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With the cylinder out of the frame, spin it. Watch the ejector rod. If it remains straight, it’s in alignment. If it wobbles like the wheels of the Toonerville Trolley, it’s not, and there’s a fairly expensive repair job in its immediate future.

Close the cylinder. Looking at the gun from the front, push leftward on the cylinder as if you were opening it, but without releasing the cylinder latch. Watch the interface between the crane or yoke, the part on which the cylinder swings out, with the rest of the frame. If it stays tight, the gun is in good shape. If there’s a big gap, it tells you that some bozo has been abusing the gun by whipping the cylinder out of the frame like Humphrey Bogart. This will have a negative effect on cylinder alignment and will mean another pricey repair job. A big gap in this spot always means, “don’t buy it.”

The cylinder of S&W 686 is opened, then spun. Watch the ejector rod. If it wobbles, it’s out of line and may need replacement.

The author drops a pencil, eraser-end first, down barrel of cocked and empty S&W 4506. Note hammer is back, and decocking lever up…