Remington New Army timing

[Columbus]

Been looking at used Remingtons and am perplexed as to why it's nearly impossible to find one that doesn't have significant drag marks on the cylinder. Are these things historically out of time? None of my Colt clones do this, not even the Dragoon with just an oval cutout for the cylinder stop.

 

[bang]

All I can say is what every manufacturer rep has told me. They are just reproductions.

 

[Treestalker]

The cylinder stop is a tad too long; stone off the top, the part that goes deepest into the cylinder, and it will cease to drag a line on the cylinder. The companies probably don't have a profit margin big enough to pay someone to do it all day long. Most shooters just shoot the thing and don't realize or don't care how easy a fix it is, so the scar deepens and is extant on most used c&b revolvers.

 

[Bad Karma]

I just got a new one, the shooters model and it’s been tuned, still exhibits the drag line. I’ve cycled it slowly and at the speed one might in a combat scenario and it was apparently dragging before it was tuned and timed. Why the smith didn’t reblue the cylinder? Who knows. Can’t wait to put some ball through it though.

 

[Kansas Jake]

I have two 1858s, one an Euro Arms and a Navy Arms Kit I built in the late 1970s. Both have very light scuff marks on the cylinder. My 1860 Army has a bunch much deeper scratches on its cylinder. It is an old defarbed unknown brand.

 

[Gee Dog]

In addition to genuine timing issues, sometimes with previously owned revolvers the bolt drag line on the cylinder (ring around the collar) results from earlier owners or handlers not knowing how to or doing a poor job of decocking. Some folks use pretty poor technique when it comes to that.

Dressing the bolt-head to properly fit the cylinder notches is important. A worn out bolt leg and/or hammer cam will also help to lay a line.

 

[Smokey Plainsman]

The repros are all made poorly compared to the originals, and are not fit and finished near as well.

 

[Tom A Hawk]

I suspect one of the major reasons for bolt drag may be inattention when removing and reinstalling the cylinder. The timing on my Uberti is perfect.

 

[bore_butter]

after reading this I shot to the safe and fetched my pietta 1858 Remington new army. had a good look at the cylinder and didn't see anything so I got out my new bifocal prescription and sure enough there is a teeny tiny line. im not going to worry about that for sure the gun shoots too good.

 

[Bad Karma]

I’m new to the 1858 world, owned a flawless Uberti years ago, the grip was far too small for me to get a good handle on it so I sold it. It shot very well, bore and cylinder were balanced and it broke with a nice crisp trigger pull. It was very accurate. Recently, I picked up a Pietta shooters model. It’s similarly well finished, well timed and the trigger breaks cleanly at two and a half pounds. The grip is somewhat better but still too short, and too wide at the bottom end. The latter can be fixed but I’ll need to take it for a spin first. Zero complaints about fit and finish though. They’re are as good or better than most current production firearms.

 

[Marc Adamchek]

None of my 4 Uberti Remingtons have scoring on their cylinders.

 

[Gee Dog]

I have eight Piettas (3 Rems and 5 open-tops) dating from 1996 to 2017 that have been used a lot and get shot regularly; no drag lines.