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Merwin Hulbert 38 DA JOY JOY
dtknowles
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Got one at the gun show today. $100 made it mine. Couldn't even open the action, hammer would not hold full cocked and missing a couple screws. A couple hours of tough love and this unique action is functioning properly. I love old and different guns. I know a lot of people love Colt revolvers and Winchester lever guns but I love the lesser know types.
Questions, it has the folding hammer, should the spur fold up everytime the hammer drops? How reliable is the extraction, will I need a pin to push the shells out of the cylinder? Anyone know what thread the missing screws will be. One is for the center of the side plate and the other is for the back of the trigger guard?
JOY, JOY, the gun still has a lot of nickel, with case on the trigger and hammer. Grips are worn and scratched but not cracked or chipped. Bore may be rough, I just knocked the cobwebs out of it and have not really cleaned it. The action is tight and in time and the chambers are smooth and unpitted. This gun is so lucky I found it and it now has someone to take care of it.
Tim
Questions, it has the folding hammer, should the spur fold up everytime the hammer drops? How reliable is the extraction, will I need a pin to push the shells out of the cylinder? Anyone know what thread the missing screws will be. One is for the center of the side plate and the other is for the back of the trigger guard?
JOY, JOY, the gun still has a lot of nickel, with case on the trigger and hammer. Grips are worn and scratched but not cracked or chipped. Bore may be rough, I just knocked the cobwebs out of it and have not really cleaned it. The action is tight and in time and the chambers are smooth and unpitted. This gun is so lucky I found it and it now has someone to take care of it.
Tim
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I believe but am not certain there is a little flat spring that detents the folding hammer in either position.
Folding hammers are neato and should find themselves on pocket revolvers today.
Thanks
Tim
The bullets in unfired cases are supposed to prevent loaded rounds from ejecting. Success may be dependent upon technique.
You might put a stronger detent spring in the hammer, though rotation of the gun in recoil will tend to close the hammer spur.
I spoke to a mr Art Phelps in California a few years back who was writing a book on these guns. He had all the answers. Unfortunately, he has since died but did complete the book.
Mine came from a 90 year old man in the 'late '70s. He insisted it came out of Russia.
The CZAR took a large shipment from M&H and defaulted on payment, helping M&H into bankruptcy.