Ruger Double Action Revolvers Quiz!

I am semi-retired and I am taking a self-passed and self-taught Armorers course and now I am on the Ruger Double Action Revolvers. I hope to become a part-time light Gunsmith in the near future.

There are over 60 quiz questions covering this firearm and I have answered most of them hopefully correctly but during my study and research I am having some problems related to some of the following quiz questions. I have conflicting answers.

Can you help me determine the correct answers for these few quiz questions? Please correct my wrong answers!

Thanks for your help.

Note #17. The revolver could fire without the transfer bar by simply pulling the trigger. True or false

Note #18. The spring and plunger for the cylinder stop (cylinder latch) spring loads the cylinder stop (cylinder latch)
a) up
b) down

Note #19. The crane has two balls that retain the cylinder. True or false

Note #20. The center pin system utilizes a
a) right hand thread
b) left hand thread

Note #21. The trigger is also the sear. True or false

Note #22. The hand (pawl) is not spring loaded. True or false
Note #23. The cylinder must go into the frame before the trigger guard assembly. True or false

Note #24. What is the slave pin that is supplied by Ruger used for?
a) To captivate the mainspring
b) To install the trigger
c) To take off the front sight

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Don Campbell, CALM, CALA, SPHR

I'm flat tired of this. I recomend that you learn it, or forget about it. Can't pour smithey out of a can. I'm NOT a smithy. Can't know if you are or not?
I will Not help you cheat a test.

Cheezywan

right on Chessy. Some one on here helped give him the answers to his last test.

Maybe he could just have all the test materials sent here directly, then he wouldn't even have to type them in.

Yestday I kuldn't spel gunsmith - t'day I are one. .

.

Now this is funny....

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Still Learnin' as I go!

NRA Life Member

Alright guys, take it easy.....

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MikeG

It would be better if you had a firearm in front of you to look at. All of these questions could be easily answered by simply taking it apart and determining the answer. S&W Amorers school, when you go, is 90% hands on taking it apart and putting it back together untill you can do it in your sleep. Dissassembly and assembly can be taught, but it can be better learned hands on. If you do not have a particular firearm of question, buy or borrow one and learn it's function and particulars intamantly. That is the true road to wisdom. After that it is your skill with tools and fixtures that will make you a good "Smith". I took a mail order Gunsmith course in the early Eighty's and learned alot about how to actually repair small things, but without a machinists background I felt lacking in alot of areas. A good Gunsmith school is "hands on" but then you have to move to that area where the school is for a short time to do that. I guess I typed a while to sum it up as this.... Hands on is how you learn. I do not in any way wish to put you down, but facts are facts and I told you the truth. Lou.

do they give you booklets? diagrams? video? any materials?

without materials or actual hnads on examples I can't see how one could learn anything??

Harry, Brownell's has alot of books and video's available for different gunsmithing projects. They have exploded drawings in book form. Alot of what the general smiths encounter are what is called "Orphans" these were firearms built in the mid 1900's for Sears and other companies by major manufacturer's and stamped "Ted Williams" and such. These were Marlins and Savages and such and the gun makers don't recognize them as their own. When a part breaks you pretty much have to make it from scratch and that is where the machining comes in as very helpfull. Best to first start off learning function of how it shoots, feeds and ejects the empties, then the basic principals apply to most. These new videos out are a God send as they take you step by step through the process and then you will have to practice on your own to perfect. Good luck and look to Brownell's, Sinclair, Mid Way USA, Galls and other such places to find books and video's. Won't be cheap unless you have friends willing to share, but they will have the info. Lou

Sorry Harry, loong day and I thought I was replying to the OP. Yes they sent me booklets and a few tools to get started with. Still have all of it and refer to them on occasion. Was a decent course, but have learned way more from the videos. Lou