I have been on a revolver kick of late. Recent purchases: S&W 442, S&W 686+ 4", Charter Arms Off Duty. Sidenote: My CA Off Duty continues to perform admirably after a trip to Customer Service.
Anyhoo, I was getting in my dry-fire practice, and full and partial reload practice with my Off Duty this morning, when I noticed this 'behavior'. If/when I do NOT allow full reset, I can make the cylinder lock up (pulling harder on the trigger does nothing)... temporarily. I can also short stroke the reset and make the gun advance the cylinder WITHOUT actuating the trigger. In both cases the fix is quite simple: allow the trigger to fully reset. Both situations are easily repeatable. So is the fix.
I've seen many Taurus (maybe others) reviews where the cylinder locks up, or spins to the next round without firing. That got me to wondering about the 442 and 686+. So I tried the same maneuver with both. I only had a few minutes to play with them, but it was butt-simple to get both S&W guns to advance the cylinder without engaging the hammer. Fire, short-stroke the reset, pull again and all I get is cylinder advance, WITH NO HAMMER MOVEMENT. Again, this was easily repeatable on both the S&Ws. I could not make the cylinder lock on either of them, and the fix was the same as with the CA, allow complete reset (release the trigger fully).
I don't think any of my revolvers are defective. They only misbehave when I don't properly control the trigger. It crosses my mind that a lot of the reported problems with some revolvers may be user error. Any opinions?
Anyhoo, I was getting in my dry-fire practice, and full and partial reload practice with my Off Duty this morning, when I noticed this 'behavior'. If/when I do NOT allow full reset, I can make the cylinder lock up (pulling harder on the trigger does nothing)... temporarily. I can also short stroke the reset and make the gun advance the cylinder WITHOUT actuating the trigger. In both cases the fix is quite simple: allow the trigger to fully reset. Both situations are easily repeatable. So is the fix.
I've seen many Taurus (maybe others) reviews where the cylinder locks up, or spins to the next round without firing. That got me to wondering about the 442 and 686+. So I tried the same maneuver with both. I only had a few minutes to play with them, but it was butt-simple to get both S&W guns to advance the cylinder without engaging the hammer. Fire, short-stroke the reset, pull again and all I get is cylinder advance, WITH NO HAMMER MOVEMENT. Again, this was easily repeatable on both the S&Ws. I could not make the cylinder lock on either of them, and the fix was the same as with the CA, allow complete reset (release the trigger fully).
I don't think any of my revolvers are defective. They only misbehave when I don't properly control the trigger. It crosses my mind that a lot of the reported problems with some revolvers may be user error. Any opinions?