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Old 01-23-2021, 02:36 PM
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Originally Posted by WR Moore View Post
Pull the grips off, and let it soak in a bucket of kerosene for a few days.
Don't whack the cylinder with a hammer! Good way to bend the center pin, enlarge the center pin hole in the breech face and gouge your breech face.

If you tried to cock the hammer with the cylinder open/out, the bolt (widget that moves the center pin) was locking the action as designed.
I didn't try that. I was just saying that with the cylinder closed the hammer won't pull back rotating the cylinder.

So kerosine won't hurt the finish? I'm willing to try anything simple like that.
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