Never let the muzzle cover anything you are not willing to destroy. Preventative maintenance is a good thing Im going to look into it see if one size fits all.Ĭlick on the labels at the end of the posts to find related posts. I havent had this problem again for over thirty-five years, but I sure have not forgotten it.Ī prudent person would probably order a few of these plungers just in case one is needed. You will need it when you make your new piece so you can make the length right. The important thing for you to do if this happens is to turn the gun upside down and catch the bottom of the Hammer Plunger.

I think you could make the gun work by opening the gate, rotating the cylinder so it is unlatched, closing the gate, and then cocking the hammer. The cylinder latch is not moved when you try to cock the gun, and it is jammed up as the hand tries to rotate the cylinder. If this breaks in your revolver you cannot operate the action normally. It was easy to replace by using a drill bit shank cut to length, and then filing the side where the pin rides. The plunger broke on a Single Six I had in the mid-1970s, and I saw this repeated on a friends Single Six a year or two later.

The Plunger is pushed upward into the hammer as the hammer drops, and then it pops back to the limit of the relieved area against the little pin when it is at rest. I'd like to fix it myself, if possible.Thanks in advance.This plunger pushes forward on the backside of the Cylinder Latch when you draw the hammer back, which lowers the front end of the latch, allowing the cylinder to turn. This was my first gun, and my grandfather owned it. But I don't know what could be wrong.Īny insight would be greatly appreciated. I'm pretty sure I put everything back together right. And the cylinder is kind of loose too, until it is locked in place. Sorry, it's hard to describe.When the cylinder is in, the hammer will only go back about halfway. Without the cylinder in, it will cock about hakfway sometimes and stop, and sometimes it will go back all the way. The loading gate works fine, most of the time, but now the hammer won't go back half the time. So I put it back together and am now faced with a bigger problem. I messed around with the gate detent spring for a moment and it seemed to be working fine.

I was kind of stumped, so I took it apart to find out what was causing the problem. I was out shooting it, and the loading gate wouldn't open. It.s the hunter model, I guess, because it has about a 9.5' barrel.

Ruger single six hammer plunger