Hi everyone. I have a LCR Question/Issue. Let me explain.
Yesterday after a very successful afternoon at the range I was in my workshop cleaning my three LCR's. All three of them are your basic 38 + P's. I have the black one with a silver cylinder, a green on with a silver cylinder, and the navy/gray one also with the silver cylinder. All three have the black (not polished) barrel. All three seemed to be manufactured in 2010 or early 2011. Anyway, while I was cleaning them I noticed that with the green one and the navy/gray one with the cylinder open you could dry fire the revolver but with the black one if the cylinder was open you could not dry fire the revolver. It seemed to me that the black LCR has some kind of internal safety to prevent the gun from firing when the cylinder latch is pressed in and the cylinder swung open. But the OD Green and Navy one would dry fire just like normal with the cylinder latch pressed in and the cylinder open.
Has anyone else notice this? Why would some LCR's be manufactured so that they can be dry fired with the cylinder open and some be manufactured so that they cannot be dry fired with the cylinder open? Is one way better than the other? Are there any safety concerns?
Look forward to hearing from anyone with knowledge of revolvers especially Ruger LCR's.
Yesterday after a very successful afternoon at the range I was in my workshop cleaning my three LCR's. All three of them are your basic 38 + P's. I have the black one with a silver cylinder, a green on with a silver cylinder, and the navy/gray one also with the silver cylinder. All three have the black (not polished) barrel. All three seemed to be manufactured in 2010 or early 2011. Anyway, while I was cleaning them I noticed that with the green one and the navy/gray one with the cylinder open you could dry fire the revolver but with the black one if the cylinder was open you could not dry fire the revolver. It seemed to me that the black LCR has some kind of internal safety to prevent the gun from firing when the cylinder latch is pressed in and the cylinder swung open. But the OD Green and Navy one would dry fire just like normal with the cylinder latch pressed in and the cylinder open.
Has anyone else notice this? Why would some LCR's be manufactured so that they can be dry fired with the cylinder open and some be manufactured so that they cannot be dry fired with the cylinder open? Is one way better than the other? Are there any safety concerns?
Look forward to hearing from anyone with knowledge of revolvers especially Ruger LCR's.