REGARDING 1862 5-SHOT POLICE MODELS?

[M. De Land]

It's a "pinch" mark. Somebody tried to make the arm longer.

Mike

Mark it with some Dykem, re install it and see if it gets rubbed off. Never seen a bolt stretched before as the fingers are usually to hard and thin.

 

[45D]

Mark it with some Dykem, re install it and see if it gets rubbed off. Never seen a bolt stretched before as the fingers are usually to hard and thin.

A bolt big enough to have rub marks from the cam way down there wouldn't be able to be installed to even check !!

 

[Curtis Lee]

A bolt big enough to have rub marks from the cam way down there wouldn't be able to be installed to even check !!

I think Mike is correct. Picture #1 in bolt marked with Sharpie. #2 is the contact

marks installed. #3 is sharpie polished off showing original mod mark.

 

[M. De Land]

I think Mike is correct. Picture #1 in bolt marked with Sharpie. #2 is the contact View attachment 315650View attachment 315651View attachment 315652marks installed. #3 is sharpie polished off showing original mod mark.

Well, that tells the story of the cam contact. I had it wrong! Thanks for taking the time to reassemble and clear that up. I think Mike must have it right as an attempt to stretch the finger although I've never seen it done before on spring steel. I don't think it a particularly good idea for bolt longevity though.

 

[M. De Land]

A bolt big enough to have rub marks from the cam way down there wouldn't be able to be installed to even check !!

Yeah, that's probably right come to think on it !

 

[Curtis Lee]

Well, that tells the story of the cam contact. I had it wrong! Thanks for taking the time to reassemble and clear that up. I think Mike must have it right as an attempt to stretch the finger although I've never seen it done before on spring steel. I don't think it a particularly good idea for bolt longevity though.

No problem, Only took a couple of minutes to check it. Besides I have received more help form the MLF crew than I could return. All the best, CLB

 

[Curtis Lee]

Here is another update on the 1862 Colt 2nd Gen story.
I won another2nd Gen. Only this time it was an 1862 Pocket Navy.
And boy was this thing RUFF! Felt like someone dipped in a bucket of sand. With a nice beauty ring about 270* around the cylinder.After several hours of de-burring and polishing, It still had a rough spot just as the hammer was set down on nipple. I had to do more polishing on the the trigger /hammer mating surface. With that completed I noticed the hammer had a "tick" just as it hit the left side of the nipple notch. I chamfered the trailing edge of the bolt head. Fixed.
Then while admiring my work the bolt spring snapped. So I tried making one similar to M.De Land's process. Worked ok but stock material (.025")not thick enough /to weak. But luckily I had replacement parts from DGW on had.
Here are acouple pictures.