Originally Posted by
Oldtimr
If a your gun is out of time, new cylinders won't fix the problem. The cylinder will have to be timed to the gun. A tight cylinder does not mean it is in time. I am saying if, because none of us know what the problem is. A good pistol smith can give the an answer to your problem. What distance were you shooting the gun at? Did you rest the barrel on wood or other hard surface?
Very true, but I do have my doubts that his Ruger is out of time the way they build such quality stuff. I could be wrong though and a good smith could figure that out pretty quick like you mentioned. He said his groups were from 15 yards, but didn't say exactly how he was set up at the bench doing it. That may be too far to start out with until he gets things figured out and maybe he should think about moving up to half that distance. IMHO that's sort of like starting out at 100 yards with a new rifle scope, rather than at 25 yards to get it dialed in and then moving the yardage on out.