Colt Peacemaker .22 Mag Cylinder

You left out the most important parts of this. Is the gun loaded or empty? Does this happen during shooting? Are the empty cases hard to eject? Is the case heads rims jamming against the recoil plate?

 

You read worse than me
BUT he does need to say if loaded (i doubt it tho)
The "once in awhile" throws me if its always unloaded----

 

Sounds to me like its a) out of timing on the mag cylinder b) the frame isn't opened up enough for said cylinder. That said we need to know if its loaded.

 

Might be he's dry firing it.......and when did you learn to read hoss???

 

You're dry firing a .22?
Peening on the cylinder occurs and the firing pin will get ruined.

Check the pawl (hand). The .22 Mag no longer mates good with it.

 

If the gun functions fine with the regular 22 LR cylinder then the gun itself is OK. The problem is in the 22 mag cylinder only. I would guess that it is 1 or 2 thousandths to long. Could have a burr and then tight on the cylinder pin(maybe).

 

Still learnin-I'm gud with 4 letters or less

 

Send it back to colt to be fixed. Take it to a Smith to fix. What he means is its got a rough spot and wont turn freely on the center pin

 

Dus dis me'ns wes'uns neds ta ta'k la'k dis?????

 

The rachet is damaged on the Mag. cylinder. This has caused the hand to rachet time to be off. Colt will have a charge for this type of repair. I would take it to a local GS for repair. The shipping on this to Colt will get pricey for a small repair.

 

With the cylinder out of the gun, does the cylinder pin slide in and out of the cylinder freely? Does the cylinder turn freely on the pin? If it binds the center hole in cylinder has a problem.

If it does move freely then my guess is that the cylinder is too long. With the mag cylinder in the gun and the hammer in the loading position(2nd click) turn the cylinder by hand several revolutions(it should only turn clock-wise). Is it binding? If not then nitestalker is likely correct. If it is binding then - pull the cylinder and inspect it to see where the blue is being rubbed off. Most likely will be the front center(around the center hole). Possible wear in cylinder front half way between center hole and edge. Check those things and let us know what is does.

 

I think that is the problem but..... But I don't want to say any thing else without looking for myself. At this point I say take it to a local gunsmith. Or put the cylinder away and just shoot the 22 LR cylinder. Some things are just better left to the professional.

 

Another thing to look at is the pin that the cylinder rotates on is bent.

Roll it on a piece of glass and listen for "clicks" (like checking a motor pushrod).

A new pin can be picked up inexpensively.