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February 4, 2015
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I took my .357 to the range today and was pleasantly surprised at how accurate the thing is. All of the bullets fired from this gun had a tendency to congregate towards the center of the target. 
It handled very well with very manageable recoil. All in all, a pleasure to shoot.
I did have one issue, though. I started off using some cheap Blazer .38 SPCL ammo to get a feel for it (and to save a few bucks). At one point, the 5th round wouldn't fire. The trigger wouldn't pull and I couldn't pull the spur back into SA. I had to release the cylinder, empty it and reload it. I put the two rounds of .38 that were in it when the problem occurred back in and added 4 more. The rounds came out and went back in with no problems. They all fired great and things went on as usual.
I had no problems with the 50 rounds of Winchester white box .357, either.
Has anyone else here experienced this? I can assume that it had something to do with the ammo, but that is just a guess. Maybe operator error to some degree?
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February 22, 2009
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Could be a few things- probably not ammunition though. I'd start with barrel-cylinder gap (.002-.004 on most proud chamber), then look at grip screw (could be a bit too tight, but not likely), then give it a good cleaning (my best advice)- could be crud inside. See AJT for more. Glad it wasn't a show stopper.
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February 4, 2015
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Thanks for the info/advice. This brings up my next question: Is there a way to adjust the cylinder gap on a fixed barrel?
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March 2, 2008
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I think the only option would be removal and re-installation of the barrel by a qualified gunsmith.
Is there an issue that requires adjustment?
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George Carlin
February 4, 2015
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No issue that has been isolated...yet. I was just pondering solutions to the possible causes presented by rwsem in the earlier post.
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March 2, 2008
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I think Ron did not connect with this being a FB gun, I didn't either when I read your OP.
You could check the gap on all six chambers, and if you discover a problem (like one chamber at .001-.002 while all the others are larger), you could probably have a gunsmith remove the cylinder and square up the face of the cylinder.
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February 22, 2009
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Yep- wasn't thinking FB.. Agree with Steve. Now I'm thinking crud inside, since you didn't have an issue after opening and closing the cylinder.
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