magnum0710
Single-Sixer
I attempted to swap in the new cylinder for my Speed Six today and things went sideways! I've been talking to RoninPA about the situation, I'm going to try a few things and see what I can figure out. I highly doubt this is the problem but my original Speed Six cylinder has a gas ring attached to the front of the cylinder. My new cylinder doesn't have the ring, it looks just like the cylinder from my Security Six.
I tried to drop in the entire assembly and no luck. I was able to get the original assembly apart and use the crane and parts from the original in the new cylinder. It almost worked but the trigger gets stuck back on one or two chambers. I messed up the original cylinder slightly when I disassembled it, the flat spot where the extractor goes in got a little marred up. I was able to file it just a tiny bit to get it back together. It works still but the extractor does stick every once in a while now.
I'm really not sure where to go from here. I'm going to try the new cylinder in my Security Six and see if it works. If it does that'll tell me if there's a difference between the original cylinders and the ones with the gas ring. Maybe one or two of the cylinder notches need to.be filed a tiny bit? I can get a cylinder with the gas ring pretty cheap but it's a 38 special cylinder and my Speed Six is a 357. I could get it just to get by on but it would really be a waste. I guess I could just run 38s in it but that would defeat the entire purpose for me.
I did notice that the extractor from my original cylinder wouldn't fit into the new cylinder. I'm beginning to think that maybe the cylinders with the gas ring are different. If anyone has a 357 cylinder with the gas ring and is interested in trading please let me know. The new assembly is in good shape but if it only works in my Security Six then I really don't need it.
I tried to drop in the entire assembly and no luck. I was able to get the original assembly apart and use the crane and parts from the original in the new cylinder. It almost worked but the trigger gets stuck back on one or two chambers. I messed up the original cylinder slightly when I disassembled it, the flat spot where the extractor goes in got a little marred up. I was able to file it just a tiny bit to get it back together. It works still but the extractor does stick every once in a while now.
I'm really not sure where to go from here. I'm going to try the new cylinder in my Security Six and see if it works. If it does that'll tell me if there's a difference between the original cylinders and the ones with the gas ring. Maybe one or two of the cylinder notches need to.be filed a tiny bit? I can get a cylinder with the gas ring pretty cheap but it's a 38 special cylinder and my Speed Six is a 357. I could get it just to get by on but it would really be a waste. I guess I could just run 38s in it but that would defeat the entire purpose for me.
I did notice that the extractor from my original cylinder wouldn't fit into the new cylinder. I'm beginning to think that maybe the cylinders with the gas ring are different. If anyone has a 357 cylinder with the gas ring and is interested in trading please let me know. The new assembly is in good shape but if it only works in my Security Six then I really don't need it.