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Given that I’m new at this, I’m curious what folks think.
It looks like I’ve got ~0.002” of end shake on a revolver I’m messing with. The “simplest” solution appears to be to drop in a Power Custom shim-bearing. As a “kitchen table gunsmith”, this looks easy.
That said, online, several folks show the “right way” to address this is with yoke barrel stretching. This looks to require some special tools, but does leave you with a fix with no new parts.
So, for the occasional “fixer” that likes to learn and do things themselves, which method do you think really is best? Invest in those tools? Buy a few shims?
It looks like I’ve got ~0.002” of end shake on a revolver I’m messing with. The “simplest” solution appears to be to drop in a Power Custom shim-bearing. As a “kitchen table gunsmith”, this looks easy.
That said, online, several folks show the “right way” to address this is with yoke barrel stretching. This looks to require some special tools, but does leave you with a fix with no new parts.
So, for the occasional “fixer” that likes to learn and do things themselves, which method do you think really is best? Invest in those tools? Buy a few shims?