in like it was more supposed to. However the trigger was very hesitant and acting like it was hanging as well (I am guessing because the cylinder still didn't want to spin freely in the frame, though not in the frame spun as it should). After manually spining the cylinder a few times it appears to work fine now? I finished cleaning and lubing the gun up and all appears to work as it should now... However in my experience with revolvers, both Smith and Ruger I have never had any problem like this before. And really don't feel like having it again... So my question is has anyone heard of this before??? Or have any ideas what could have caused it? |
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Quoted: +1Take the thing completely down and see if anything looks amiss. My guess is you knocked some crud loose in the mechanism. Clean the innards thoroughly. Can't think of any other logical explanation. The Ruger revolvers can be fully disassembled relatively easily. Tear it all down, and clean all the little parts. You probably just knocked some gunk into an area it shouldn't have been. BTW, you didn't say what kind of 38spl ammo you were using. Was it lead ammo? I stopped using lead ammo in my GP-100 because it just makes such a friggin mess. Only FMJ, JHP or JSP for me from now on in my GP. Shoots much cleaner, and is far easier to deal with during post-shooting cleaning. If you need help fully tearing down your GP, check over at rugerforum.com, they usually have some detailed disassembly threads. But in general, I wouldn't worry about your problem. Sounds like you got the gunk out from wherever it was. |
| Sounds as if you had some crud stuck in the crane/frame cutout area and you tried to close the crane against it. You do not force cranes closed..........ever.........on a revolver, just as you don't flip the cylinder shut with a twist of the wrist.............thats movie crap only. |
| Is the ejector (star) seated fully? I've seen this happen after cleaning, the ejector gets something under it and will not fully seat which causes the cylinder not to close. Regardless, I wouldn't force it closed. Like the other post recommends, I'd do a complete field strip and take a look at everything. It is a pretty simple process on Ruger DA Revolvers. |
Took my Blackhawk down to frame for a cleaning. Could not get the thing back together like the book described!!! After 3 hrs realized that a piece of casting metal had come loose inside a screw hole  . Clean it gun, then check it twice (thrice?) for manufacture defects!!!
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Took my Blackhawk down to frame for a cleaning. Could not get the thing back together like the book described!!! After 3 hrs realized that a piece of casting metal had come loose inside a screw hole . Clean it gun, then check it twice (thrice?) for manufacture defects!!!
skink Far from a Mfg. defect...... Also, a GP and Blackhawk are totally different revolvers in both design and function. |