A strange thing happened at the range today, and I'm wondering if any of the forum experts have some ideas about what happened.
The revolver was an Armscor M200. 38 Special. Externally, it looks like a Colt. Internally, it may be different - I don't know. I've shot about 1000 rounds with this gun. No problems with it.
After about 25 rounds today, I had a problem while shooting single action. The first two shots were fine. On the third shot, I cocked the hammer, and pulled the trigger. The hammer fell forward just a tiny bit, maybe 1/16", and then it stopped. I don't really remember what happened next. I think I held the hammer with my thumb, released the trigger, and the hammer came down slowly as the trigger moved forward.
I swung open the cylinder, and looked things over. I didn't see anything interesting. Then I lined up the cylinder, closed the gun, and pulled back the hammer to cock it. The gun was cocked, and the cylinder was lined up with the round that I just tried to fire. When I pulled the trigger, the same thing happened, the hammer fell forward just a tiny bit and stopped. I kept the gun pointed down range and slowly released the trigger. The hammer slowly came down as the trigger moved forward.
I swung out the cylinder, dumped out the remaining rounds and looking things over. I saw nothing interesting. I dry fired the gun in single action a couple dozen times. No problems.
Then I finished the box of 50 rounds, and had no further problems.
Does anyone have an idea about what was happening? I've never seen such a thing before. The gun was perfectly clean and lubricated before I started shooting today, by the way.
Thanks for the input.
The revolver was an Armscor M200. 38 Special. Externally, it looks like a Colt. Internally, it may be different - I don't know. I've shot about 1000 rounds with this gun. No problems with it.
After about 25 rounds today, I had a problem while shooting single action. The first two shots were fine. On the third shot, I cocked the hammer, and pulled the trigger. The hammer fell forward just a tiny bit, maybe 1/16", and then it stopped. I don't really remember what happened next. I think I held the hammer with my thumb, released the trigger, and the hammer came down slowly as the trigger moved forward.
I swung open the cylinder, and looked things over. I didn't see anything interesting. Then I lined up the cylinder, closed the gun, and pulled back the hammer to cock it. The gun was cocked, and the cylinder was lined up with the round that I just tried to fire. When I pulled the trigger, the same thing happened, the hammer fell forward just a tiny bit and stopped. I kept the gun pointed down range and slowly released the trigger. The hammer slowly came down as the trigger moved forward.
I swung out the cylinder, dumped out the remaining rounds and looking things over. I saw nothing interesting. I dry fired the gun in single action a couple dozen times. No problems.
Then I finished the box of 50 rounds, and had no further problems.
Does anyone have an idea about what was happening? I've never seen such a thing before. The gun was perfectly clean and lubricated before I started shooting today, by the way.
Thanks for the input.