Single Six

[ArtP]

At the range today shooting my Single Six when a guy and his family show up. It looked to be his sons first time at a range so I offered my single six as an ice breaker for him. I show him the gun and load it for him then let him go for it first shoot and then the jitters are over good job buddy. But here is why I am writing this after he fires two more rounds he has a hard time cycling the action I think huh maybe just having a hard time with as he is just starting out no biggie he finishes the cylinder then goes to his dads lane and fires his nine like a champ. I load up again and I start to have a hard time cycling the gun me and the wife finish up shooting and pack up and go home I start to look at the gun and find a lot of fouling on and around the cylinder I proceed to clean it up and put the cylinder and now seems to be fine. I shoot 100 rounds of Remington thunderbolt never used it before but is it always this dirty of an ammo because dang. I know 22 is hard to come by but I think I will steer clear of this kind for a while.

[cbr9290318]

I've shot thousands of rounds of thunderbolts without any issues that I can recall (though i know some people call them thunderfarts, etc.) M-22s are another story.

[orangeusa]

I kinda wonder if your cylinder was clean. On 22's the shell deforms a small bit.

You said the Single Six was not cycling properly. That is a big deal on a SAA gun. I suggest a gunsmith look at it with a few rounds of whatever ammo you shot.

(It is not the ammo). Single Sixes will eat anything.

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[ArtP]

Orangeusa That's what I thought but the brass looked fine and once it was clean seemed to not be binding like before ran it with some snap caps and no issue. I did not think to save any spent brass I will if it happens again.

[RawHP]

I load up again and I start to have a hard time cycling the gun me and the wife finish up shooting and pack up and go home I start to look at the gun and find a lot of fouling on and around the cylinder I proceed to clean it up and put the cylinder and now seems to be fine.

Where was the fouling? I'm guessing between the cylinder and forcing cone? A tight clearance is good there, but it seems like the ammo would need to be pretty dirty to affect the cylinder rotation, unless you hadn't cleaned the cylinder and forcing cone in a long time.

[tonelar]

Have it's timing checked if he fouling was at all waxy.

[kenl]

Have had that problem in the past. It seems like the rounds aren't fully seating in the cylinder. A good cleaning clears it up, at least for my revolver.

[RawHP]

Maybe your cylinder was cut when the reamer was worn out? You could get the cylinder reamed by a gunsmith for less than the cost of the tool:

http://www.lonestargunsgallerygear.com/gunsmithservices.html

or buy a reamer from Brownells, but doesn't make sense for a one time job.

[ArtP]

Thanks for the advice I cleaned it and it seems to be cycling better I will up date after next range time.

[rogervzv]

Thunderbolt ammo is very accurate, but it is very soft lead and will foul a gun very quickly. You really have to clean a gun every 30-50 rounds if you shoot this stuff. I do not shoot Thunderbolts for that reason.

That is what was going on here. I'm imagining that there is nothing at all wrong with the Single Six other than fouling and leading from the Thunderbolts.