Lock failure?

[HAWKEYE10]

Honestly, you'll probably have less chance of the lock failing you than other parts of the gun. I hate the lock and will always jump on the opportunity to bash them just because I hate their looks and what they stand for politically, however its not likely to fail. There has probably been very few documented cases of lock failure and it just so happens that because everyone hates the lock so much and this day and age of internet, the few lock failure stories get blown way out of porportion.....Trust me, I hate the lock but I don't have to fabricate or embelish a reason to hate it, I can simply say I hate it for its stupid looks!!

Looks like a deserted oil well whole. Don

 

[DJINCO]

Gads... not this again....

 

[bmcgilvray]

I've never had a lock failure with any Smith & Wesson revolver I've ever owned but then I've never owned one with a lock.

 

[jdub3]

Noob question

When did they start adding the locks? I recently purchased a late '60's mod 36, is this an issue I have to consider or was this before the began adding the locks?

Thanks

 

[b79holmes]

update

My M29 Mountain Gun had a lock problem. Would shoot fine with 44 specials and then feel strange and the cylinder would be hard to open with 44 mags.

I probably shot at most 2 or 3 hundred specials and 100 mags. Local smith removed the flags, grumbling about delicate parts in the IL mechanism.

Bill

Thought I'd update this note as more is known about my problem.

With some .44 special ammo now available, I fire a box of specials and everything is great and with a box of magnums, I can't open the cylinder.

Back to the gunsmith who examines the small parts of the cylinder latch and polishes them lightly thinking there is a burr somewhere. While he is at it he removes the cylinder and the cylinder pin is bent slightly.

He finds that to be odd. Polishes that too and off I go, knowing I may still have a problem.

Back at the range the cylinder latch feels great and it shoots fine with specials. With a cylinder of magnums, the cylinder is jammed again.

FedEx just picked it up for a trip to Springfield.

Bill

 

[stevieboy]

Holmes, this is totally off the point of this thread, but I'm curious: what type of magnums are you putting through the gun? Have you considered the possibility that the problem isn't a gun problem but is an ammunition problem? I'd check to see how deeply seated the rounds are in your brass. Is it possible that you have a batch that isn't seated correctly? And, if they are correctly seated, do the rounds remaining in your cylinder remain seated correctly after you've fired one or two of them? Is it possible that the force of discharge is causing other rounds to jump their crimp, backing the brass up against the recoil shield and jamming your cylinder?