Started to sight in my new Blackhawk yesterday

[jungleman]

I fired 24 rounds of 38's through her and then loaded 6 357 magnums.
On the sixth 357 round I launched the ejector rod housing over my head.
I called Ruger and told them I did not want to spend $50.00 to overnight the firearm to replace a screw. The threads were pulled a little and I could not refit the screw. Ruger had UPS pick up the revolver today completely on their dime. That is good but I get tired of having to adjust or fix everything I buy. So time will tell how this gets fixed. :roll:

 

[44-357]

I had a super blackhawk 44 mag dump its ejector housing lucky i found all the parts.and a local gunsmith fixed it and no trouble since then.

 

[flatgate]

IMHO it's too bad such events happen. Long ago I learned
one rule about shooting "thumb busters". Check the tightness of the screws frequently.

flatgate

 

[Dale53]

ALL single actions should have ALL of their screws carefully removed, a single drop of Blue Loc-Tite or shellac in the threads of each screw (do NOT overdo it here, just a single drop on the threads ONLY). Then replace the screws.

You won't have a screw come loose after that.

Shellac works as well as the Loc-Tite and you won't have it setting up TOO hard. It is an old remedy I first read about in Elmer Keith's early writing. It works.

TIP:
Be kind to your fine single action - use a proper fitting screw driver to keep from burring the screws.

FWIW
Dale53

 

[Pal Val]

Heavy-recoiling guns... screws not checked for tightness...

My niece's car ran out of gas last Saturday. She called me, crying. I noticed the gas gauge was pointing to "full" and asked her if she had noticed. She told me it showed "full" for the past three months, but she didn't get it fixed because it looked good like that!!!!

Common sense is an uncommon virtue!

 

[texaswheelgunner]

One plus for Dale53's post. Only the blue loctite fails to work for me on the ejector rod housing screw. I have to use green loctite to keep that screw tightly in it's place.

 

[Hammerdown77]

Clear fingernail polish on the threads also works.

 

[Hammerdown77]

By the way, I bought a new S&W J-frame 642 last weekend, and decided to take the sideplate off the gun last night to clean out all the gunk from the factory. First, the screws looked like they had been tightened by an 800 lb. gorilla with a spoon (slots all munged up), so I expected to not be able to remove them. Much to my surprise, they were only finger tight!!!! Really not sure what to make of that, but I ordered some new screws in my latest Midway order just to be safe.

 

[BigJ71]

Sometimes strange things like that happen, Check all the screws to make sure they are tight. Sometimes there is nothing you can do about it...just bad luck.

My neighbor and I were sighting in our Rugers I was shooting my scoped SBH Hunter and he had a regular stainless steel SBH scoped with one of them gunsmith free mounts. Well we got the guns sighted in and were just having some fun shooting when all of a sudden my buddy looks at the barrel of his SBH and noticed the front sight completely gone!!

Apparently the recoil from one of the shots blew the sight right off! We looked and looked but we never found it. He sent the gun back to Ruger and they replaced the entire barrel?? Why I don't know but the gun he got back had the warning billboard on the bottom of the barrel like the new ones are now. I would have figured they would have just put the sight back on but I think Ruger made real good on their warranty by replacing the barrel.

To make a long story short, my buddy liked my SBH Hunter so much he bought one and sold his SBH to me. I figured with a new barrel I couldn't go wrong!

Strange things happen.....

 

[Bucks Owin]

Doesn't have to be a big bore thumper to loosen screws. I have an OM SS6 that backed out the hammer pivot screw routinely. Blue loctite on the threads and a little gunslick on the rest fixed it...

 

[J Miller]

Some single actions loosen up every time you shoot them, others don't.

My Old Model BH grip frame screws never loosen. No Loctite either. The steel ERH hasn't moved in well over 4,000 rounds some of them pretty heavy. It is blue Loctited in, but and this is what I consider the important part, it has the barrel stud to hold the ERH in place. The screw doesn't do all the work.
The screws that do loosen up are the hammer, trigger, and latch screws. No biggie on those, I check 'em after each shooting trip.

MY .357 has a steel Ruger ERH on it and it will work loose if I didn't Loctite it, at both ends. Screw and the frame. No barrel stud, I figure it will shear the screw eventually.
Grip frame and action screws stay put on this one too.

Each gun is different. Just Loctite those that need it and watch those that don't.

Joe

 

[bennettfam]

Have a Colt Python that would not keep its ejector rod knob. Locktite solved it. Well used machines require maintenace I suppose.

 

[J Miller]

A friend of mine and I used to shoot IPSC with our S&Ws. I noticed he always gave his extractor rod a twist each and every time he reloaded. After watching this for a very long time I just had to ask him what the heck he was doing. He told me the rod unscrewed itself and he was screwing it back in.
I told him I cured mine of that, I Loctited it. End of problem.
He said that he was so used to doing giving it a twist each time he'd just do it that way.

Groan ... to each their own.

Guns screws are subjected to a lot of vibration and stress. Due to tolerances they all wont stay tight. So a little help like Loctite is a good thing.
Just use the right Loctite and use it sparingly.

Joe

 

[flatgate]

Guns screws are subjected to a lot of vibration and stress. Due to tolerances they all wont stay tight. So a little help like Loctite is a good thing.
Just use the right Loctite and use it sparingly.

Joe

Good Statement. I'll add that in many cases, on occasion, on my guns, BRAND NEW screws are swapped for the "old" ones.



flatgate

 

[chuck]

Got a ruger SBH off the net last week took it out and a bout a box of shell later it threw it's ejector housing off noticed that the stud in the barrel had been preened in other wise BUBBA SMITHED. sent an e-mail to ruger today Sat so will have to wait till about Thursday to see what they will do fer me, when they see it's been BUBBA SMITHED I'm sure i will have to pay full retail price fer a new barrel. (damn the bad luck)

 

[DeletedMember275]

but and this is what I consider the important part, it has the barrel stud to hold the ERH in place. The screw doesn't do all the work.

Each gun is different. Just Loctite those that need it and watch those that don't.

Joe

I had a NM .41 Mag with the stud mounted in the barrel. When I fired the third round through the gun, the whole shebang (including the stud) detached themselves from the gun! I fixed it myself, but I was less than impressed.

 

[Hondo44]

TIP:
Be kind to your fine single action - use a proper fitting screw driver to keep from burring the screws.

FWIW
Dale53

Dale,
Amen to that! Most gun screw slots are curved at the bottom from the way they are cut on the screw machine. Grinding an identical curve on the end surface of your screwdriver tip insures that it gets to the bottom of the screw slot for best possible fit. The best example are the grip screws on the 1911.

No supplier of gun screwdrivers that I can find grinds their tips with this curve.