I cannot figure out why some auction companies take one cell phone photo and call it good?? If this one was properly photographed, it would have sold for lots more money, since it is literally 100% pristine. I received the 38 Perfected a few days ago and could not have been happier with the condition, BUT now I have to tackle the problems with the function.
First, I did not have a 3 1/4" barrel length and do not see them often so this one completes all the barrel lengths in my collection. Second, it does have problems, but I believe they can be resolved.
There is only one missing part, the ejector rod that screws into the shaft of the ejector star is missing, so the revolver does not function. I believe I can get the part made, since you just cannot find parts for a Perfected DA. The ejector assembly is different than a 38 DA.
The larger problem is that the quill is apparently out of alignment. The revolver closes very hard and the cylinder is jammed and cannot move. There is no clearance between the cylinder and the lower frame, so the quill is bent. The center pin will not drop into the recoil shield to provide the second lock against the thumb piece. I can guess that someone has tried to open the revolver without pressing the thumb piece and bent the quill down. I have not run across this issue before, so any suggestions on how to repair would be welcome. The difficult issue is there appears to be no way to visually line up the quill with the center pin hole in the recoil shield.
Anyway, a near perfect Perfected is $800 to $1000 in SCSW4, so I want to get this one back to good mechanical condition.
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Gary
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