Went to show wife's friend, who had just passed the firearms safety test, some of my toys so she could figure out what she wanted to eventually buy for the house, and when I took out my little 28-2, the cylinder wouldn't eject, the release seemed totally frozen. It worked fine when I put it in the safe, must have been Gremlins? Any ideas what I screwed up, because all was fine before. Thanks in advance.

Check the ejector rod. If it has loosened a bit it may be preventing the cylinder from opening. I've got a pre-24 that does the same thing on occasion. Might also try a little oil on the thumb piece. Good luck.

Jeff
SWCA #1457

How were you able to sit in the safe?

Try hand tightening the ejector rod, lefty tighty. If that allows the cylinder to swing out, put a few empties in the charge holes and tighten the rod with something that allows a good hold on the knurled end, like a short piece of leather.

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Alan
SWCA LM 2023, SWHF 220

Beat me to it.

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You might try depressing the latch at the forward end of the rod with an angled piece of wood or plastic (think cuticle stick) or a thin screwdriver blade, while pressing the cylinder release. If that allows you to open the cylinder then you can proceed to tightening the rod. I could never get my fingers on the rod while it was inside the shroud.

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Probably full of goo that hardened up . . .

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Ah yes, shrouded ejector rod...the opening procedure above is a good idea.

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Alan
SWCA LM 2023, SWHF 220

Like others here, I laughed out loud at your title. The image of you sitting in your safe while breaking your Highway Patrolman cracked me up! Thanks for the levity!!!

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Jack
SWCA #2475, SWHF #318

Check the latch in the barrel lug,they can get gummed up and stick

Better question - WHY were you sitting in the safe??

Hello Ron, you did not break it. You got gummy. We all have a chair in
the safe. Best.

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Mike 2796
SoFo Bunch member

.......Kroil is your friend, a few drops in the appropriate spots,let it set and things will loosen up........you never said if the cylinder rotates or not, then other issues , as noted above, can be happening but I think it just gummed up. Happens ALL the time with little or no use, and in storage.............


( ...NO, one cannot get their fingers on the ejector rod , while its in the undercut of the barrel, if the cylinder rotates, then you need to put a wedge of leather, or soft plastic, in to hold it in place while you rotate the cylinder in the cylinder frame in the direction to "screw it back in", the direction is based on the vintage of the gun in question...) YES< almost a 3 handed job........

YES, your title or lead sentence is improper, or you have a one hell of a BIG safe..........

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dan
NRA Benefactor,PMA

Here's one you can sit in. http://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/...n-collections/

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Dan
Ps 96 SWCA 2930 SWHF 524

Sticky gum will never become so hard that it would seize the ejector rod rock solid tight.

Any moderate force would overcome sticky gum.

You have something wrong with the ejector rod system "if your problem is that your cylinder will not release and swing out".

- Most likely the ejector rod backed out (lengthened) and won't move off the front barrel lug locking bolt.

Being left hand threaded, you will need to somehow turn (without scratching everything) the ejector rod counter clock wise to thread it back in (shorten it) and cause it to come off the locking bolt.

OR

Take a pliers and grab the outer end of the locking bolt that sticks out the front end of the barrel lug and pull it back so that it will release from the possibly backed out ejector rod.

You will need to pull back on that locking bolt, push the cylinder release thumb tab and push the cylinder out all at the same time with only 2 hands.

It's tricky - but I've done it and it worked.

Just don't get careless and scratch the gun

It's a tight fit, but with a little WD-40 I can squeeze in...getting out is the problem!

Get good reception on cable in there, too...

Try the Kroil and please leave the pliers out of this. If it didn't need pliers when you put it in the safe it doesn't need them now.

Use a small screw driver , dental pick or tooth pick to depress the cylinder stop . Then slide a playing card , business card between the cylinder and frame to keep the cylinder stop , bolt catch depressed . You should be able to then spin the cylinder to tighten enough to get it to release .

I have seen wd 40 set up to where nothing worked. nothing. You could not open the cylinder, push the cylinder release tab. Had to soak it in ... wd 40 to free it.

Charlie

Had a bent/damaged ejector rod. Didn't even know I had one... $50 later and it's as good as new. I won't sit in the safe anymore after this....

Yep, not too long ago I saw 3 model 29's that must have been stored away with wd40... they were so locked up that the only thing that worked was a good soaking in mineral spirits. Both the thumb latch and ejector barrel pin were frozen solid.

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Linda
SWCA #1965, SWHF #245

I've used that method and it works well.

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