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jetfire has used the phrase "out of time" to describe a situation of skipping chambers on his latest revolver. Started this thread to avoid derailing the Beretta MR73 thread with a discussion of semantics that is universal to revolvers.
I'm not sure I agree with use of the phrase "out of time" to describe a situation of skipping chambers.
In general, my understanding of "out of time" is that it means the totality of the wear condition of the trigger, hammer, hand, ratchet, frame windows, etc. is such that it is possible for the hammer to either drop or be cocked into single action before the cylinder has rotated far enough for the cylinder stop to rise up into the cylinder notch. Thus, the hammer may fall on a primer with the chamber not properly aligned with the barrel.
Skipping chambers is, in a sense, the opposite problem, in that the cylinder continues rotating past the point where the cylinder stop should rise up into the cylinder notch. The hammer may also fall on a primer with the chamber not properly aligned with the barrel, but the nature of the condition is fundamentally different.
Usually, skipping chambers will only be experienced in moderately rapid DA fire or dryfire, as it is a failure of the stop to rise and catch the cylinder notch.
Conversely, a revolver that is "out of time" and subject to early hammer fall will often run fine in DA, as the rotation of the cylinder carries it through to lockup before the hammer actually falls.
Wear between the trigger and cylinder stop could only cause the cylinder stop to be released sooner, slightly lengthening the turn line but having no other ill effects that come to mind. It could not interfere with the cylinder stop rising appropriately.
Does anyone strongly disagree with the statement that "out of time" ≠ skipping chambers?
I'm not trying to be a pedantic douche, but precision matters because its saying different things about what might be wrong with the gun.