Recent content by JEBevis

Thanks for everyone's insight on this. I'm hoping this problem wont occur tomorrow when I hit the range with some lighter 180 gr Remington ammo. I'll keep you posted tomorrow evening.

I plan to go to the range on Friday and shoot some 240 gr American Eagle .44's (ones i had the problem with) and some 180 gr Remington .44's. I'll let you all know what happens.

Thanks Nightowl, for the explanation! Hopefully this is not a common occurrence with my new toy. If it does keep happening is there any solution to my problem?

dla - would this hammer bounce cause the hammer to lock in the rest position and not allow me to pull back on the hammer to the cocked position in preparation to fire the next round? Because that's what happened to me today at the range. I had to open the cylinder and close it in order to be...

In a post from 2008 Sledgehammer referred to "unlocking reversing cylinder syndrome" when recommending that the person thinking about getting a Model 629-1 .44 check for that condition by test firing the revolver with 240 gr magnum ammo. What exactly is "unlocking reversing cylinder syndrome"?

I, too have a full size m&p 40 with no lock, no safety, & no mag disconnect. I have had it for 1 yr now and love it! I have shot probably close to 2000 rounds w/o any problems. I shoot 165 gr Winchester target loads. You can pick up 100 round box at Walmart for $31.97. Pistol is easy to...

What do you mean by "unlocking reversing cylinder syndrome"? I just purchased a used model 629-1 and when I was testing it out for the first time at the range today using American Eagle 240 gr loads I had the trigger lock up where I couldn't pull back on the hammer to cock it after firing a...