Sounds good. Thanks for the reply
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Just bought a Pietta 1851 Navy in .36, what do I need to know?
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ernbar
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Glad to help.Sounds good. Thanks for the reply
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No sir. As long as the wedge is firmly seated and you can still rotate the cylinder in half-cock position (.002-.003 clearance between forcing cone and cylinder) you are good to go.
Yep, you would have to mill down the top of the hammer and deepen the notch to get it to work.
Its why if possible its easier to do the front sight (raise it in this case)
Smokerr,
You must not have read where I am only cleaning up, at the least and only just deepening the V notch a 1/16 at the most. There is no need to mill any part of the hammer. Please keep in mind that this is just what I do on my Colt replicas. There are lots of different things you can do to accomplish what I do.
This is just an inexpensive way to correct a sighting issue.
Old Shepherd
You must not have read where I am only cleaning up, at the least and only just deepening the V notch a 1/16 at the most. There is no need to mill any part of the hammer. Please keep in mind that this is just what I do on my Colt replicas. There are lots of different things you can do to accomplish what I do.
This is just an inexpensive way to correct a sighting issue.
Old Shepherd
Ernbar,
Thank you for sharing the information about the small brass rod. You just helped me figure out a cheap and easy way to replace a missing front sight bead on my Howda pistol.
Old Shepherd
Thank you for sharing the information about the small brass rod. You just helped me figure out a cheap and easy way to replace a missing front sight bead on my Howda pistol.
Old Shepherd
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I have several articles on replacing various revolver front sights here:
https://4thla.weebly.com/links-of-interest.html
https://4thla.weebly.com/links-of-interest.html
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Just saw your post, and thought this may be helpful, the producer is a member here as I recall.
You can raise the front sight of course and I do that by installing a '72 Open Top front sight on my '60 Uberti's.
Deepening the notch though doesn't mean you do away with any of the hammer material that is the existing rear sight. "Burying the sight" is just knowing "WHERE" to place the top of the front sight in the rear notch.
Fixed sights aren't necessarily a "single" sight-picture apparatus.
Mike
Well put.
Sorry Dude
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Very helpful for us new guys, too bad youtube made him take it down, commies.
?? It's still there for me.
