Crane stuck on SW M17

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Hello,

I have a used Smith & Wesson M17 that i want to maintain. However I got a problem with removing the crane. I have removed the bolt on the right side of the revolver and now I can get more angle on the crane and it comes out a little bit from the frame but something is keeping it from coming loose completly.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance
 
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grytpang said:
Hello,

I have a used Smith & Wesson M17 that i want to maintain. However I got a problem with removing the crane. I have removed the bolt on the right side of the revolver and now I can get more angle on the crane and it comes out a little bit from the frame but something is keeping it from coming loose completly.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance
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The button end portion may have gotten spauled a bit. Pull out on the yoke and work the crane up and down as you do. But, first spray some Kroil in the screw hole and all around where yoke meets the frame. How does the tip of the screw look by the way. Might try a pipe cleaner in the screw hole after Kroil,maybe some debri in there. Good luck and let us know how it works out.
 
Welcome to the forum.

Are you holding the cyl in place as you try to extract the yoke from the frame...the yoke should be removed from the cyl and the frame at the same time, or the cyl can put the yoke in a bind.

As steeslaver posted above, the rear end of the yoke shaft in the frame may have been burred by incorrect screw installation in the past. That screw is unique and fitted to that screw hole only.

You may have to use a little force to work a burred yoke shaft out of it's hole. You can remove the sideplate if you know the technique, to observe the end of the yoke shaft, and may see the problem.
 
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While I am not that familiar with the 1917s, a lot of those old guns had a pin and spring in the yoke that engaged the frame when the yoke was opened so that it could be loaded without the cylinder moving around. If it has one, and it is stuck, it would make it difficult to remove the yoke from the frame. You should be able to feel if it is working, by moving the yoke and cylinder back and forth from open to close slightly.
 
I believe the OP has a Model 17 K22, which is a post war gun and would not have the cyl hold open device. But maybe he could clarify that.

He says it has come part way out which would mean he's past the device detent anyway.
 
Thanks for all advice. This gun was used for under earth hunting for badgers in northern Europe and according to regulation limited to 1 cartridge at a time. I left that information out in the first post but maybe I shoudln't as the drum was glued to the crane and hit the frame on the way forward :eek: The gun will be restored and when I heated the drum and crane so the glue melted and i could rotate the drum to get it out.

Thanks again.
 
- Underground badger hunting with a single shot .22

- Convert a K-22 Masterpeice to a single shot by gluing the cylinder to the yoke barrel (and presumably removing the hand)

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I never saw that coming! :eek:

It makes me wonder if the guy(s) who came up with those ideas started out by saying, "Hold my beer and watch this..."
 
22 does the job on badgers at point blank but about the stupid rules of single shot its something politicians came up with over here. Single action with multiple shots is possible on a 5 year license if some requirements are filled.

Remember, this is not the land of the free.
 
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