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  1. CyrusP

    whitneyville cylinder face wear

    The mechanically-inclined members will be along shortly. Suggestions of adding a shim of sorts to the arbor to lengthen it will follow. I’ve had my three cap and ball revolvers worked on by @45D and could not be happier.
  2. CyrusP

    whitneyville cylinder face wear

    Clearly dragging. Can you see light between cylinder and forcing cone with hammer at rest? Can you feel the dragging during cocking? Loosen the wedge a bit and see if it makes a difference? Someone who knows what they are doing will be along shortly. 😀
  3. CyrusP

    nipple wrench measurements

    Lonepine, I too had bad luck with nipple wrenches until I bought the Chapman wratcheting set. Worth every penny. Look them up.
  4. CyrusP

    1864-produced Remington 1858 New Model Army: trigger weight should be???

    I’m thinking the previous heaviness masked the positive sear engagement a bit and you are just noticing it now because you’re not working so hard to pull the trigger. You didn’t change any angles as you said, it should not have changed. I did take a pistol smithing class with Hamilton Bowen 21...
  5. CyrusP

    The Colt Open Top Hammer Sight

    That’s a nice looking front sight @M. De Land
  6. CyrusP

    The Colt Open Top Hammer Sight

    Thanks for those pics. They do help. I too am going to raise the front sight as my gun shoots a foot high at about 10 yards. She’s otherwise a peach so I want to wring the best out of her. PS I’m thinking a nicely made and carefully installed dovetail front sight might be the ticket. Not...
  7. CyrusP

    Breaking down a Colt pattern revolver

    Let your wife handle the grandkids Mike. We need you here! 🤣
  8. CyrusP

    Uberti 1849 pocket

    I just started shooting a new to me Uberti 1849 and .323 diameter balls load well, makes a ring and shoots very accurately.
  9. CyrusP

    The Colt Open Top Hammer Sight

    Very interested in this. Can you please post a pic?
  10. CyrusP

    WITHDRAWN Parker Hale Enfield Musketoon

    No. It is still available.
  11. CyrusP

    Wanted - parts Need someone to reassemble a percussion lock for me.

    This is excellent advice that saved my dumb #%^ a few times.
  12. CyrusP

    Colt 1851 Navy—120 yards?

    I’m good at my 100 yard range to do it. I shoot alone 90% of the time. 😀👍🏼
  13. CyrusP

    Colt 1851 Navy—120 yards?

    It’s supposedly to tighten the loose wedge (a contentious subject here) The way he taps so consistently to me makes me think he might be doing it to simply ensure consistency from shot to shot. Why only at 20 meters and bench rested? Why not at 50-100 meters offhand? We don’t know. PS I wonder...
  14. CyrusP

    Colt 1851 Navy—120 yards?

    You can see in the beginning of the video where he’s shooting at 25 meters he’s using his copper powder flask to tap on the side of the gun. The wedge is there.
  15. CyrusP

    Colt 1851 Navy—120 yards?

    I can hit a 16” gong with my .36 some of the time. 1 or 2 in 6 shots. Definitely one. That’s once I’m dialed in with it. Keep in mind I’m standing still, not being shot at and know the distance. If a pistolero was Hickok-level, 90 is doable. With unmentionables, I’ve been practicing 100 yard or...
  16. CyrusP

    chamber sealant

    What about the idea that the lube in front softens the BP fouling making the revolver able to shoot longer before needing cleaning? Saturday, I shot 7 cylinders out of my Goonerized 1849 pocket and i swear you could not tell from the outside that it had been shot at all. I lubed with Bore butter.
  17. CyrusP

    first time whitneyville

    I’ve been using moose milk recently. 1:7 ballistol water iirc. Q tips work great. I believe you have a good setup. With moose milk I have zero issues with rust.
  18. CyrusP

    Goon strikes again

  19. CyrusP

    Goon strikes again

    7 yards standing
  20. CyrusP

    Goon strikes again

    Received my Uberti Colt 1849 back from Goon a few weeks back. .323 ball was picked up at Kempton’s Gunmakers Fair. 10 grains Goex 3F and bore butter in a syringe. She’s an absolute dream to shoot. Accuracy is excellent! I’ll need to do a taller front sight at some point since this thing shoots a...
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