Well, I broke my Bowen SBH

[Scott Tschirhart]

Not sure how I did it, but Hamilton asked me to send it back to him.

Pulling the hammer back doesn’t unlock the cylinder. The hammer only goes back this far.

[Scott Tschirhart]

I’d take it apart, but I want him to see it as is.

I think it’s the bolt-stop canning plunger on the hammer is either broken or stuck. He’s only seen that twice in 40 years.

[GunnyMack]

Not something you see every day that's for sure!
Is it loaded? Can you get the cylinder out?

[Scott Tschirhart]

No, it’s not loaded. And Hamilton has a theory.

I will send it back tomorrow and I’m sure he will get it back to me soon.

[Ysabel Kid]

It will be interesting to hear the solution!

[samsi]

It will be interesting to hear the solution!

Yes, inquiring minds need to know!

[Griff]

But... ya gotta love a fella that'll stand behind his work. Especially if it turns out to be unrelated to work he did. I.e. failure of a stock part.

[Scott Tschirhart]

Hamilton is a fine gentleman.

When it left his shop it was working just fine. Something is not right but I have no doubt that he will make it right.

Our friendship is worth more to either of us than any gun.

[2ndovc]

Hamilton is a very nice man.

When I'd sent him my SBH he gave me a call about what style I wanted the front sight to be.
I answered his question and a couple others, then he said "This one will be a dandy of a revolver." That still makes me smile every time I have it out.

jb

[Scott Tschirhart]

On my Redhawk, Hamilton called me one morning and asked me if the gun shot a certain way for me. He had just finished firing it and it shot that way for him. He thought the barrel was turned in just beyond top dead center (a minute or two) and he asked if I wanted to turn it in one turn to straighten it out.

A very small thing but to a man who uses his guns like I do, it’s a big deal. Ruger would say that it was within specs.

The result is more than worth it to me.

[LeverGunner]

I've had 2 Rugers that locked up like that.

One had a very worn hammer plunger that began binding. I replaced the plunger and spring and had no further issues. This was on a well used Single Six.

The other had some machining debris in the hole for the hammer plunger. I cleaned the hole out and polished it with fine sandpaper by spinning a piece in a drill and getting the corner of the paper up in the hole.