Help Identifying S&W 45 LC Hand Ejector

[jmiles1960]

Thanks again for everyone's help with this HE. I'm going to take a look at Hondo's (Jim) suggestion for fixing the timing issue. For as much as I shoot my old models, I may leave this one as-is for now. We'll see. Now, she's under going a good internal cleaning; action was full of gunk and crud.

The lanyard pin is still in place. There are a few on the 'bay advertised as originals and I will check out other recommended parts dealers.

Any recommendations on how to best preserve the wood grips? I noticed hairline cracks on the back; I suspect the wood is dry from age. What do you guys use on these vintage grips? These do not need refinishing. I've heard everything from lemon oil to Casey's TruOil. Thanks!

 

[steelslaver]

You might want to check the end shake (amount cylinder moves back and forth) an excess of end shake can cause slow timing as the cylinder moving away from the recoils shield and the hand can cause the hand to slip by the ratchet tooth a bit sooner. End shank is an easy fix.

Here is a stock 455 2nd model that is unconverted

 

[Muley Gil]

" This is bedtime reading for highly technical nit-pickers---and we are EVERYWHERE!!


Standard Catalog Of Smith & Wesson. ---has been revised/updated four times, most recently two years ago.


Ralph Tremaine

And the content of the post immediately preceding this one is an example of the staggering wisdom extant within SWCA-----and The Journal.

Well, since we are nit-picking, the SCSW is in the fourth edition, so means it has been revised THREE times.