rossa
Bearcat
A neighbor lady brought her .357 Blackhawk over for me to look at. I didn't think to notice how many frame screws it had, but she said that she has had it for several decades.
When you tried to cock the hammer, it would stop about halfway back and wouldn't go to full cock. I didn't try to use excessive force, not wanting to break anything internally.
I took off the cylinder and grip panels, and sprayed everything I could reach liberally with Gun Scrubber. Let it sit for about a half hour, then came back and sprayed again liberally with CLP.
Hammer still didn't want to fully cock. THEN I noticed something interesting by accident.
When I held the gun with the muzzle pointing straight up, it would fully cock and function every time. When I held it horizontally it wouldn't cock.
So I held it muzzle up and worked the hammer fully 20 or 30 times. Then I held it horizontally and guess what, the hammer started working! I then proceeded to work the hammer to the full cock about 60 or 70 times. Each time I let the hammer down gently. Then I dry fired it about 10 times, letting the hammer fall naturally.
It seems like it is OK now, but I'm not sure.
Could it have just been some rust or other crud from years of storage that was hanging something up and needed to be flushed out, and have the action worked to loosen everything up again?
Before anyone asks, I did not take disassemble any farther than cylinder and grip panels, as I don't consider myself qualified to do that, and I didn't want to make things any worse than they were.
Thanks in advance.
When you tried to cock the hammer, it would stop about halfway back and wouldn't go to full cock. I didn't try to use excessive force, not wanting to break anything internally.
I took off the cylinder and grip panels, and sprayed everything I could reach liberally with Gun Scrubber. Let it sit for about a half hour, then came back and sprayed again liberally with CLP.
Hammer still didn't want to fully cock. THEN I noticed something interesting by accident.
When I held the gun with the muzzle pointing straight up, it would fully cock and function every time. When I held it horizontally it wouldn't cock.
So I held it muzzle up and worked the hammer fully 20 or 30 times. Then I held it horizontally and guess what, the hammer started working! I then proceeded to work the hammer to the full cock about 60 or 70 times. Each time I let the hammer down gently. Then I dry fired it about 10 times, letting the hammer fall naturally.
It seems like it is OK now, but I'm not sure.
Could it have just been some rust or other crud from years of storage that was hanging something up and needed to be flushed out, and have the action worked to loosen everything up again?
Before anyone asks, I did not take disassemble any farther than cylinder and grip panels, as I don't consider myself qualified to do that, and I didn't want to make things any worse than they were.
Thanks in advance.