setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Can you dry fire it and rotate through every position? From what I’ve seen on revolvers sometimes a cylinder can be binding somewhere.
You might also want to take every screw out of the frame to check and make sure none of them are broken which could be causing inconsistency.
shalafi@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I can dry fire and spin the cylinder all night long. Fucked with it watching a movie before and after cleaning it, will 5 different cylinders.
kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
Once you get it fixed, remember to use snap caps when dry-firing anything rimfire. The firing pin can hit the chamber and fuck things up. It isn’t an issue with center-fire (including rimmed center-fire like .357 Mag or 7.62x54R), since the pin just goes down the barrel on a dry fire, but there isn’t much space between the pin and shoulder on a rim-fire.
shalafi@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Got snap caps for almost all my guns! Love 'em! This model has a hammer-block safety. That’s safe to dry fire, yes? Never hits the firing pin.
kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
Oh, yeah, that’s probably fine. I didn’t expect it to, given the price.
SupraMario@lemmy.world 2 days ago
There is something wrong with the firearm itself. I’d contact heritage. Thankfully these guns are stupid cheap. So they might just replace the thing completely.