Hello,
I bought a Pietta(or so I was told) 1851 navy in 36 a few months back with a short barrel on it. It was an older piece but I’m not sure how old exactly. I bought a new full length barrel to put on it because I didn’t quite like the shorty. It looks like the new barrel fits tighter everywhere but the wedge area. The old barrel has a wider channel according to my caliper(15mm) vs the new one having a channel of about 14.5mm. I’m just making sure it’s safe to shoot before the fact. I’m sure I need a better fitting wedge to make it safe. Will just getting a new wider pin fix the problem? I tried tapping the existing wedge in deeper but it only reads 14mm at the widest point? Am I missing something? Thanks!
I bought a Pietta(or so I was told) 1851 navy in 36 a few months back with a short barrel on it. It was an older piece but I’m not sure how old exactly. I bought a new full length barrel to put on it because I didn’t quite like the shorty. It looks like the new barrel fits tighter everywhere but the wedge area. The old barrel has a wider channel according to my caliper(15mm) vs the new one having a channel of about 14.5mm. I’m just making sure it’s safe to shoot before the fact. I’m sure I need a better fitting wedge to make it safe. Will just getting a new wider pin fix the problem? I tried tapping the existing wedge in deeper but it only reads 14mm at the widest point? Am I missing something? Thanks!
