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22lr cylinder rub

tone59tone59 Member Posts: 673 ✭✭
edited March 2013 in Ask the Experts
I am going to buy a new Rossi plinker 22lr revolver.
My local store has 2 in stock a 6" and a 4".
I like the 6" but the front of the cylinder rubs slightly on the rear of the barrel when opening and closing.
I dont feel any resistance or rubbing while working the action,but there is enough there to take off the blueing.

Is this a bad thing?
Will it effect the guns performance?
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  • charliemeyer007charliemeyer007 Member Posts: 6,572 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If you shoot it much it will burn the blue because of the working gap of being a revolver. Some end shake on a cylinder is normal.

    What I look at is the tightness of cylinder in locked position on each chamber and the jap between the barrel and cylinder. Push empty cylinder towards hammer while holding gun sideways up to light with the hammer cocked.

    Some guns are not square on the gap ie. more light on one side or the top or bottom, these will not shoot as well as ones that are. "Dick Tracying" swinging the cylinder closed has caused many a bent crane or alignment issues even on new ones in the store.

    I once had an H&R 4" that you needed to pull the cylinder and use the pin to punch out the empties, I think it shot better than I could hold. The 6 inch classic full under lug k frame, I think was hindered by the ammo. My Jet with inserts does ok, hopefully when I fit the extension on the k-22 cylinder/crane it will be at least as nice and a heck of a lot easier and faster to reload..

    Wheel guns are less fussy with the current crop of crappy bulk packed ammo.

    I went with a buddy several years back and helped him pick out 2 Rossi's from about 10. They shot ok for the price.
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  • ltslts Member Posts: 811 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hi, I was not happy with a Rossi I purchased and sold it. Shop for a new or used Colt or S&W as it will be well worth the extra bucks. Also the Rossi doesn't hold value, the others will. [8D](jmo)
    A six inch with the longer sight radius is the way to go for plinking.
    Enjoy your new revolver! [:D]
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  • 62fuelie62fuelie Member Posts: 1,069 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If the flash-gap is that tight clean and cold it won't take any time at all shooting in the field for the residue from fired cartridges to build up on the face of the cylinder and make it very difficult to cycle the action - especially double action mode. +1 on the suggestion to pass on the Rossi and get a S&W or Colt ( I would add the Ruger, the SP101 .22 is a fine little plinker).
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  • tone59tone59 Member Posts: 673 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    thanks guys for your responses.
    62fuelie...that makes alot of sense.

    My 51 year old sister wants to take up shooting.
    I suggested a DA 22 revolver as they are easy to handle and clean.
    She ask me for one of the guns our father left.I said no.
    The 22s Dad left(Colt Trooper and SW 34)are both NIB.
    My Colt New Frontier is SA.
    She has borrowed my SW 617 which I ask her to return the same day.
    Im looking for an economy model($350)to give her.
    I had planned to buy a high standard,then a gunsmith told me parts are really hard if not impossible to find.

    EDIT:nmyers...She is too ignorant to take proper care of a gun.
    She simply wants to shoot and thats the end of it.
    Besides,I wont even shoot dads since they have never been shot.

    tsr1965...I have shot a friends 3" SP-101 357mag and really liked it.
    The only SP-101 22s I see on the auction side are exceeding $600.
    As for as a shooter for myself the SW 617 is it.
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  • nmyersnmyers Member Posts: 16,891 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I am not familiar with the Rossi .22 revolvers, but there are some revolvers that cam the cylinder & crane rearward when you close the cylinder. The only way to be sure that the Rossi operates correctly is, if your local store has a gunsmith, to measure the gap with a feeler gauge when the cylinder is lined up & the hammer has just moved completely forward. (Size of the gap varies with make & model.)

    The best revolver for her is one of the two your dad left; obviously, you have to like her a lot to give her one of those gems. My S&W 63 is sitting in daughter #1's safe, along with a Ruger OM Bearcat.

    Neal
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  • tsr1965tsr1965 Member Posts: 8,682 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have a new Ruger SP101, with the 8 shot cylinder. Yes it is a little more pricey than the Rossi, but it is built like a tank, and is real accurate. I did change the main spring, and put in a Wolfe.

    Best
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  • Riomouse911Riomouse911 Member Posts: 3,492 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Many moons ago I had a Rossi .38 2" that had the same off-balance cylinder. Within a few shots it would bind up and not rotate, as 62Fuelie said. I don't know if that was caused by heat expansion or firing residue, but whatever caused it it made the gun useless.

    IMHO, save up your $$ and look for something better either new or used. You'll be glad you did.
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