629-4 rattle

[highpower3006]

I've never noticed it before so, of course, I had try mine to see if it was there. On both my 629-4 and Model 29, the noise is so faint that I have to strain to hear it. I guess that means that I have enough oil in them.

 

[Walton Feep]

It shoots fine so I am not worried about it at all. But as long as we are talking about our 629s, what are some recommended factory loads for target shooting?

 

[Remington788]

It shoots fine so I am not worried about it at all. But as long as we are talking about our 629s, what are some recommended factory loads for target shooting?

I feel better after reading this too.

But Walton, you must post some pics of this new 686 for us to get us drooling.

 

[Walton Feep]

I feel better after reading this too.

But Walton, you must post some pics of this new 686 for us to get us drooling.

Pics coming in the next few days.

 

[Walton Feep]

I feel better after reading this too.

But Walton, you must post some pics of this new 686 for us to get us drooling.

Ahh ... you mean the 686-4 that I won on GunBroker I assume ... stalking me eh?

Won't have that in my possession for awhile as Maryland is a one/month state and I have one in the queue already. At least at this point I think I have all I need until we move to our retirement home near Mount Rainier.

 

[Walton Feep]

Here are the 629 and the 686 photos from Gunbroker. I'll shoot my own in the next few days.

 

[Imaposer]

I'm not recommending that he remove it but rather that it can be removed without interfering with function.
I agree with you that it's there for a reason and one should never do anything that would affect the safety of a firearm and a little bit of a rattle can actually be considered comforting in that the safety features are intact and functioning.

Ok, so why exactly is it in there? The rebound slide pulls the hammer back when the trigger resets, and the hammer can not move forward until the rebound slide is pulled to the rear with the trigger. I tend to think that it is more of a "lawyer feature" than anything, and many gunsmiths do away with it when they preform a trigger job. I just watched Jerry Miculek's excellent trigger job DVD for the umpteenth time as a refresher while I did the first trigger job I had done in a while, and he even makes mention of the fact that it's a redundant piece. The only thing I can see it doing would be if someone dropped the gun and it landed on the hammer spur with enough force to shear off the hammer pin. IF that were to happen, then the hammer block would still lie between the hammer nose and the frame. Very unlikely circumstance but it MAY be possible.

With that said, they don't hurt anything so I do leave them in my guns.

My 627PC rattles ever so slightly, but I have to hold it up to my ear and shake it pretty vigorously to hear it at all. My 625-3 rattles a little more, but I still have to hold it close to my ear and pay attention to detect it. Can't hear it all in any of my J frames, or in my 66-4.

 

[Remington788]

I put a big drop of Brownells Xtreme on it and the rattle went away.

 

[jaymoore]

...The only thing I can see it doing would be if someone dropped the gun and it landed on the hammer spur with enough force to shear off the hammer pin. IF that were to happen, then the hammer block would still lie between the hammer nose and the frame...

Which is exactly the circumstance that killed someone in the US Navy during WWII. (Revolver was dropped from some height, struck the steel deck and the discharged bullet mortally wounded a seaman. The design was quickly changed just to prevent such dramas.)