Posted: 7/5/2006 8:53:41 PM EDT
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Ok my 49 is making me crazy. It is has been getting light primer strikes. Gun details: Old bodyguard, babied actually shot little and was in a safe for a long time. I changed out the mainspring to a brand new WOLFF spring. There is no noticable foward or side to side play in the cylinder when the hammer is cocked. Is there a possiblity that the piring pin on the hammer is worn or some other part? It has not been shot alot, the gun is used but not abused. I popped it open and it all seems really tight. Any IDEAS???????? IM me or post here with ideas. I have no real smith smiths in the area who arent hacks in my area so just dropping it off at the local mechanic. cheers and thanks Jim |
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Could be any of several things. I would first suspect that new spring. As suggested, replace the old one and see if it works correctly. I would also recommend a GOOD cleaning and re-lubrication with something like Break-Free, etc. I have seen more than one old revolver with old lube so gummy that it actually slowed down the hammer fall. If you do not want to disassemble it yourself, at least use some sort of crud cutter liberally inside the action, rinse good in scalding hot water and blow it dry if you have access to air. You can do a passable job of this with the grips off and hammer cocked, etc. Then re-lube. It could also be other issues, of course, but I doubt your firing pin ("hammer nose") is the problem, and the lack of forward / rearward play in the cylinder seems to eliminate that possibility. Does it fire reliably in SA but not in DA? |
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Definitely give it a throrough clean and lube. By thorough I mean take all the internals out. Its not to hard if you have the instructions in front of you. I would use some like moly slide on the internals. Small frame Smiths (and Colts for that matter) don't like being tinkered with. Live it as stock as possible. |
That is interesting. The original springs in these little guns are usually strong enough to border on "too" strong. You are certain no one did any "trigger job" on it? This usually entails cutting the coil mainspring, which will often lose more strength as it ages and is used. Make certain to clean the chambers well when you clean. Grunge / lead in the chamber can cause the case to not seat completely so that the hammer has to actually complete seating of the cartridge before it can fire...thus leading to what appears to be light hammer nose strikes, but is really a cleaning issue. Please, keep us posted on your results as there are a few other possibilities yet unmentioned. |
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Ok as to what if the gun had a trigger job. Maybe it is an old pistol and it maybe but the trigger while smoth was never light. I have the internals soaking now. I will scrub them all down and reassemble soon. I will keep you posted. I just wish I could find anothe one of these older ones. I work with quite a few older ex cop types who always get huge eyes when they see my 30 year old self carring the old school wheel guns. Jim |