I have an Adams revolver that the hammer will not pull back or the cylinder will not turn, any suggestions?
I have an Adams revolver that the hammer will not pull back or the cylinder will not turn, any suggestions?
Guessing it's like a colt & a piece of cap is stuck between the front of the hammer & back of the frame. I tap my hammer against some wood to flatten the debris enough that the revolver will cycle again. That's why I shoot a Remington in competition. Also why old style photos show cavalry cocking the guns over their shoulder - drops the cap & debris away.
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Hallo!
Hard to diagnose blind, but...
But if not a cap jam... I would first suspect a broken trigger/bolt spring.
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Hindus eat pork, but not beef. Muslims eat beef, but not pork. The .577 rounds were rumored to use both tallow (beef) and pork grease, thus insulting both religions.
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Well, yeah.
When I was an international cop in Kosovo, there a couple of Indian police officers out on patrol and they saw a Kosovar out in a field, beat a cow. That's a big no-no in their country, as cows are considered sacred animals. They brought the farmer to jail, but had to turn him loose, once it was explained to them that they were NOT in India and that cow beating was not a crime in Kosovo.
After being in Kosovo, I became a police advisor in Afghanistan. There, I overheard a conversation between a fellow advisor and one of our security people, who was from Nepal. The advisor was telling Chhabi that if he ever came to America to come visit him in Alabama and he would cook him a nice big steak. Chhabi, a Hindi, was very uncomfortable, but trying to be polite. I took the Bama native aside and told him that offering Chhabi a steak was like trying to feed a Muslim a pork chop.
You have to know the culture when you go overseas.
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Gil Davis Tercenio
# 3020V
34th Battalion, Virginia Cavalry
Great, great grandson of Cpl Elijah S Davis, Co I, 6th Alabama Inf CSA
In fact, British Enfield cartridges were lubricated with a mixture of mutton (sheep) tallow and beeswax, and thus contained neither beef nor pork!
Even further, prior to the rebellion it was ordered that cartridges issued to Sepoy troops be unlubricated, so that they could lubricate them themselves with whatever they saw fit. Additionally, loading orders were changed so that instead of biting the cartridge, one was to use one's fingers to open it. This, ironically, simply convinced the doubters that the lubricant was actually beef or pork!
Ultimately, in 1859 the British settled on 100% pure beeswax as the best lubricant for their paper-patched bullets.
Steve
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