We purchased a 2nd issue .32 S&W Safety Hammerless recently. It looked to be in pretty good condition (cylinder and latch were tight and the bore looked good. No real rust, just some light wear and rub off of the blue.
We fired about 20 rounds of new factory ammo (10 Rem. and 10 Winchester) about a week ago. Everything seemed to work OK (but we had to laugh at our inability to hit the paper plate target - even at 7 yds. Still had much fun).
Well we took it out again today and before using it, I noticed what I'll call a 2nd (or partial double) cyl. turn ring that wasn't there when we bought it. This extends around just about half way around the cylinder. It almost looks like the cylinder shifted backwards and cut a new turn ring. I'd say it is about 1/16 away from the original turn ring. The pawl seems to be matching up now correctly in the center of the cylinder notches, but something was amiss at some point! Anyone seen anything like this before? What causes this? What needs to be done? Thanks for any help.
PS: I'll study up on how to post a photo here and maybe get one on this thread to show you exactly what I'm talking about.

You know, looking at some of the photos of other .32 S&W Safety Hammerless on here, I think I see the same double turn line on some (not all) of these too! Maybe it's something that happens naturally due to the design??? I'm sure not anywhere near knowledgable enough about these to know!

Makes me wonder if the cylinder stop has been changed??
I've seen this before too..
Gary/Hk

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i say it the cyclinder stop too. had a charter arms pug that did the same thing, the cylinder stop was too short. factory screw up .