Drag Lines ?

[hylander]

I'm looking to get a SS new Vaquero 5.5" .45 Colt.
I inspected the one we have at work, overall the Revolver looks great.
However being brand new (I am the only to take it out of the box) it already has drag lines just from the
factory guys test shooting it
I can see the cylinder stop hand coming up early before the notch.
This Normal ? Should I pass on this one ?

[freebullet]

The only time my gp100 doesn't have that line is when I touch up the high polish finish. On a brushed finish or blue it's a fact of life. I think I'd be more worried if it didn't have 1.

[lefty o]

you'll be hard pressed to find a ruger that doesnt do it. its an issue of timing, and you wont find an affordable revolver that doesnt leave a line around the cylinder.

[BruceB]

.....and it's not just Rugers!

I am sitting here looking at four S&W revolvers, J-, K-, and N-frame designs, dating from brand-new to 1973. They ALL have a drag line on the cylinder from the locking bolt.

Buy the gun and enjoy it. Don't concern yourself with such a minor and common condition.

[Ballistics in Scotland]

Really meticulous adjustment of the timing can drop the bolt into the far end of the transverse groove that leads into the locking bolt notch. But that costs money, production line or after-market. Polishing the top of the bolt, and making sure a surface rather than its edge contacts the cylinder, may help. While you are itching to get out and shoot your new revolver would be a good time...

[btroj]

I am far more concerned with trigger pull and how it makes holes in small clusters on a piece of paper than I am cosmetic issues.
I don't own a trophy wife or trophy guns

[country gent]

On high polished blue or stainless with the polish marks running parallel to the centerline the marks will show faster as the run against the grain standing out due to this. A light polish to smooth the surfave of the hands edge slows this effect but has to be done crefully. A good action job helps alot also but is expensive to have done.

[Petrol & Powder]

A Drag line on a revolver cylinders is one of the most over hyped mythical pieces of bunk to ever come around. IT MEANS NOTHING !

[Petrol & Powder]

Really meticulous adjustment of the timing can drop the bolt into the far end of the transverse groove that leads into the locking bolt notch. But that costs money, production line or after-market. Polishing the top of the bolt, and making sure a surface rather than its edge contacts the cylinder, may help. While you are itching to get out and shoot your new revolver would be a good time...

/\ this is true.
It is possible to time the release of the cylinder bolt so that it falls into the lead-in for the locking notch but there is no need to do that. It is expensive and superfluous.

[firebrick43]

I deal mostly in rugers, and then about 9 single actions to every double actions. It amazes me the number of people that complain about drag marks. As soon as it's mentioned my response is always "Get over it Scooter!"


Then again I have met people that just can't understand why browning style short recoil pistols have cosmetic wear on the outside of the barrel.

does vaquero function properly pointing straight up or down? Dry firing is ok on rugers. If so that all you can really do in the shop. After you buy it dry fire it several thousand times to improve the trigger pull.

[hylander]

Thanks, not complaining at all.
Just curious because my 1858 Remington has Zero drag lines after several cylinders fired and
the GP 100 I just sold had no drag lines as well.

[Duckiller]

My Colt Python doesn't have a drag line. Of course I haven't shot it that much and now it is too expensive for me to shoot. Never wanted trophy guns but the Python turned into one and a shotgun I won at a DU dinner is probably one. I have never shot the shotgun.