End Shake

[Morgan88]

Can someone describe end shake. to check for end shake which apparently isn't desirable a person would , make sure it's unloaded, pull the hammer back and while pulling the trigger gently let the hammer forward to stop and while still holding the trigger back then try to wiggle the cylinder back and forward?

Thanks for the help.

 

[planedriver]

I don't know about the hammer/trigger thing. What you are describing sounds more like a timing/lock test.

End shake tolerances vary from brand to brand but usually .002 is the number for difference.

Start with feeler gauges, push the cylinder forward and measure between the cylinder and barrel. Next push the cylinder back and repeat the measuring process with your gauges. If it's a smith, .002 is maximum, more than that you may need to shim.

 

[JetGirl]

Can someone describe end shake.

Planedriver pretty much nailed it... but as for "description", it's the forward/backward wiggle that shouldn't be present when the cylinder is locked up with the hammer being cocked.

 

[Drail]

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[Dirtebiker]

End shake it more than twice and you're playin.... Ah never mind!

 

[calcot7]

Can someone describe end shake. to check for end shake which apparently isn't desirable a person would , make sure it's unloaded, pull the hammer back and while pulling the trigger gently let the hammer forward to stop and while still holding the trigger back then try to wiggle the cylinder back and forward?

Thanks for the help.

Isn't it also something that Corey Redding does sometimes in the neutral zone?

 

[Morgan88]

Thanks for the help. Just trying to increase my knowledge and decrease my ignorance.

 

[Drail]

I no longer have my Kunhausen S&W Manual (someone stole it) but I believe you should place some cases in the chambers to check for endshake unless the cylinder has counterbored chambers for the rims to set in.

 

[indiucky]

Thanks for the help. Just trying to increase my knowledge and decrease my ignorance.

Half way there....