Victory ratchet pin alignment?

[Matt_X]

Were the alignment pin holes for the ratchet to cylinder drilled as mates during soft assembly?

I ask because I bought replacement ratchet for my Victory and the the hole is maybe a half diameter over from the hole on the original ratchet.

This Victory appears to have been derusted and refinished. It came with Magna grips and the lanryard ring was gone.

When I bought it there was slight yoke misalignment, about .009" of endshake, and slightly greater wear on the left side of the forcing cone.

Comparing the new? to the original ratchet, it appears the original ratchet and the bearing face has been filed down.

 

[Matt_X]

I'm still trying to better understand the ejector assembly for these revolvers.


Were these brazed together in any way?
Or does the extractor star bushing thread in and hold the ratchet in place?


@glowe showed an example of one like that in a thread about a broken M1917 extractor bushing.

http://smith-wessonforum.com/141371477-post10.html


But then what keeps the key cut in alignment with the ratchet? Just friction and the alignment pin, or is there a notch or similar machined into the ratchet?