I noticed something while cleaning the S&W BG .38 revolver. After cleaning it up and closing the cylinder and squeezing the trigger and cycling the cylinder I noticed that the first trigger pull did not advance the rotation to the next chamber. I tried the process again. Normal rotation of the cylinder; well normal like a "Colt" anyway. (The cylinder on the BG rotates CW and not CCW). Anyway, I tried it several more times and the same thing, everything normal. Then one more time of opening and closing the cylinder, and the thing does it again, but this time I pull the trigger again and it advances to the next chamber and so on for a few more trigger pulls. I open the cylinder up and put my finger over the firing pin and squeeze the trigger, the sting is quite unmistakeable, it's working just fine.. I did this several times with the same result. Which brings me to my question.

If ya load the revolver up and it closes on a live round, but when you squeeze the trigger the cylinder doesn't rotate, although it does fire the round already chambered, would that bother you? Again, like I said, it never fails to rotate the cylinder on the second trigger pull, and to the best of my knowledge, it still strikes the the firing pin and would fire the round in the chamber at the time of the trigger pull.

I've put 250 rounds through it in the last week and it never had a light strike or misfire, yet I was easily able to mimic the static cylinder several times in dry fire. I guess my biggest question/concern on it is this. The couple of searches I found on anything remotely similar to it where folks called S&W. The folks were told it was normal for it to work that way. What do you revolver guys think?

What do I think? I think I don't like the BG38 so I buy Airweights. The information you've given is just another reason I don't like the BG38. Darn shame too as I think there is an advantage to the "plastic" pocket revolver. That being, the polymer frame reduces felt recoil.

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Yeah, I like the airweights too. I have a couple myself. My 638 is my constant companion. Just thought that this being a S&W forum and the BG being out for a couple of years now might be a good place to look for some info on a possible problem... Maybe I should try the Taurus forum instead..


Hah!

I have yet to bite the plastic revolver hook. Although I have not heard many bad things about them, I still can't compel myself to buy one.

No problem, just be sure to index the cylinder when you close it. By that I mean just simply turn the cylinder slightly until you here the ratchet in the frame click into the rear of the cylinder. I've got well over 1000 rounds through mine and it has been a good revolver. When you index the cylinder you will hear an audible click, then you're good to go. A lot of S&W purist don't like this revolver as it's such a departure from the traditional J frame. I own several J frames but this is the one I carry everyday.