Posted on 09/09/2018 5:05:27 AM PDT by marktwain
I used to frequently shoot hundreds of rounds in a session, usually takes about a hundred rounds to settle in. I only shoot S&W revolvers now, after a hundred rounds, I stop and make sure no screws have backed out and use a brass brush on the front of the cylinder and wipe down the back of the cylinder, if I don’t it will bind.
Or a backed out cylinder pin.
“I know of no one that loves their hammer.”
Then you don’t know very many people.
“How about firearms that are over 100 years old that still work just fine?”
I have a few century arms, and they work great.
When they make a 17 round mag fed revolver, I’ll consider one.
The sergeant sounds like a gun shop ninja. If he knew squat about guns he wouldn’t use made-up terms like “cartridge ignition pressures”. A better, more understandable explanation would be cheaper ammo allows more range time for officers, higher cap magazines allows more shots in a high-stress situation where 80-90% of shots are misses, and lower recoil allows quicker follow up shots.
One guy said his wife carried a revolver in her purse. A loose coin jammed in between the cylinder and frame somewhere. He had to use a small punch to get it out.
Less recoil, quicker follow up, more rounds for the same weight.
“I only shoot S&W revolvers now, after a hundred rounds, I stop and make sure no screws have backed out and use a brass brush on the front of the cylinder and wipe down the back of the cylinder, if I dont it will bind.”
Check your cylinder gap. I had (still have) a S&W 22 LR that did that. Bought it new in the 70s. Had a 0.006 cylinder gap on one side and 0.001 on the other. Filed it even and it hasn’t had a hiccup in the 40 years since. And it is the only revolver I’ve fired hundreds of rounds thru at a sitting - and 22 rounds are notoriously dirty!
If I was worried about a strain screw backing out, I’d use Locktite on it. But mine has now gone 15+ years without budging. I don’t mind shooting 100-150 rounds at a time thru my J-frames, 38 special only for that, but they have never had a hiccup of any kind. The day one malfunctions on me, it will be a first.
When I CCW, I start with a clean gun. I don’t expect to ever shoot into double digit counts defensively. Besides, if I carry a reload of my J-frame, it is in the form of my Beretta Pico.
;>)
After a few hundred rounds either crud or cylinder pin back off will lock my revolvers up tight where my government models, Glock and other models keep firing.
I have several revolvers, as well.
Maybe the uninformed public....
S&W was sued, and settled out of court confidentially. The next generation of S&W guns changed their design enough to avoid patent issues.
CC
The Taurus was my brothers. But that being said I do own one Tarus a TCP .380, nice piece. Revolver wise, Colt’s S&W’s, Rugers, Rossi.
I’d take parts from 3 previously working .40 pistols in the hope of making one usable one.....
In place of a working 9mm.
Too fast, not enough mass.
Bullet weight, powder burn rates and bore diameter all influence the pressure curve of a fired round. The first two can be varied to affect internal pressures. Sounds like the officer just found a new way to say “I want a new gun,” and baffle those that would say he can’t have one. Try it on the wife.
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