Blackhawk Help

[Ebow1]

I've got a Ruger Blackhawk in .30 carbine that I was shooting for the first time today. I was using wolf rounds with the steel casings. Long story short, I've got 3 casings that refuse to leave the cylinder. I've tried everything I can to manually force them out but nothing works. Can anybody help me with this one?

[gregintenn]

Knock them out with a punch and a hammer.

[Lumber_Jack]

Knock them out with a punch and a hammer.

Yep, take cylinder out. I would use a screw driver. Tap with hammer until they come out.

[Ebow1]

I'm a freaking moron. Here I've been destroying my fingers shoving the rod from my gun cleaning kit in there trying to get it out. I really can't believe I didn't think of that.

Oh well, let's switch to something less stupid. Has anyone else had this problem? I bought 250 rounds of Wolf .30 cal carbine reading plenty of reviews stating how well they worked out in the Blackhawk. I'm thinking it's just the ammo but based on the positive reviews I'm thinking maybe it's not. Anybody have any experience with this?

[Garufa]

Is the Wolf ammo brown or gray in appearance? Brown is laquer coated, gray is polymer. Either way that coating is what's causing the problem. When the shells sit too long in a heated chamber the stuff melts and they will stick.

[Ebow1]

It's gray.

[gregintenn]

I'm guessing as well that the coating is the culprit. Clean your cylinder well and get some brass cased ammo. BTW, that d@mned thing is loud isn't it? You might try cleaning and lightly lubing the chambers in your cylinder and firing some more. I'd think a film of oil would keep them from sticking....it's worth a shot. Too much oil, however, will make any case stick.

Edited March 16, 2011 by gregintenn

[Ebow1]

Oh it's loud alright. I loved it. I went to the Hendersonville GnL with it, heard all these little pops from the other people on the range and thought "it's so quiet down here, let's change that".

[gunrunner32]

I've tried to run the same ammo out of my .30 cal Blackhawk and I ran into the same problem...that box of ammo is still sitting on my work bench. I've figured it to be the expansion of the steel casings, that or the finish on them. Either way I'm going to be spending the extra little bit for the brass cased ammo from now on. G&L when in stock carries some for right around $23 a box of 50 if I'm not mistaken. I usually get it from them since it's one of the few places I've found that keeps a decent stock of it.

[Jonnin]

Yea they said it but try reloader's case lube, and clean the thing really well, and see how that goes. My .44 even gets stuck cases with brass sometimes, the bigger rounds just do that sometimes, its usually minor but from time to time it can be a pain. The steel coating stuff is not helpful to any gun.

Someone else should chime in here, but the coating is designed to help semi-autos, not revolvers, and I would be willing to bet that you could remove it before shooting them if you wanted. There is nothing in a revolver that needs to be protected from the steel on steel that the coating helps, except the interior of your cylinder, and if you had the case lube instead of the coating, it would be fine IMHO.

[Dolomite_supafly]

If you ever decide you want to sell your Ruger PM me.

Dolomite

[gunrunner32]

I saw one at Guns and Leather about 2 months ago (Ruger Blackhawk .30 Cal Carbine 7.5" Barrel) for $350 or so, used. I almost bought it out of principle, but my wife said no since I already had one.

[Ebow1]

It was $320, and that's the one I bought. I went up there to poke around the .44 magnum market and had to buy it when I saw the price.

Dolomite-Don't hold your breath.