A few revolver questions...

[Kirk Freeman]

What is the best thing to use to clean the powder residue (staining) off the stainless steel?

Or, prevent it from getting there in the first place.

Olive oil from Pam.

 

[jgreiner]

What is the best thing to use to clean the powder residue (staining) off the stainless steel?

I use carbon and lead removing clothes, plus a brass wire brush for the front of the cylinder. The cloth and brush take it right off, with very little work.

 

[gunbunnies]

PAM now thats a idea... I used that when we were driving through the desert in Cali one year when the butterfly's were so dense that they would stick to the head lights in such bulk that you couldn't see the lights go on... PAM did the trick, they just slid off when we hit them...

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Yes, Pam works.

Yuppie members of INGO should use extra virgin olive oil from Fresh Market in Broad Ripple.

[Scene: Fresh Market, 54th & College, Broad Ripple]

Cashier: "Just the olive oil, sir? Cooking tonight?"

INGO Member: "No, going shooting tomorrow and need to prep my revovlers."

 

[Bosshoss]

Yes, generally the firing pin is still long enough to engage the primer even thoug the case is sitting lower than without the moon clip. The chambers are cut deep enough that even after machining the cylinder they have plenty of depth for the cartridge.

In the few instances that the firing pin was short a longer one was put in to solve any issues.

Rolexrifleman your moonclip gun was cut the way they used to do them.(Nice gun BTW) Now they use smaller diameter moonclips and only machine the cylinder to the diameter of the moonclip leaving a ledge on the outside of cylinder that supports the rimmed cartridge. Most of the custom shops and most of the S&W factory 627's and some J frames come cut this way. Speedloaders will work, single loaded rounds will work, or the moonclips of course. Without any changes of the gun.

Here is a video of Tom at TK machining a cylinder for moonclips, skip to the 4:00 mark and he shows how it works with the cylinder cut this way.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=WVfHKkAAE50

 

[Indianavette]

What doe the number following Smith 686 - mean? I don't believe it is barrel length

 

[ROLEXrifleman]

True yuppies will already have it on hand

Thanks for the info Boss, I look at the video shortly


Vette:
The - number is the revision of the gun

 

[SSGSAD]

I carried a 1911 back in my Army days. That was 25ish years ago, so I consider myself "rusty" with a semi-automatic, but when it comes to revolvers... I have zero experience.

1) I think I read that a .357 will shoot .38 special rounds. Does that mean a .38 special will shoot .357 rounds?

2) With the new(?) hammerless design, why would anyone still want a hammer? It just seems like something to get caught on your clothes, holster, etc...

3) What in the heck are Moonclips?

I'll probably think of some more, so please bear with me.

I started a thread on here, Wed. 9th, because, bho, is calling DOUBLE-ACTION REVOLVERS, SEMI-AUTOS .....

 

[Indianavette]

Is the 686 Plus just a heavy duty frame? Hard to tell from the details I have reviewed.

 

[actaeon277]

What doe the number following Smith 686 - mean? I don't believe it is barrel length

Variant number.

Go to wikipedia. They show the model number with the variants.

 

[ROLEXrifleman]

Is the 686 Plus just a heavy duty frame? Hard to tell from the details I have reviewed.

No, it is a standard L frame gun. The only difference is that the timing was adjusted to make for the 7th round in the cylinder. Even the cylinder as far as I know was not beefed up.

 

[100Xkid]

There is a lot of good information on this thred

 

[in625shooter]

No, it is a standard L frame gun. The only difference is that the timing was adjusted to make for the 7th round in the cylinder. Even the cylinder as far as I know was not beefed up.

True and also on the 7 shot 686 + the slot in the clynder for the stop itself is lined up directly with/over the chambers instead of in between the chambers
on the thicker part like they are done with the standard 686.