Hondo44
Hawkeye
The problem was removing the base pin with the cyl bound up.
A good cyl fit is tight to remove and install. Once the pin is removed the cyl gets out of square with the frame and then you have an experience that you had.
A couple of lessons;
1) if you send back to Ruger insist on a free return shipping label.
2) Practice removing and reinstalling cyl until you acquire the feel for keeping it square in the cyl window. Roll it gently and slowly clockwise until you can feel the cyl notches engage and disengage from the cyl hand (pawl), while focusing on keeping the cyl from cocking to one side or the other.
3) study the recoil shield behind the cyl until you see where it gets thicker for proper head space when shells are in battery.
4) check that any new reloads rotate freely all the way around when loaded one at a time in the cyl. Shoot one or two singly to make sure the fired primer will clear the upper recoil shield after firing.
5) if a cartridge hangsup after firing, do not remove cyl pin, the cyl will get cocked out of square. Turn the cyl forcefully using both hands. Recognize that all your doing is mashing a brass primer back into its pocket to clear the recoil shield so it can be unloaded thru the loading gate. You can't hurt the steel parts of the gun!
6) free wheeling cyls are very helpful in these circumstances.
A good cyl fit is tight to remove and install. Once the pin is removed the cyl gets out of square with the frame and then you have an experience that you had.
A couple of lessons;
1) if you send back to Ruger insist on a free return shipping label.
2) Practice removing and reinstalling cyl until you acquire the feel for keeping it square in the cyl window. Roll it gently and slowly clockwise until you can feel the cyl notches engage and disengage from the cyl hand (pawl), while focusing on keeping the cyl from cocking to one side or the other.
3) study the recoil shield behind the cyl until you see where it gets thicker for proper head space when shells are in battery.
4) check that any new reloads rotate freely all the way around when loaded one at a time in the cyl. Shoot one or two singly to make sure the fired primer will clear the upper recoil shield after firing.
5) if a cartridge hangsup after firing, do not remove cyl pin, the cyl will get cocked out of square. Turn the cyl forcefully using both hands. Recognize that all your doing is mashing a brass primer back into its pocket to clear the recoil shield so it can be unloaded thru the loading gate. You can't hurt the steel parts of the gun!
6) free wheeling cyls are very helpful in these circumstances.