gun no go bang

buschmaster

got a davis d32 derringer, took it to the range with 10 year old ammo, every time just went click. after 10 rounds I quit trying. noticed most of them had a light primer strike. or could be dud ammo. I don't know.

took it apart, everything looked ok.

got a brand new box and went to the range. 2 rounds shot ok. then sometimes 1 round. then it wouldn't do anything again either barrel. primer strikes seem kind of light but should be enough to set it off. I *think* the ones that did go off had a deeper strike.

got some ideas ???

duckhunter

Sell the Davis to whomever will buy it.

Fatstrat

Par for the course. Very common problem w/these. I've owned a couple of the cheapo derringers in .22 cal. Niether worked reliably altho generally one barrel would fire more often than the other.
Have known several people who have reported same. Some even had a gunsmith work on thiers w/little success. Of all the repro derringers I've ever encountered, only ONE (in .38Spl) worked.
I got rid of mine and this is the reason I will buy no more.

buschmaster

really! looked on other forums for an answer first, didn't hear anything about reliability problems, but I wasn't looking for that I guess.

I can't sell it cuz, what's going to happen when I sell it and it doesn't work. they want to return it.

bummer.

allen griggs

Here ya go:

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=97512313

Can be found for about $220

lcdrdanr

I have one of these in .22mag that has never failed to fire, even when left in a salt water tackle box for a year uncleaned. I got it from someone who never fired it but dry fired the cr@p out of it. Had to file the on the recesses so the rounds would seat.

Now, before I put it away, I spray the crap out of it with gun scrub followed by RemOil until it is literally dripping out of the grips.

You might try that and see if you get any different results. It may be that mine was just dry fired so much that it smoothed everything up. Or, then again, it might be just luck of the draw.

Dan R

11b6r

Try the gunscrubber routine, especially around the firing pin recess. A very little bit of crud will soak up a LOT of the striker energy, with the resulting light primer strikes, causing gun no go boom.

Wolf.

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Take the sob apart and after you clean all the dirt and powder residue out of it, get an ignition file or your set of needle files and clean up the parts. Don't try to do a "trigger job" or anything like that. Just clean up the inside of the receiver/frame to get all the casting residue off/out and take off the noticeable flash and crap off the parts. The frame is probably not very hard or tough, so be careful with the file. The firing pin probably isn't much. You and probably make one that works out of a nail or some drill rod or replace the striker spring with one from a generic Wolf spring kit from Brownells (about $10.00). BE CAREFUL that you don't break the rather weak castings (in particular, the frame) that most of these things have. Be careful also to NOT tighten the screws. Just snug them up when you are done with a little loktite on them. Otherwise, they will strip quicker than a duck can snap up a june bug.

buschmaster

it's clean as a whistle, bought it new and never did let it get dirty. as it is, I can break open the barrel, hold the frame pointing down, and "tink, tink" the firing pins. totally free play.

a g, this is the one I wanted! [:p][:p][:p][:p] didn't get it

http://gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=97913322

allen griggs

I am not familiar with the American Arms, but that Hi Standard is a beautiful little gun.

boxermachine

Your problem boils down to this- it's a Davis.