Posted: 1/27/2009 7:33:12 PM EDT
| alright i have a hammerless cia 38 sp and when i brought it home from shooting it the first time i put some snap caps in to practice dry firing since i was jurking the gun to much when shooting (not used to da only) and i noticed it wont fire pointing down at a 35 degree angle or less, i posted this up in the taurus forum and got no responce so i am trying here. the other night i decided to go buy a scew driver and take the side plate off and see whats going on (i am very mechanically inclined i am a mechanic lol, just been out of town on buisness and had no tools) and i found that there is a plate inbetween the firing pin and the hammer and when the gun is tilted downward, when the trigger is pulled it gets stuck on the firing pin. anyone see this happen before, is this a built in safety, is there an easy fix, or get it into taurus to get fixed |
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That 'plate' is the transfer-bar. When you pull the trigger, the transfer bar moves up between the hammer and the firing pin, so that when the hammer drops, it hits the transfer bar, which hits the firing pin, which hits the primer in the cartridge. When the trigger has been reset, the transfer bar should be down and out of the way, so that the hammer doesn't make contact with the firing pin. This is so that if the gun is dropped on the hammer, it won't light off the round under the hammer.
If it's getting caught on the firing pin when the gun is tilted downwards, it sounds like either the firing pin isn't shaped right (I think it should have a bit of an angle to allow the transfer bar to slide up smoothly) or the transfer bar isn't shaped right. Call Taurus and see if you can get them to send you a new firing pin or a new transfer bar (or both); if you have any mechanical aptitude, either one should be fairly simple to install. If you don't feel up to it, send it back to Taurus to have them look at the problem and fix it under warranty. |