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    Need suggestions on which revolvers to buy

    No i actually prefer the brass look. Ive shot 30-40 grains in my brass 1851 navy fir 2 years thousands of rounds every weekend. Gun doesnt stretch. I fixed the main cause of thst by making sure the arbor/cylinder to cone gap was as short as possible. Never issues on my remingtons either...
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    Need suggestions on which revolvers to buy

    I ordered the dragoon. I seem to have more fun at the range with the walker. So lets see how a dragoon will feel. I got the whittnyville one. Or however its spelt
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    Need suggestions on which revolvers to buy

    I plan on trying to get every model gun one day but i dont care if brass isnt authentic.. im not running a museum of firearms. I shoot them all, and i think they pretty to look at etc lol. Id prefer the stainless bison 1858.. but it seems no one sells them or the regular steel but old south...
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    Need suggestions on which revolvers to buy

    Soo.. im at a crossroads now. For the last 2 weeks ive been going back and forth on which cap n ball to buy. I have 8 already. 1. ASM 1847 walker 2. 1858 remington brass in 5.5 and 8 inch barrels. 3. 4x 1851 navy. 1x normal brass in 44, 1x normal steel in 44, 1x 36 polished steel...
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    Does black powder really cause rust ? I havent seen it

    14 acres... a 150 year old barn... another building and the 30 year old house.. lets just say im not fishing for not cleaning anything.. just that real life like moving myself with no help and repairing this house and property alone happened... and that cleaning 3x 300$ revolvers and a 400$...
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    Does black powder really cause rust ? I havent seen it

    Northern va its winter now though so dryer out.. but in the summer i never noticed it either in my townhouse.. i also have my guns in my bedroom with a 27 gallon 135 gallon and 60 gallon fish tanks.. all at about 82f the humidity in here is so high my windows get wet... so i dunno
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    Does black powder really cause rust ? I havent seen it

    So i got a question for you guys. Ive always read. You must clesn your guns right after you shoot them.. or at least the next day no later. Due to rust in the barrel and the gun itself yada yadas. Well i havent seen this.. once.. I have 8 black powder revolvers.. a flint lock pistol.. 54...
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    should I keep waiting ? or get this used 1847 walker

    Well here it is at the range. 15 yards out using 50 grains and 457 balls and remington 10 caps. This was one handed and i have tennis elbow from doing house repair.. so its extremely hard to hold anything up let alone 5 lbs. Lol But it shoots extremely straight. I dont have to aim low or...
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    should I keep waiting ? or get this used 1847 walker

    Im using bore butter.. it gets sticky and black tar like.. i used to use motor oil.. i actually liked the oil better.. i could just pop the barrel off and nose cone.. squirt some oil in there with my bottle and itll go another 3-4 cylinders. With bore butter.. it stinks really badly when...
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    should I keep waiting ? or get this used 1847 walker

    It is tight. It was lose prior. Filing the arbor pulled the barrel closer but it also pulled it so close the wedge had nothing to (wedge) onto anymore. The holes were in line with eachother on the arbor and barrel. So i took my welder and welded material inside the arbor hole.. filed it...
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    should I keep waiting ? or get this used 1847 walker

    at .003. Man the cylinder face rides the cone thats too close for me and a little file. I think ill stick with whst i got it at right now. If i smack the wedge with a screw drive i can get a little closer. But when i do that the hammer becomes harder to cock as the cylinder is riding against...
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    should I keep waiting ? or get this used 1847 walker

    Yes and no.... I had a brand new made in 2021 1851 navy with a gap i could stick a .20 patch through. And that gun wasnt shot once. You dont know who shot this gun. Or how many times or what loads. This gun could hsve had the gap from factory. It is an ASM after all.
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    should I keep waiting ? or get this used 1847 walker

    Well here is the final product the gap is now .008. No play in the barrel any direction and the cylinder spins freely. Anymore and the cylinder would bind nearly
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    should I keep waiting ? or get this used 1847 walker

    Woops forgot a pic.. filed it down even more. What do you think of thie gap ? Here is before and after
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    should I keep waiting ? or get this used 1847 walker

    Okay here is where i am at now. I dont know if i wabt to file much more off the arbor. The spot the wedge goes in to pull the barrel together is getting closer and closer to being flush with the barrel if that happens it wont wedge properly. I had to take alot off the lug and the arbor.. well...
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    should I keep waiting ? or get this used 1847 walker

    Question. What would dropping washers down the barrel arbor hole do as far making true barrel length ? Because without washers. When i put the barrel on without the cylinder and keep the lug off the frame by turning th3 barrel sideways. Its completetly flush with the frame when i pop the...
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    should I keep waiting ? or get this used 1847 walker

    Thanks. Ive been looking fir a dang year now.. its insaine google searchs never pop up anything.
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    should I keep waiting ? or get this used 1847 walker

    Thanks but i just bought it.. Not going to run around selling and spending another year to find a new one in stock. Ill find a way to fix the gap
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    should I keep waiting ? or get this used 1847 walker

    Yep i noticed that gap was HUGE.. haha noticed it myself. The interesting thing is when i take the cylinder out and put the barrel back on but not on the pins (to check the arbor length). The barrel lines up with the frame by the pins perfectly. Sooo i dunno why there is so much of a huge...
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    should I keep waiting ? or get this used 1847 walker

    Anyone know what marking this is ? There is no other proof stanps shoeing who made the gun.. other than EMF which sells them but doesnt make em. Im just assuming its an Arny San Marcos. Because EMF sold their guns. And this walker was made in 91 Oh and here are a couple pics of it.
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