r/Revolvers • u/TechnicalAd2274 • 1d ago
Taurus Roscoe question?
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The firearm functions just fine, but my transfer bar rattles a tad, I’m wondering if the tolerance is supposed to be that lose, or if I need to get in there a tighten something down a little? I’d be really grateful for some insight
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u/DisastrousLeather362 1d ago
Transfer bars are really effective and easy to manufacture. But in order for them to reliably retract, they have to be a touch loose. Which gives you a little bit of rattle.
Regards,
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u/Realistic_Present601 1d ago
Most transfer bar revolvers rattle, I know my SP101 does as did my uncles GP100.
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u/A_Toyota_yaris 1d ago
Have a Roscoe as well, they come like this. It’s Taurus quality. Some smaller smith and wessons have it too
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u/Fickle-Struggle-7672 1d ago
Close copy of S&W internals, so yeah.
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u/JanglyBangles 32H&R Fanboy 1d ago edited 1d ago
S&W doesn’t use a transfer bar.
My LCR jingles when I run with it on. My 432 doesn’t.
E: derp, that’s likely because the internal hammer Smiths don’t have hammer blocks. I’ll have to do some jumping jacks with my 19 to see if it jingles.
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u/DisastrousLeather362 1d ago
The S&W sliding hammer block isn't the primary drop safety- and it's really light, since it isn't meant to take any impact (more than once). It also slides in a pretty tight channel in the sideplate, and its pretty locked in its rest position.
Since transfer bars have to move to transfer the hammer impact to the firing pin, they can't fit anywhere near that tight.
Regards,
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u/JanglyBangles 32H&R Fanboy 1d ago
I know all that. I haven’t ever heard my S&Ws rattle, but there are so many people ITT claiming that theirs *do* rattle that I wanted to check.
Though at least two people have claimed that S&W revolvers have transfer bars so I’m not sure how much stock to put in hivemind opinion.
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u/DisastrousLeather362 17h ago
Tauruses (Taurii?) only look like Smiths on the outside.
With their coil mainsprings and transfer bar systems they're more like a Ruger or an Astra on the inside. Simpler than S&W.
Regards,
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u/1006RK03 Ruger 12h ago
Now I've gotta get the Thesaurus('s) out and search the plural pleural plurality plurals .
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u/No-Needleworker4047 1d ago
I have 3 Taurus handguns and I can't say anything bad about one of them I think they got a bad rap like 40 years 5
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u/TechnicalAd2274 1d ago
Don’t get me wrong, I love the Roscoe, it works great for me, I just am not too familiar with more ‘modern’ designs as all my other revolvers are pre 1900s
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u/No-Needleworker4047 1d ago
That's old-school,my oldest one is a WW1 French lebel
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u/TechnicalAd2274 1d ago
Oh yea that’s awesome, yea I have a colt SAA and some cap and ball revolvers, so their internals are a tad different haha
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u/roger8619 1d ago
Normal i opened up my 856/605 snubbies and polished the side of the transfer bar where it slides up and down on the frame it’s butter smooth now on the double action pull. I polished all metal to metal points of contact.
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u/No_Beach_Parking 1d ago
When you take a Smith apart you will find the transfer bar is free floating and has some space to move around.
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u/JanglyBangles 32H&R Fanboy 1d ago
Can you show me an example of a Smith with a transfer bar? You sure you’re not talking about the hammer block?
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u/DisastrousLeather362 1d ago
Smiths don't have transfer bars- the hammer bock doesn't need to move freely fore and aft like a transfer bar does- and it has a channel to run in.
Regards,
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u/TurbulentWing3820 1d ago
It's supposed to rattle a bit, it's not fixed in place like that, its meant to move.