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DIRTY, DIRTY, DIRTY!
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terry mc
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June 25, 2014 - 10:32 pm
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Well I tore into my model 15-2 today to check some things.

Man this beast must never have been opened up!

I opened up the side plate and it looked like a cross of light grease and several years of dirt.

The barrel also needed a good cleaning, what I thought were some striations in the bore were actually just dirt, all gone now after a bit of elbow grease.

Well the intent was to give this poor gun a good cleaning and the love it deserve. So the action got completely disassemble (no time like the present to learn about revolver clockworks) and all the bearing surfaces polished. Oil everything up and reassemble.

I had intended to do this, I just did not realize that I would dig in so soon.

While I was at it I checked the barrel gap and end shake dimensions.

The gap was good and the endshake not so good.

I was not knowledgeable enough when I bought it at the Pawn shop to know that the spring detentes in the frame took up the endshake so I thought it was tight. Wrong! It measures about 6 thousands, the barrel gap was acceptable at 5 thou.

So I had already ordered a barrel tool from EWK, now I have springs on order from Wolff, and cylinder bearings on order from Michigan Center Outdoors.

 

Once I get everything in I will get the tuneup finished, and wait for Erik to get some 4" HV barrels in stock.

As I said in my introduction, I do like to tinker with my guns, it is half the fun!

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I'd say probably half the guns I have bought have looked surprisingly dirty inside, once opened up. One of the very first things I usually do when I bring a new one home, is blow it apart for a good scrubbing & lube job. Besides, it's always good to have a look-see before you run to the range, to make sure all the innards are in the right place before you pull the trigger that first time.laugh

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June 26, 2014 - 7:35 pm
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I agree Charger,

I should have opened it up prior to going out. I had a really busy schedule right after picking it up so it was a couple of days after I got it that I had any time, so my desire to shoot it got the better of me.

That said I did do I pretty good function check, and checked the timing on the cylinder before going out. I also wanted to finish reading more before getting into the trigger works on the revolver. 

If I pulled the trigger and had a fail to fire not the end of the world, if I had a round split because of timing issue that is a different animal.

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