I just saw a guy on u-tube that filled the half-cock slot on the hammer with j b weld. He said he always did that so the fired caps would not be raked off by the slot thus locking the cylinder up. What are your thoughts on doing this? Wanting to use it for squirrel hunting.
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I'm thinkin' that he filled the sight notch on the business tip of the hammer, and not the half-cock notch in the hammer underside.
Filling the sight notch helps keep the fired cap from falling down between the hammer & the frame (preventing a follow-up shot) for those shooters who don't twist the gun to one side while cocking the hammer to throw the spent cap off to one side (ILO dropping the cap straight down).
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I'm thinkin' that he filled the sight notch on the business tip of the hammer, and not the half-cock notch in the hammer underside.
Filling the sight notch helps keep the fired cap from falling down between the hammer & the frame (preventing a follow-up shot) for those shooters who don't twist the gun to one side while cocking the hammer to throw the spent cap off to one side (ILO dropping the cap straight down).
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It helps,, but the Colts still have that problem.
There is a finesse move, an upward and side flip motion with the wrist when cocking the colts that helps toss the spent cap before it jams in the cylinder,, it's a practiced movement that I have yet to master. :idunno:
I guess I need to spend more time watching Jose Wales,
There is a finesse move, an upward and side flip motion with the wrist when cocking the colts that helps toss the spent cap before it jams in the cylinder,, it's a practiced movement that I have yet to master. :idunno:
I guess I need to spend more time watching Jose Wales,
Remingtons, I'm not sure which is a 36,, the Police?
I have an 1858 Remington Navy in .36 cal. made by Lyman, great gun looks like the .44 Army but smaller.
I have a hard time imagining how that little skinny safety pin notch could have anything to do with pulling a cap off of a nipple on a Colt opentop.
I guess they think the cap extrudes itself into the little slot and then grabs onto it? Seems mighty unlikely to me.
I suppose if they think they are fixing it, it can't hurt anything unless their guns actually have safety pins (many don't) and they wanted to use them to prevent the cylinder from rotating when the hammer is down.
If they filled the slot, their safety pins wouldn't work.
I guess they think the cap extrudes itself into the little slot and then grabs onto it? Seems mighty unlikely to me.
I suppose if they think they are fixing it, it can't hurt anything unless their guns actually have safety pins (many don't) and they wanted to use them to prevent the cylinder from rotating when the hammer is down.
If they filled the slot, their safety pins wouldn't work.
I started a thread a couple of weeks ago about a similar problem with the Uberti Navy .36. In that thread I made reference to a couple of links which describe the placement of a small pin which keeps the cap from jamming the action. Unfortunately my thread was removed, as I must have referenced another ML site, evidently a no no. Back to the problem. I can not imagine in the heat of a battle years ago that the owner of a Navy .36 would have the time for a second shot after he started his wrist gymnastics to rid himself of those pesky caps.....he would be dead. There had to have been another solution.
I agree. Seems like there is something we are missing or overlooking. A flip-n-twist of the wrist would just be too time consuming. Anywho, I don't want to be bothered with it if a mean desperado squirrel confronts me!
Too bad about the 1851's cause I really like the looks of them.
So the Remingtons don't have this prob.?
Too bad about the 1851's cause I really like the looks of them.
So the Remingtons don't have this prob.?
My Remington's & Rogers&Spencer don't have that problem.
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My Second Generation Colt Navy shot good when I got it new, after I put Tresso nipples on it. Then I read about the Goon and sent it to him. He is the gunsmith that did the one you saw getting fanned in the video. After being "Goonerized" my Colt can be shot over a hundred times without any cleaning or wipe down of any kind. It has the cap rake (post) and never jams on caps and is a fine shooting machine. The hammer and trigger pull would have made Bill Hickok proud and it is smooth.
You can post the link directly to the Utube video but not to a forum it might be on. There are several of those videos out there. The guns were tuned by Goons Gun Works
http://www.goonsgunworks.com/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnPBsos5k7c
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He has my 6" 1849 right now.
Might send the .41 caliber 1858 as well.
Might send the .41 caliber 1858 as well.
He has my '62 pocket police now and I'll probably send him some other Colts after I see his work. I didn't ask him what his turnaround time was but it has been a while, late November.
