[Taz's Master]

Thanks so much for the responses. I'm new to reloading, and figured that since factory loads were functioning and reloads not, that while I'd like to blame the revolver, probably the ammo/reloader was at fault.

I've field stripped the gun before, and it is not dirty, but there are drag marks on the hammer. My memory is that they've always been there, and they didn't bother the function before. But today I stripped it again and really tried to clean that up, tried to deburr the frame and smooth up the hammer.

The result is that the misfires improved. It also seemed that moving the bullets in the cylinder helped, so I tried that with inconclusive results. Opening and closing the cylinder was as effective as moving the bullets to fired chambers. What had the biggest impact however was whether or not I staged the trigger. A good firm pull (really pretty much a jerk and not good for accuracy) was way more reliable than a smooth pull, or staging the trigger for accuracy. That along with the drag marks leads me to believe the hammer is being interfered with.

Unless you disuate me, I'm going to take the gun to a smith and have him clean up the frame and hammer, give him some of my reloads and see if he can make the revolver 100% reliable. Unless you guys think that is a job I should do. Thanks for the direction and suggesting I focus on the gun rather than the ammo.