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Been an Old Vaquero guy but I recently got my first New Vaquero. 45 colt/45acp stainless. Like the slightly smaller frame an LOVE the 'index-on-the-cylinder' feature, or just take it out and free spin. Super easy. Opened the gate and...oh well the previous owner must have already taken out the screw and plunger because the cylinder goes both ways. Found my dream 44, Ruger stainless "New Vaquero" with 3.5" barrel and birdshead. Decided to take out the indexing screw to make it like my 45. Take it out...no free spin. Look at my 45, which does free spin, and...the indexing screw and plunger are still in, but it free spins! I didn't take out the 45 because it is spinning, when it shouldn't, but took out and replaced the one in the 44 several times. Tried setting the screw to different depth. No joy. No free spin. I am fine without the free spin but I am curious about why the two revolvers seem to function so differently. The 44 is NV in name only as it is the OV frame, but it has the screw and plunger. The 45 IS a NV and has the screw and plunger yet it DOES free spin. Below are pics. You can see that the 44 plunger protrudes further than the 45 but why won't it free spin when its out...and why does the 45free spin when its in? Thoughts? (The 44 has my orange stick coming from the back, the 45 in front.)
