Recent content by Harrygii

Thanks for the help and the warning about capturing the mainspring. Next time I will use a finishing nail instead of a big paper clip, you can imagine that did not work out well for me! The gun probably was unfired, or not in many years, it looks new until taken apart and you can see it has sat...

Thank you so much! So, it sounds as if I have diagnosed the problem correctly? And is the fix as simple and straightforward as it sounds? The gun was sold as "unfired", and looks it-pretty much, so is that something that comes from the factory incorrectly assembled sometimes, or is it more...

My Old Model Super Blackhawk, fired very little, when I cocked the hammer and tried to let it down, would not go to half cock, it will go back to full cock. The cylinder spins freely. I was able to remove the cylinder and the hammer works, feels and sounds normal, however the pawl is not coming...