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Ruger Old Army
Everyone please understand, just because a SA revolver has a TOP STRAP, doesn't mean it can safely shoot 454 Casull ammo!!! It most certainly CANNOT!!! Some on this forum seem to think that the TOP STRAP is THE definitive answer to pressures one may introduce to a particular setup. It is in... -
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Ruger Old Army
Ha ha sir, you are hilarious!!! I DON'T "defy" physics sir, you just don't understand it!! I've been doing the "impossible" ( according to you) for over a couple of years!!!! You can believe whatever you want but the PROOF is in the testing, not sitting behind a keyboard spouting what you... -
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Ruger Old Army
Ok, you always say "open frame" and it's not. An "open frame" would be a top strap revolver with the "top strap" removed . . . . that isn't what an "open TOP" is!! An "open top" is a "closed frame" affair with a (brilliant) "disconnect" to allow disassembly. No matter what anyone's personal... -
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Ruger Old Army
Yep, that's amazing ain't it?!! That Colt 1858 Remington was really something!!! Especially that "top strap" and "solid frame" giving it the ability to withstand those high pressure black powder loads, makes you wonder why the gun community didn't revert back to black powder across the... -
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Another Walker adjustment
Have you reduced the cam height and blended the bottom of the cam to that of the hammer surface? That will make a smoother transition for the bolt arm (which should have a polished arc for the transition as well) and impart less drag on the hammer. Of course polishing the contact surfaces... -
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Maximum loads for 1858 Remington
Well, you can "lob" a projectile or you can try to make the flight flat and fast. My revolvers seem to like the latter and are most accurate with that setup. You'd almost think the hole gets there before the bullet!! 😄 Mike -
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Trouble with the Bolt and hammer on an 1860 colt sheriff's model from Taylor's
Your understanding of how it works is exactly backwards. The bolt arm slides over ONTO the cam . . . not off. That is called "reset" and the cam pushing the bolt arm up as you cycle the hammer is what in turn makes the bolt head retreat and unlock the cyl. You could have easily filed the... -
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DIY Defarbing and Refinishing
Those look nice! You should post a tutorial. Btw, the stove should have a blue flame 😉. Looks like it's burning a little rich, not enough pressure, clogged generator/tip, bad fuel (fresh gasoline or naphtha), probably the manifold needs blowing out. ( Not being a busy body, I was a big... -
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Do Colts Open Tops Shift POI?
Yes. If the wedge goes in further and you have a "shim stack", it's probably the shims compressing or any film of epoxy that might be holding them together. The problem with adding a .002" shim (or anything like that) as a correction, it will not hold up. A stack of thin shims will eventually... -
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Do Colts Open Tops Shift POI?
Smokerr, I think you would be better served with a single spacer. I started off with shims but that proved to be inadequate in Walkers when heavy charges and or heavy bullets were used. The single steel or stainless spacer proved to be the right setup and that's what I've used for ten years... -
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Maximum loads for 1858 Remington
Did you say you're using your own homemade powder ? Maybe it's not as potent as you think. I think trip-7 doesn't like compression . . . Always do . . . Mike -
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Maximum loads for 1858 Remington
A - Ruger pioneered the investment casting process for firearms and did a very good job with it. In fact, the company that does that for Ruger today also makes frames for Freedom Arms and Magnum Research (BFR's). Ruger's have a larger diameter cylinder than the Colt and the heat treating of... -
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Do Colts Open Tops Shift POI?
It's inherent in the Uberti execution of a most excellent design!! If the arbor length is correct, the sight line will be the same every single time. Smokerr, if you have a CORRECT spacer that's actually thick enough, the poi will be the same every time. A HARD tap isn't the same as... -
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Maximum loads for 1858 Remington
Well, folks compressing 50+gr in a Remington chamber? How about 80+ in a Walker? Not that I really care . . . I was just comparing the "suggestions" I get sometimes when I offer info about 45acp+'s from my '60 Army's - "I'd just get a _ _ _ _ _ if I wanted to do that . . . Nothing... -
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Maximum loads for 1858 Remington
If you look back at basically all of my posts, I don't shoot bp. All my "favorite" revolvers are bp but in unmentionable form. Mike -
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Maximum loads for 1858 Remington
You can EASILY go over mag loads with appropriate Rugers, the ones that blow up are WAY OVER mag loads. I shoot 220gr/230gr (jacketed no less!) at 1000fps + with my '60 Armys and 250gr's at 1000fps in my Dragoons as norm !! No problem . . . Definitely wouldn't trust a rechambered bp cyl... -
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Maximum loads for 1858 Remington
I gotta say, it's funny to see folks trying to blow up their bp cylinders with heavy bullets and not one post about "if I wanted to do that I'd just buy me a Ruger BH and be done with it !" 😆 Mike -
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Can a Flintlock pistol beat all the Caplock pistols to win the championship?
Yap, congratulations! Mike -
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How to cut grease notches in a ‘58 Remington cylinder pin?
Wonder how the fouling works back to the grooves without a pathway . . . magic I reckon . Mike -
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Wider Wedge Anyone
Holy Cow!!!! THOSE WON'T WORK IN A REVOLVER !!! THIS THREAD CONCERNS A REVOLVER!!!!!!