Revolver casings snagging on cycle, how to fix/stop/resolve? (pic)

[BillCA]

I presume if the stud is pressed/staked in place it can be removed and replaced.

Studs come oversized and need to be ground to fit. If you look closely, you'll see many actually form part of the bottom left-rear of the cylinder window opening.

The stud has to be sized for a press fit, then staked from inside the frame. The oversized portions are then ground off and the part spot-blued if necessary.

[tonelar]

On DA smiths, your cylinder is rotating clockwise. So a just fired cartridge is backing out of its cylinder enough to hang up on the angled section of your recoil shield. Wouldn't happen with ammo loaded with enough power to expand the just fired case. Factory loads (or stronger reloads) won't creep back out of their cylinders once fired.

I've seen single action revolvers mess up like this. Mostly due to the use of underpowered loads.

[rivviepop]

Yeah it's definitely not a cast-in-place stud, it's an older -5 variant that looks to be replaceable. I'll get with my gunsmith when I have time and see what he thinks it'll take to get this done; I'm not good enough to start grinding pieces to fit at this juncture in my career.

tony - thanks, that's gotta be it since I know Miwall does tend to randomly underpower their loads as mentioned. It's most likely when I'm hitting a round that's so light/soft on powder that the specific casing isn't expanding, explaining why it's a random occurance. Sometimes these rounds can pound a steel target right down, other times it's like "ting! ... wtf?"

[Riodog]

Rivviepop, just food for thought. I have a SSA Colt in 44/40 that was having the same problem. With the 44 special cylinder no problem. When all was said and done it was the cases. The head thickness was thicker on some cases. Mike um and see what you come up with. I turned a few down on a lathe which was too much work, ran a few across some fine wet/dry paper and that took them down enough. Finally just got real picky with what brass I was reloading and threw away all of the brands that wouldn't spin freely.

Rio

[tonelar]

I've heard of 38/40 and 44/40 doing the same things... however thought it was attributed to their neck dimensions being off.