new for me sixshooter

[Trev]

I would guess that Benteen's "cylinder spring" that was so troublesome would be the trigger/bolt spring. Although several pounds of powder have gone through my Remington repro over the past 24 years without a hiccup; everything I've ever read about them suggested that the bolt spring was the weakest part, and the way it's made it would be difficult (perhaps impossible?) to fix without a spare. Of course the hand spring would be just hard to fix but it seems to be less troublesome from my reading.

I'd be pulling all the nipples and determining why that one blew. But I might have done a full break down and clean prior to shooting it, me being the way I am. Wonder if the nipple was undersized, metric in place SAE or vise versa.

 

[D Yager]

I have repaired a few that were worse than that one. Last major job was on a 2nd model Dragoon that was at the paperweight stage. It was resurrected and it has become one of my favorite shooters. Yours can be brought back to life and made into a solid and reliable piece. PM me if you want more info.