Problem with my 686+

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So I was cleaning my 686 saturday night, and I took out the screw just below the cylinder so I could get the cylinder out and clean it well. So I got it all shiny and put the cylinder back and the screw....however, now the cylinder locks up after one turn and it won't fire. All I did was take out the screw that holds in the cylinder.

I don't know if the screw broke off in there or what....What a mess. I'm guessing I can take it to a local gunsmith and have it repaired instead of sending it back to Smith??

Please let me know what y'all think,

Ryan Z.
 
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One presumes that you attempted to remove the forward sideplate screw again after the cylinder "locked up," and even with the screw removed the cylinder still won't turn. Yes?

Did the cylinder turn a full rotation, or just one cylinder as the gun was cocked, before it stopped moving freely? I'm wondering if the ejector rod has backed out a bit.
 
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Murdock,

The gun would cock and the cylinder would turn once. Like it would if you were firing it. After that the cylinder would lock up and the trigger, nor the hammer would engage.
 
Could it be that while cleaning the cylinder, some part of the cleaning brush/cloth or anything else got behind the star?
Even flecks of gunpowder back there will bind the cylinder.
Can you open the cylinder now? If so, check for anything back there.
That or like Murdock said, check the ejector rod for backing out. But that usually just keeps you from opening the cylinder to begin with.
If the screw did break off, it shouldn't affect the rotation, just that the cylinder might fall out when open.
 
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I'm thinking you got a piece of grit in there upon reassembly. I take the cylinder out of my 686 almost every time I clean it. If the cylinder isn't re-seated properly on the yoke assembly - seems to me, given the tight tolerances it would bind up against the forcing cone. I'm no smith, for sure. But I know how to take things apart. they usually go back together...
Take it apart again, clean it, be meticulous, try again.
 
So, what did you end up finding?

Found this again and thought that I'd ask...
 
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