This evening I stepped out to fire a few wadcutter rounds out of my Detective Special and had several failures to fire double action. The primer was most definitely dimpled and the revolver fired without issue single action. I am using S&B primers with which I have had fine results in several (several) thousands of rounds in various pistols. I will switch primers and try again but thought it might be prudent to:
1) Ask if the double action vs. single action issue mentioned above is indicative of a known issue that can be resolved with maintenance, and
2) Understand who is doing quality work for this revolver. This was my dad's weapon, I have had it for about twenty five years and plan to pass it along to my son but it could probably benefit from a once over by someone much more skilled than myself.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Not related to the above but I think it is worth saying that the double action trigger is really nice on this piece. I'm a Glock shooter and have worked hard to develop reasonable trigger control. The DA pull on this piece is extremely forgiving and it is almost effortless to break the trigger without disturbing the sights.
Kind Regards,
Dan