Been thinking the 51 needs a blade, adjustable front sight
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That is an awesome little pistol! Thanks for showing it!
Your welcome. You can make one also out of a Remington!
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How do you keep the loading lever up? Oh I see the spring catch at the rear now when I blow the picture up. Clever idea ! Thanks, I love to pick up new ideas I had not thought of !
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Originally I drilled out the other end of the loading lever and put the spring and latch in the other end, then cut a slot on the end of the cylinder pin that the latch would seat in. Problem was under recoil it would still fall down. Tried a stronger spring but to no avail. So I ordered one of the latches that Howell and Taylors sell to hold the cylinder pin in place. You can see that in the first of the two photos on my last post. I don’t like how it looks, I prefer my version, and may go back to the drawing board at some point.
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Yeah, you'll get the most leverage against recoil at the far end of the lever. This is the best one I've been able to come up with after praying about a good idea for an end catch. The circle nut with the knurled perimeter telescopes the threaded interior bolt into the pointed end of the Walker loading lever making a mechanical lever lock up into it's end pocket/nest cut in the bolt.
I liked not having to alter the end of the Walker loading lever to make it work and the fact that it's no larger than a spring catch anchor would be.
I like how it does not seem to over power the blade sight and makes a rather harmonious aggregate of profile overall .
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I once saw a 58 with no barrel at all. It was screwed out and the owner shot directly out the chamber through the threaded barrel hole in the frame. I'm really curious what kind of power could be generated in that fashion. I'm quite sure most of the black powder was blown out before it could generate much velocity but I think it was enough to jam a mangled lead ball up into the loading lever tunnel in a 6 shooter and probably (hole a gambler across a card table) !.
That’s bizarre! I have seen chronograph tests with 2” barrel 44 caliber black powder revolvers and the velocity loss is dramatic. Even go from a standard Remington army to a Sherrifs model with a 5” barrel and I’ve seen tests with something like 150-200 fps difference. That’s why I left the barrel at 3” to hopefully keep a bit more velocity and slightly longer sight radius. Plus I have an unmentionable cylinder for that gun that I shoot cowboy loads and some black powder reloads.
