Is this tumbler broke?

[TerryK]

This tumbler looks chipped/cracked on the half **** notch on my L+R RPL-03. So do I need to order one?

 

[Alexander Efremenko]

I'd say so..

 

[rich pierce]

Definitely

 

[Ontario47]

Great pictures! Yes it is chipped. If cost is no concern, buy a new one. More important, why is it chipped, and what is the condition of the full **** notch, the sear nose, and the fly that is supposed to stop the sear nose chipping the half **** notch. Is the fly there and working properly? Or was the chipping caused by forcing the trigger while cocking the hammer out of the half **** notch ? More pictures as you are pulling the hammer back further.

 

[sawyer04]

YEP.

 

[EC121]

Could be from snapping the set triggers with the hammer at half-****. Did it come like that? The way it is chipped from the inside out looks like hitting the sear bar somehow at half-**** did it.

 

[Ontario47]

After looking at the pictures again it looks like the last picture shows the full **** position with the tip of the fly showing. Replace the tumbler and fly. look at the sear nose and replace if damaged.

 

[TerryK]

I don't know how or when this happened. I did not shoot this rifle for a few years, and I noticed the chip when I cleaned it up after shooting. I did not have any issues, but I'll order a new one.

 

[Ontario47]

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"Could be from snapping the set triggers with the hammer at half-****. The way it is chipped from the inside out looks like hitting the sear bar somehow at half-**** did it."
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I have to confess I am guilty of dry firing the set trigger with out paying attention to the Hammer down or half **** position. GOOD INFO

 

[SDSmlf]

Have seen a number of tumbler half **** notches and sears damaged from dry firing with the lock at half ****. Set trigger strikes the sear, and all the stress is put on the notch and sear tip. Just a matter of time before one or the other chips or breaks. Best to replace both.

A couple of folks with broken lock parts told me they saw a YouTube video demonstrating how to place the gun in half ****, then dry firing the gun when adjusting the set trigger. TC recommended this method years ago, with S&W now taking the position if you contact them that the tumbler or sear ‘shouldn’t break’ doing limited dry firing, but if it does, too bad because there are few spare parts. Got to love holding companies and YouTube. Unfortunately any knucklehead with a camera and internet access can post anything and leave it out there for others to blindly follow along with for years to come.

 

[Cpt Flint]

Broken tumblers are a part of life with an L and R lock.