Recent content by cwalter

I'll just enjoy it then. I'm nit picking this gun since they didn't make that many of them. Thank you for the feedback. Much appreciated. I've included a photo without the paint so other folks can compare if they run across the same concern.

Finally had a moment to look at this gun again with holidays being over. I marked the ratchet with a paint pen on the lands. I dressed the hand very minimally with a very fine stone to help the rubbing concern. While it is better, the concern is still there. I've included pictures of the...

Here are some pictures of the hand. Hopefully the pictures are good enough to see some detail of the face that interfaces with the ratchet.

Thoroughly cleaned that area and checked for unburnt powder or ash getting underneath the ratchet. Nothing was there. Of course once I try to make a video, the timing behaves visually but I still have the cylinder that feels as though the hand is pushing against the cylinder holding it against...

Side plate has not been off by anyone but S&W. I'll take some pictures of the hand as well as a video of the gun working. I have the side plate off now just to see if anything glaringly obvious would pop out but nothing obvious to my eyes. To this point I believe S&W did a test fire and shipped...

I have a 460 that has an issue where the hand is digging into the ratchet when the gun is cocked. It appears the gun is what would be called overtimed? On one charge hole I've seen the cylinder jump to the cylinder stop sooner that what would have been considered normal. While cocking it feels...