At a recent gun show, I was looking at a very nice blued Model 29-2, 6-1/2" bbl., 95% with only a slight scuff of bluing on end of the barrel. Asking price was $700 obo...so I almost broke my arm getting to my wallet. But then I looked more closely at the cylinder and its drag line. It appeared to me that the cylinder stop was not retracting fully, and it had actually gouged a deep drag line completely around the cylinder, through the bluing and down to bare metal. I told the dealer that the stop was out of adjustment, but he said that all S&W revolvers have drag lines (which is true). However, the drag line on this cylinder was much wider and deeper than I've ever seen, so I passed on the purchase. Is the cylinder stop adjustable? Did I make a mistake passing on this Model 29, even with a deeply gouged cylinder? Thanks.
Model 29-2 Cylinder Stop Adjustment
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The stop is adjustable but a one way street. Without seeing the track it is leaving on the cylinder it may be hard to diagnosis. There is a step on the stop that controls how much comes through the frame which can be filed to allow more stop to cylinder contact. Then, it could be the stop spring that is bad... You did not pass on a screaming deal IMO at $700.
cylinder stop
The relationship between the tongue of the trigger and the bevel of the cylinder stop determines when the ball of the stop is released to return upward and re-contact the cylinder. The movement sequence of the ball of the stop is down-up-forward-back, as the trigger is cycled. The body of the stop has a slot (as opposed to a hole) to facilitate this movement on the stop stud. Depending on how the bevel of the stop is fit, some stops are "earlier" than others (come up earlier), and consequently create a "longer" drag line.
And, through usage and handling, cylinder stops will eventually develope a small "flat spot" at the contact point on the top of the ball itself, which may aggravate and widen the line.
The relationship between the tongue of the trigger and the bevel of the cylinder stop determines when the ball of the stop is released to return upward and re-contact the cylinder. The movement sequence of the ball of the stop is down-up-forward-back, as the trigger is cycled. The body of the stop has a slot (as opposed to a hole) to facilitate this movement on the stop stud. Depending on how the bevel of the stop is fit, some stops are "earlier" than others (come up earlier), and consequently create a "longer" drag line.
And, through usage and handling, cylinder stops will eventually develope a small "flat spot" at the contact point on the top of the ball itself, which may aggravate and widen the line.
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