Sharps40
Price, it's all about the price
Sent an hour with this one this morning. The interior is pristine. All the major internal components are color case hardened and no sign of use at all. The remainder of the internal smalls, blued, similarly show no signs of use.
Got it all cleaned and greased/dry lubed. With the factory springs, the DA pull winds up about 12 lbs, not unexpected. The single action pull weighs in at 6 lbs 8 oz. That'll be a function of the rebound slide spring, its a monster heavy duty one. I'll probably change it out but first to fire it at the range for the first time in its life.
Major differences from late model Taurus/Smith and Wesson's.
1. Coil main spring has a lever cam and tension screw that allows adjusting the initial compression of the mainspring.
2. Major internal parts (hammer, trigger, rebound slide, cylinder bolt) are all case hardened.
3. Hammer blocking bar is operated off a cam shaft sandwiched between hammer and left frame wall and driven by a pin on the left side of the rebound slide.
4. Cylinder bolt is returned by a spring and plunger held in by an external screw rather than just a blind captured spring.
5. The right side plate forms the right side of the cylinder hand window, as such, the cylinder hand and its associated tension spring are assembled to the side plate and then fiddle diddled into place with the frame mounted trigger at reassembly time.
6. A sufficient number of additional parts, plungers, tiny springs that I'd highly recommend assembly and disassembly within a deep cardboard box whether or not you are familiar with the internal workings of this type of older action.
Got it all cleaned and greased/dry lubed. With the factory springs, the DA pull winds up about 12 lbs, not unexpected. The single action pull weighs in at 6 lbs 8 oz. That'll be a function of the rebound slide spring, its a monster heavy duty one. I'll probably change it out but first to fire it at the range for the first time in its life.
Major differences from late model Taurus/Smith and Wesson's.
1. Coil main spring has a lever cam and tension screw that allows adjusting the initial compression of the mainspring.
2. Major internal parts (hammer, trigger, rebound slide, cylinder bolt) are all case hardened.
3. Hammer blocking bar is operated off a cam shaft sandwiched between hammer and left frame wall and driven by a pin on the left side of the rebound slide.
4. Cylinder bolt is returned by a spring and plunger held in by an external screw rather than just a blind captured spring.
5. The right side plate forms the right side of the cylinder hand window, as such, the cylinder hand and its associated tension spring are assembled to the side plate and then fiddle diddled into place with the frame mounted trigger at reassembly time.
6. A sufficient number of additional parts, plungers, tiny springs that I'd highly recommend assembly and disassembly within a deep cardboard box whether or not you are familiar with the internal workings of this type of older action.
