Author Topic: Oh what I did!!! (Read 826 times)

Rustyinfla · « **on:** November 19, 2005, 01:49:43 PM »

We got my son's Old Army out today. We were going to shoot it for the first time. Brand new gun. While seating the first ball I bent the base pin. It seems the locking screw wasn't in the locked position. I ended up taking the whole gun apart to drive the bent pin out from the hammer side of the frame. I felt really, really felt bad about it since my son (17) bought the gun with his own money. Then I got to going over some of the old posts here on the forum starting at page one. It seems I'm not the only one.
What is it they about wisdom coming from experience? Well chalk another one up. I hope keeping this near the top of the forums will keep someone else from doing it.
Maybe one of the moderators could even put a warning notice as a sticky here on the forum.

Rusty <><

hogship · « **Reply #1 on:** November 19, 2005, 04:53:56 PM »

Rusty......

Tell us what make and model pistol you're talking about......and what it was you did wrong.

I assume you're talking about the pin the cylinder revolves around?

hog

Rustyinfla · « **Reply #2 on:** November 19, 2005, 05:59:49 PM »

I have a Ruger Old Army. The loading lever gets it's leverage from an attachment to the end of the base pin. The base pin is the pin that goes thru the center of the cylinder. The "BASE PIN RETAINING SCREW" was turned in the wrong direction. It should have been in the locked position and it wasn't... MY BAD!
This is what resulted in the bending of the base pin when I tried to load the revolver.

Rusty <><

Jeff Vicars · « **Reply #3 on:** November 21, 2005, 05:22:11 AM »

Been there, done that. I called Ruger and bought the parts to repair it.

Rustyinfla · « **Reply #4 on:** November 21, 2005, 05:35:14 PM »

I called and ordered mine today... $17.50 for the part.

The experience...priceless.

Rusty <><