But I read on the internet that revolvers never failed
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May 31st, 2018 at 7:28 am
When revolvers malfunction, it’s usually ammo. When it is the gun though, it’s probably a gunsmith or factory level repair. I had the ejector rod on a Colt Python unscrew itself and a friends S&W Model 66 had to go back to the factory when the firing pin forcing cone worked loose (it was pressed in).
May 31st, 2018 at 12:46 pm
I can confirm ammo problems – S&W 460 that jumped crimp and locked up and several times my cowboy action revolvers have had a squib reload (no powder) where the primer only charge just pushes the bulled into the forcing cone. That one either locks up the cylinder or just clears – which is worse!
On actual failures, I had an LCR that wouldn’t close the crane about the third time I opened it. Ejector rod was loose. I suspect it was never torqued because once I tightened it, it hasn’t happened again (over several years).
And once worked on a friend’s old Colt SAA that wouldn’t turn the cylinder when you cocked it. Broken hand on that one.
May 31st, 2018 at 3:03 pm
I’ve been lucky at not having any problems with Revolvers over the years, except with cap and ball black powder pistols. I have a S&W model 10, a S&W model 25-5, and a S&W model 637. (In case you didn’t notice I like Smith and Wesson Revolvers)
I don’t doubt that Revolvers can and do malfunction. They’re designed and built by Humans. Humans are imperfect and therefore anything that Humans build and design are imperfect.