LOL
Just say, it stands to reason that even Colt realized the weakness of his design and recognized the strength of Remingtons design.
Of course all bridges move to a greater or lessor degree but a suspension bridge is actually designed to flex while it carrries it's intended load. If a rigid bridge were to move the same amount it would tare itself apart. The Colt revolver was designed with this in mind where as the Remington was designed to eliminate as much flex as possible..
If you ever personally test wither or not a revolver with a solid arbor fit is any more accurate then the same gun without it I think you wll have to change your opinion.
Huh! Well, this weak sister of a gun has been in service since 1965, always full power loads with ball and bullet. It’s been fired at least once a week for many years. I suppose it’s possible that it could fail at any time and it’s obviously struggling to maintain accuracy but replacing a few internal parts here and there have kept it in fine fettle... besides, nothing fits my hand like this one does. Guess I will just continue to suffer with it’s inadequacies.
Edit: forgot to add this. I have used the pistol with the factory short arbor for most of it’s life. It was short by .028”. Last year I made a steel spacer for the arbor end and I have fired over 500 rounds through it since then. The accuracy and point of impact remain constant. As with any human pursuit, some folks will try to eliminate every variable however small. Persisting on picking flyspecks out of the pepper jar until the pepper is all gone.
In pursuit of what exactly? Most of the percussion revolvers I have been familiar with (99% Uberti, Ruger, or Colt, 1st and 2nd gen) are capable of 2-1/2” 25 yard groups right out of the box assuming a good rest, good loading technique and a shooter willing to work for it. This particular gun will bench rest 6 195 grain bullets into an 1” on a good day. The bad days are all mine. The timing and lockup, condition of the forcing cone, concentricity of the chambers, bullet to bore fit, and muzzle condition (crowned or not) are much more important.
I don’t own a pistol manufactured later than 1995. I have no idea if the new cnc manufactured guns are better or worse than the older ones but I have no complaints whatsoever with the old pistols. Anyway, these are my free opinions worth at least what you paid for them. I’m old, and I ramble but I offer a lifetime money back guarantee!