I went to the range last night and was trying some new Penn 95gr SWC bullets in my Single Six .32 magnum. I bought this troublesome piece at a gun show last year and have been toying with it ever since. I discovered early on that the cylinder was out of alignment with the bore as well as having chamber throats that measured .311 inch while the groove diameter was .313. First I sent it off to cylindersmith.com to have the throats opened to .314.
I ordered a Power Custom oversized cylinder latch from Brownells and installed that which made a huge improvement to the alignment but not perfect. Then I used Iowegan's method of putting a washer on the trigger pin and that got it almost perfect.
Group sizes with most loads tested still were not great, 2 to 3 inch range. Remember I am spoiled by my .41 magnum BH which will hold ten shot groups in 1.5" at 25 yards.
So while shooting the new Penn bullet loads I decided to try something. I put on my left glove and with light downward thumb pressure on the left side of the cylinder I let the trigger go on five rounds. The first time I did this I put five shots in 1 1/8". The first five of this load without the pressure was about 2". Then I shot another load without thumb pressure and put five shots in 2.5". With pressure another five went into an inch. This was all done at 20 yards since this gun is a Vaquero style with tiny sights.
Now here is a question for Iowegan. Should I take a few thousandths off of the lower tooth of the pawl to relieve some of its "push" on the cylinder?
I ordered a Power Custom oversized cylinder latch from Brownells and installed that which made a huge improvement to the alignment but not perfect. Then I used Iowegan's method of putting a washer on the trigger pin and that got it almost perfect.
Group sizes with most loads tested still were not great, 2 to 3 inch range. Remember I am spoiled by my .41 magnum BH which will hold ten shot groups in 1.5" at 25 yards.
So while shooting the new Penn bullet loads I decided to try something. I put on my left glove and with light downward thumb pressure on the left side of the cylinder I let the trigger go on five rounds. The first time I did this I put five shots in 1 1/8". The first five of this load without the pressure was about 2". Then I shot another load without thumb pressure and put five shots in 2.5". With pressure another five went into an inch. This was all done at 20 yards since this gun is a Vaquero style with tiny sights.
Now here is a question for Iowegan. Should I take a few thousandths off of the lower tooth of the pawl to relieve some of its "push" on the cylinder?