Little Wheelguns

[Bob Riegl]

:bow: Nice gun I'm drooling intensel, the Baby Dragoon has been #1 on my future project list for a long time. I have not been able to find one as of yet---but still lookin'. "Doc"

 

[himem777]

Sorry could not resist it is what my 6 year old daughter would say, if she could type.

It is a nice gun tho. What are the specs? What is its load?

 

[CaptainKirk]

I'm told 10 grains of 3F, but I haven't verified that yet.
.31 cal, 5 shot.

 

[Norinco]

My Pietta manual says 7-9 grains for a .31 cal revolver. Since the loads are purposely low due to lawyers, I'd say 10+ grains are fine. It says 12 grains for a .36 cal revolver, while 20-24 is a normal load.

 

[nkbj]

Long ago you could buy swaged lead 32 round noses from Remington. They made great slugs for the 31.

 

[CaptainKirk]

Whew!
What a battle! :cursing:
Spent almost two hours fighting the little %#$@! tonight...first of all, the brass needed wet-sanding and polishing, all the internals were very rough castings with pi$$-poor machine work (except where the PO tried to polish it up a bit). I picked up where he left off, ended up smoothing and polishing the hammer and trigger/sear assemblies, cutting a slightly wider half-cock notch (was an accident waiting to happen) :shocked2: and generally cut all the sharp edges on the internals. After slathering mucho Lubriplate on the moving parts and reassembling, it was somewhat better, but still not a very hard hammer fall. I hope it doesn't have misfire problems...
I didn't have a nipple wrench small enough; will have to find one and order it. Plus, all the screw heads were butched up some (cheap, soft garbage hardware), so I will be scouring the web for a new screw kit.
It's a rather cheap Italian copy, with no markings whatsoever :hmm: (believe me you, I searched, magnifier and light in hand!)and obviously no factory tuning or polishing (other than what the PO did).
One thing I can tell you for sure..it's not a Uberti!
Anyway, it's back together and functional. :thumbsup: I don't think I'm anywhere near finished with it, but I want to shoot and evaluate it before I attempt any further "engineering"...see how it handles and functions. :grin:
That's my story and I'm stickin' to it! :wink:

 

[Dave Rosenthal]

O-K Clint, all you need is the shoulder holster for that little shootin' Iron and a big chaw of tobaccie workin'-up a good spit and you'll be all set! :haha: :rotf: :shocked2: .

Have fun with that thing and remember you can load it with some sort of buckshot if memory serves.

Ya goona pull them pistols or just whistle Dixie? :slap:

 

[CaptainKirk]

Shoulder Holster?
Nah...this thing will fit nicely in a shirt pocket! :rotf:

And, truth be known...if I facing Josey, I'd probably whistle Dixie rather than pull this li'l pop gun!