Do you have the rubber grips? They may have been over tightend and
are blocking the main spring. I had the same problem before.

robert

> --- In danwesson@yahoogroups.com, "ramani1008" <hanumangirl@>
wrote:
> >
> > Hello, New member here.Very glad to find your forum.I just today
got a
> > 357 nickle plated 8" barrel with ventilated rib but no under lug.
> > Beautiful pistol. I took it to the range today and after about 35
> > rounds of remington 38 sp. The pistol started binding up. the
hammer
> > would not come back far enough to turn the cylinder,but by
rotating
> > the cylinder back and forth by hand it would chamber a
round.This did
> > not feel like the safest thing to do so packed the pistol up. I
do not
> > have a barrel tool to unscrew the barrel and I'm going to get a
feeler
> > gauge in the morning. Does this sound like something that others
have
> > experinced or should I try and get my money back when the gun
store
> > opens on Monday. Thank you Robert
> >
>