Cylinder and Slide finally slogged through their backlog and got a look at my ailing Detective Special.
The bolt stop was rounded off and one notch for it on the cylinder had been rounded as well.
It's terminal since they can't economically get a new cylinder.
Apparently Colt didn't give a lot of engagement with the design and there's just no way to fix it.
The gunsmith, Paul, says it's $100 in parts to them, so I get a check for that. He thinks they can make a nice "how detective specials work" cutaway from it, so I am also promised a picture of it cut up.
Paul sounded like he was kind of bummed he couldn't fix it for me and even offered me some priority to the head of the line should I have something that they can fix (like a Hi-Power).
I originally bought the gun to help a friend who needed money; mission still accomplished.
The bolt stop was rounded off and one notch for it on the cylinder had been rounded as well.
It's terminal since they can't economically get a new cylinder.
Apparently Colt didn't give a lot of engagement with the design and there's just no way to fix it.
The gunsmith, Paul, says it's $100 in parts to them, so I get a check for that. He thinks they can make a nice "how detective specials work" cutaway from it, so I am also promised a picture of it cut up.
Paul sounded like he was kind of bummed he couldn't fix it for me and even offered me some priority to the head of the line should I have something that they can fix (like a Hi-Power).
I originally bought the gun to help a friend who needed money; mission still accomplished.