Paul LaFranco
36 Cal.
- Joined
- Apr 21, 2007
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Hi All,
yesterday my new blk powder revolvers came in, an Uberti 1862 Colt Police , and a Pietta ( Taylor’s) 1851 Colt Navy. First the Uberti 1862 police, when I pulled it out of the box it was covered with preservative oil, when I tried to pull back the hammer , I also had to spin the cylinder with my other hand to get it to turn, but after a few cocks the cylinder was turning with out help. I took the barrel, and cylinder out and cleaned the gun up, I used conventional cleaning supplies to clean it as I want to get the gun freed up, as it was it felt like some one threw a handful of sand in the action. After I had the barrel, cylinder and frame all cleaned up I put two drops of oil into the hammer mechanism, and used Tetra grease on the cylinder rod, and all the other moving parts that I could get to without taking the whole gun apart. Then I seasoned the bore and cylinder chambers with bore butter. When I reassembled the gun I found that if i drove the wedge in too far it locked up the cylinder so I backed the wedge out just enough so that the cylinder would rotate easily when cocking the gun. I must have cocked that gun 200 times last night, and it’s 100% better, but still not great, I’m sure there’s gonna have to be a break in period, so I plan on shooting a few houndred rnds out of it before I even start thinking of having the action slicked up. As far as fit and finish, its pretty good,wood to metal fit is excellent. Befor I shoot it I’m gonna have to clean it again to get rid of the Tetra grease I put on the moving parts, but that grease sure helped get things moving on that gun.
Now the Pietta .44 1851 Colt, it too had lots of preservative oil on it, but the action was much better than the 1862 Uberti but I still won’t say it’s great, I think it too needs to be broken in. I cleaned and lubed it the same way as I did the 1862 Uberti, and its much easier to **** now but still nothing even close to a butter smooth action but much better. The fit and finish is just as good as the Uberti, and wood to metal fit is almost as good as the Uberti 1862, it has the checkers grips which I can’t say I’m crazy about, I’m sure I’ll replace them. I plan on putting the .44 1851 Pietta through its paces tomorrow, I gonna spend a lot of time with it and put a lot of rnds through her. I’m No expert on blk powder revolvers for sure but in my experience with modern hand guns, you can work the action all you want while watching TV, but nothing smooths them out better than shootin em. One last thing, I have Pyrodex “P”
both # 10 and 11 caps, felt wads, and .454 rnd balls, can any of you recommend a good load for the first time shootin the 1851 Colt in .44?
yesterday my new blk powder revolvers came in, an Uberti 1862 Colt Police , and a Pietta ( Taylor’s) 1851 Colt Navy. First the Uberti 1862 police, when I pulled it out of the box it was covered with preservative oil, when I tried to pull back the hammer , I also had to spin the cylinder with my other hand to get it to turn, but after a few cocks the cylinder was turning with out help. I took the barrel, and cylinder out and cleaned the gun up, I used conventional cleaning supplies to clean it as I want to get the gun freed up, as it was it felt like some one threw a handful of sand in the action. After I had the barrel, cylinder and frame all cleaned up I put two drops of oil into the hammer mechanism, and used Tetra grease on the cylinder rod, and all the other moving parts that I could get to without taking the whole gun apart. Then I seasoned the bore and cylinder chambers with bore butter. When I reassembled the gun I found that if i drove the wedge in too far it locked up the cylinder so I backed the wedge out just enough so that the cylinder would rotate easily when cocking the gun. I must have cocked that gun 200 times last night, and it’s 100% better, but still not great, I’m sure there’s gonna have to be a break in period, so I plan on shooting a few houndred rnds out of it before I even start thinking of having the action slicked up. As far as fit and finish, its pretty good,wood to metal fit is excellent. Befor I shoot it I’m gonna have to clean it again to get rid of the Tetra grease I put on the moving parts, but that grease sure helped get things moving on that gun.
Now the Pietta .44 1851 Colt, it too had lots of preservative oil on it, but the action was much better than the 1862 Uberti but I still won’t say it’s great, I think it too needs to be broken in. I cleaned and lubed it the same way as I did the 1862 Uberti, and its much easier to **** now but still nothing even close to a butter smooth action but much better. The fit and finish is just as good as the Uberti, and wood to metal fit is almost as good as the Uberti 1862, it has the checkers grips which I can’t say I’m crazy about, I’m sure I’ll replace them. I plan on putting the .44 1851 Pietta through its paces tomorrow, I gonna spend a lot of time with it and put a lot of rnds through her. I’m No expert on blk powder revolvers for sure but in my experience with modern hand guns, you can work the action all you want while watching TV, but nothing smooths them out better than shootin em. One last thing, I have Pyrodex “P”
both # 10 and 11 caps, felt wads, and .454 rnd balls, can any of you recommend a good load for the first time shootin the 1851 Colt in .44?
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