Bob Wright
Hawkeye
I took this old Super Blackhawk to the range last Saturday, running just over a hundred rounds through it. (It makes me proud on the range. Makes me look good.)
Then came home and cleaned it. It has a Belt Mountain base pin and the little set screw worked loose. So, after the cleaning session, applied a little Loc-Tite to the set screw, and - OOPS! - too much. So I wiped off the excess, checked it over and put it away.
Last night I checked the gun again, first clearing the gun (my cardinal rule) then for some reason I activated the ejector rod. Or, tried to ~ it moved maybe a quarter of an inch back. I knew immediately what the problem was ~ Loc-Tite had seeped into the ejector assembly. No problem, I thought, take it off and clean it out. Well, that came off O.K. but then the base pin wouldn't budge.
So, remove the base pin latch assembly, place the gun in the padded jaws of a vise, and drive the pin out from the rear of the frame. This to get the cylinder out to clean up all the excess Loc-Tite. Well, got it all apart and cleaned up. Then lightly oiled again and re-assemble.
Be careful where you get that Loc-Tite. It does what its supposed to do!
Bob Wright
Then came home and cleaned it. It has a Belt Mountain base pin and the little set screw worked loose. So, after the cleaning session, applied a little Loc-Tite to the set screw, and - OOPS! - too much. So I wiped off the excess, checked it over and put it away.
Last night I checked the gun again, first clearing the gun (my cardinal rule) then for some reason I activated the ejector rod. Or, tried to ~ it moved maybe a quarter of an inch back. I knew immediately what the problem was ~ Loc-Tite had seeped into the ejector assembly. No problem, I thought, take it off and clean it out. Well, that came off O.K. but then the base pin wouldn't budge.
So, remove the base pin latch assembly, place the gun in the padded jaws of a vise, and drive the pin out from the rear of the frame. This to get the cylinder out to clean up all the excess Loc-Tite. Well, got it all apart and cleaned up. Then lightly oiled again and re-assemble.
Be careful where you get that Loc-Tite. It does what its supposed to do!
Bob Wright