Original Colt Revolver Manuals

[oldwolf]

1) Were not the old tyme percussion caps corrosive? That would seem to me to disallow clearing the nipples with a cap discharge, loading the gun and letting it ride in your holster for days or weeks.

2) By warm water I guess they meant not to use cold ice melt brook water. Comfortable to the touch is satisfactory, it not being necessary to boil water as mentioned a few threads higher.

 

[Zonie]

At the time Colt's instructions were written any projectile was often referred to as a "ball" even if it was what we today would call a bullet, hence the statement "...and a ball with the pointed end upwards..."

 

[ol vern]

1) Were not the old tyme percussion caps corrosive? That would seem to me to disallow clearing the nipples with a cap discharge, loading the gun and letting it ride in your holster for days or weeks.

We carry for fun,they carried for real. A little
rust would be acceptable if it meant the gun would go bang when you needed it
:thumbsup:

 

[oldwolf]

I was re-reading the Colt trade label from above and noticed it said to rest the hammer on "one of the pins" when loaded.

This implies that, originally, there were six pins, which would be very convenient as my Uberti has only one pin.

 

[Zonie]

The Colt's had pins on their cylinders but there are a lot of "reproductions" where the maker decided not to include them.
My Uberti's all have 6 pins (as do my Italian made CVA's). My San Marco '51 Navy however doesn't have any.

 

[oldwolf]

My new Cimarron Uberti, that I mentioned abo e, is the one without six pins. It has one.

But, it is interesting that Sam Colt considered providing some measure of safety with these guns, even back then.

The Peacemakers had no safety other than leaving one cylinder empty.

 

[Zonie]

Remington used 6 safety slots in the back of the cylinder for the nose of the hammer to fit in and some other gun companies actually had 12 safety slots in their cylinders even though there were only 6 chambers.

I have never figured out why they used 12 slots. Maybe some of our learned members will know?

 

[rebel727]

My Pietta 60 Colt has six pins. Peacemakers had a safety notch on the hammer, easily broken tho. I never had a problem carring six with the hammer down between chambers and I was rough in my carrying when I was a kid runnin around in the woods playin cowboy with real guns. :grin:

 

[brubincam]

I had a 1851 for years,didn't have pins,just set hammer down between nipples and put it in the holster,can't turn carrying in the holster,,, :thumbsup:

 

[oldwolf]

I have no idea how the "Thumbs Down" symbol got turned on. I guess I did it by accident. :v

 

[Zonie]

The thumbsdown has been changed into a question mark. :grin:

Well, I have to do something around here to get paid don't I?
zonie

 

[oldwolf]

Thanks Zonie!