So I've got a late 1920s 6" Colt OP. When I bought it the dealer said it was a bit out of time. It was noticeable in some hesitation. Sine then I've put probably 150-200 rounds through it. I hadn't noticed it early on, though I am pretty sure I wasn't looking for it. It appears to be shaving a bit of lead. Very small slivers. Still playing with it to see when/how. But I think it is in Single Action only. Or at least on my latest range trip I found 3 slivers on the bench from FMJ rounds and I fired 12 rounds of 125gr FPFMJ and 12 rounds of 158gr SWC. The former I shot all SA and the later all DA. The FPFMJ I had loaded one round, fire. Then loaded 6 and shot the whole cylinder. Then loaded the last 5. So it is possible it is only happening on one chamber if the first shot happened to be the cylinder it is happening on.
I didn't find any lead shavings from the 158gr coated SWC. The couple of other times I've found shavings it seems to be only a small number for the total rounds fired.
In DA it rotates fine and doesn't really seem to get caught up anywhere. In SA it sometimes takes a good second attempt or a strong pull to get the cylinder to finish rotating and hammer to cock (it isn't every chamber and it doesn't even always seem like it is on a particular chamber, but like 1 in 10).
Any thoughts on what might be causing it? From some poking around, I am assuming this is likely beyond my talents to fix. I am a very skilled novice. No Colt experience and it sounds like timing Colts is practically black magic.
Worn hand?
I didn't find any lead shavings from the 158gr coated SWC. The couple of other times I've found shavings it seems to be only a small number for the total rounds fired.
In DA it rotates fine and doesn't really seem to get caught up anywhere. In SA it sometimes takes a good second attempt or a strong pull to get the cylinder to finish rotating and hammer to cock (it isn't every chamber and it doesn't even always seem like it is on a particular chamber, but like 1 in 10).
Any thoughts on what might be causing it? From some poking around, I am assuming this is likely beyond my talents to fix. I am a very skilled novice. No Colt experience and it sounds like timing Colts is practically black magic.
Worn hand?