Any Contender repair wizards here?
Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2022 11:30 am
Seriously confused here.
One of my frames would not cock. Break open the gun, close it (soft, hard, anywhere in between) just barely touch the hammer "ping!" hammer will not cock and rides tight to the frame no hammer block. Feels just like it would after firing. It was intermittent. I played with the interlock spring and it seemed to be better. Called Bellm and got a spring kit. If memory serves he thought it was the interlock spring.
Months later (today) I replaced the interlock spring. The others were all longer than the new ones so I left them in place. Put the gun back together. Same issue, only almost 100% not working now, very rare to get it to cock.
Sat there and played with it to try and see what was, or wasn't, happening. Sometimes the safety fell, sometimes it didn't, fall or not didn't seem to matter. The sear just wouldn't lock. I could see it not move or cock. Played with it a bunch more checking closing speed, hammer cock speed, blah, blah, blah, watching as much as I can. In the rush of open, close, cock, sequence many, many, times quickly, with occasional correct function, I opened the gun with a cocked hammer and without pulling the trigger, or releasing the hammer. I had the "Oh, crap dummy!" moment and from that point on it has been 100% functional.
What's broke? What did I fix? What in heck is going on?
One of my frames would not cock. Break open the gun, close it (soft, hard, anywhere in between) just barely touch the hammer "ping!" hammer will not cock and rides tight to the frame no hammer block. Feels just like it would after firing. It was intermittent. I played with the interlock spring and it seemed to be better. Called Bellm and got a spring kit. If memory serves he thought it was the interlock spring.
Months later (today) I replaced the interlock spring. The others were all longer than the new ones so I left them in place. Put the gun back together. Same issue, only almost 100% not working now, very rare to get it to cock.
Sat there and played with it to try and see what was, or wasn't, happening. Sometimes the safety fell, sometimes it didn't, fall or not didn't seem to matter. The sear just wouldn't lock. I could see it not move or cock. Played with it a bunch more checking closing speed, hammer cock speed, blah, blah, blah, watching as much as I can. In the rush of open, close, cock, sequence many, many, times quickly, with occasional correct function, I opened the gun with a cocked hammer and without pulling the trigger, or releasing the hammer. I had the "Oh, crap dummy!" moment and from that point on it has been 100% functional.
What's broke? What did I fix? What in heck is going on?