I am puzzled, maybe someone can shed some light on this.
I picked up a super clean Model 19-3 4 inch a few weeks ago. It looks like it was hardly shot at all, no flame cutting and no case marks on the blast shield. The cylinder locks up tight as far as rotational play is concerned and the timing is right on. And the finish is about perfect. It came with the box and papers including the original sales receipt from 1973, the gun was made in 1971.
However, it has a fair amount of endshake. As this gun appears to not have been fired much I can only guess it came from the factory that way. With the cylinder pushed forward I have about .005 barrel cylinder gap and pushed back I get about .009-.010.
I figured that a .002 bearing would set things right and reduce the endshake to around .002 and increase the gap to .007.
I ordered the bearings and installed one. No change... then I installed two bearings.... no change... I did this until I had installed 8 bearings
and still no change, still .005 and .009-.010.
I know I am installing them correctly as it is a no brainer. I checked for yoke play and there is none it is nice and tight.
The gun shoots great and is very accurate so worse case I will just not worry about it. But I am very confused as to why the bearings had no effect.
Any ideas?
I picked up a super clean Model 19-3 4 inch a few weeks ago. It looks like it was hardly shot at all, no flame cutting and no case marks on the blast shield. The cylinder locks up tight as far as rotational play is concerned and the timing is right on. And the finish is about perfect. It came with the box and papers including the original sales receipt from 1973, the gun was made in 1971.
However, it has a fair amount of endshake. As this gun appears to not have been fired much I can only guess it came from the factory that way. With the cylinder pushed forward I have about .005 barrel cylinder gap and pushed back I get about .009-.010.
I figured that a .002 bearing would set things right and reduce the endshake to around .002 and increase the gap to .007.
I ordered the bearings and installed one. No change... then I installed two bearings.... no change... I did this until I had installed 8 bearings

I know I am installing them correctly as it is a no brainer. I checked for yoke play and there is none it is nice and tight.
The gun shoots great and is very accurate so worse case I will just not worry about it. But I am very confused as to why the bearings had no effect.
Any ideas?
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