Dear, I hope not to bother, I asked this question earlier in the wrong section. I would like to know which part or piece of a revolver suffers the most damage from recoil, the frame at its top, below the forcing cone, its rear. Thank you very much in advance.
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I believe you mean the most accumulative damage. The cyl gas ring which can develop cyl "end play".
MygunisaS&Wrevolver
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The inside cylinder bearing surface of the rear of the yoke barrel wears and causes endshake. Which means the cylinder moves back and forth within the frame between the recoil face and the rear of the barrel extension. This typically causes excessive barrel cylinder gap. This can be corrected with end shake bushings. I think this is the most common area of wear that I have seen.
dsf
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I'm happy to be corrected on this if my explanation is off regarding how end shake develops, where the cylinder ring meets the bearing surface on the yoke.
As "a body at rest tends to remain at rest" and the cylinder being a heavy part of the revolver, it tends to remain at rest while the rest of the gun recoils to the rear. As the gun recoils to the rear, the cylinder ring bearing surface slams against the ring on the cylinder, which is at rest - the cylinder doesn't strike the yoke by moving forward, the yoke strikes the cylinder by moving back a teensy weensy (a technical term, I know ...
) bit sooner than does the cylinder.
I would expect the rear of the cylinder does at some point during the recoil impulse strike against the recoil plate. But the initial impact, substantial mass of the cylinder and relatively small bearing surfaces of the cylinder ring and yoke are the primary cause of end shake.
As "a body at rest tends to remain at rest" and the cylinder being a heavy part of the revolver, it tends to remain at rest while the rest of the gun recoils to the rear. As the gun recoils to the rear, the cylinder ring bearing surface slams against the ring on the cylinder, which is at rest - the cylinder doesn't strike the yoke by moving forward, the yoke strikes the cylinder by moving back a teensy weensy (a technical term, I know ...
) bit sooner than does the cylinder.I would expect the rear of the cylinder does at some point during the recoil impulse strike against the recoil plate. But the initial impact, substantial mass of the cylinder and relatively small bearing surfaces of the cylinder ring and yoke are the primary cause of end shake.
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