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<blockquote data-quote="pistolguy" data-source="post: 2224135" data-attributes="member: 30479"><p>Colt DA&#039;s have a very bad reputation for going their cylinders going &quot;out of time&quot; with many fewer rds (or dryfire cycles) than Smiths or Rugers, and those go out of time in pretty short order. :-) Most people don&#039;t know how to check for the cylinder hand being worn.&nbsp; What you do is put a bit of &quot;drag&quot; on the rotation of the cylinder, with a finger. with the other hand, SLOWLY cock the hammer. once the hammer is cocked, grab the cylinder and see if you can turn it further, before the bolt pops up into the bolt notch in the cylinder. If you can, your cylinder hand is worn, and should be replaced or &quot;peened&quot; to make it longer.&nbsp; this costs over&nbsp; $50 at a smiths, and occurs every few thousand rds, actually. Swift cycling of the cylinder &quot;throws&#039; it around, enough to let the bolt engage the cylinder, but that does not mean that the hand aint worn, and you can stress the hell out of your frame and barrel by firing the gun with the cylinder out of alignment with the barrel, especially with magnum loads.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="pistolguy, post: 2224135, member: 30479"] Colt DA's have a very bad reputation for going their cylinders going "out of time" with many fewer rds (or dryfire cycles) than Smiths or Rugers, and those go out of time in pretty short order. :-) Most people don't know how to check for the cylinder hand being worn. What you do is put a bit of "drag" on the rotation of the cylinder, with a finger. with the other hand, SLOWLY cock the hammer. once the hammer is cocked, grab the cylinder and see if you can turn it further, before the bolt pops up into the bolt notch in the cylinder. If you can, your cylinder hand is worn, and should be replaced or "peened" to make it longer. this costs over $50 at a smiths, and occurs every few thousand rds, actually. Swift cycling of the cylinder "throws' it around, enough to let the bolt engage the cylinder, but that does not mean that the hand aint worn, and you can stress the hell out of your frame and barrel by firing the gun with the cylinder out of alignment with the barrel, especially with magnum loads. [/QUOTE]

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