Looking for spec on cylinder gap for Colt Walker and Dragoon.
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Cylinder gap
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64Springer
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There isn't one.
Some folks like almost no gap. .003 inches.
Some folks like a lot of gap. .009 inches.
If your pistol performs well, lube it and leave it alone.
Some folks like almost no gap. .003 inches.
Some folks like a lot of gap. .009 inches.
If your pistol performs well, lube it and leave it alone.
Thanks for the info 64Springer!
Most of my Italian colt replicas have 0.000 in. gap as the spring loaded hand never releases forward tension until the hammer falls, allowing varying gaps. I would call it spring loaded slop instead of gap. That said, they all work just as Samuel Colt intended
A "gap" is a measurable, constant opening. Since the Colt open-top platform cap guns don't have a bushing or gas ring, a better "revolver " term might be "endshake". Endshake is the amount of fore and aft cylinder movement.
I set all these platforms up with a .0025" - .003" endshake. It keeps the revolver clean and makes for a more efficient revolver.
Mike
I set all these platforms up with a .0025" - .003" endshake. It keeps the revolver clean and makes for a more efficient revolver.
Mike
Almost October.
Mike,
I may have heard (I'm older now) that once goonerized one shouldn't have to open up the innards for cleaning? Is that what you mean by keeps it clean?? I'm guilty of not opening up stuff I don't know how to fix so I have not cleaned much inside my revolvers.
I may have heard (I'm older now) that once goonerized one shouldn't have to open up the innards for cleaning? Is that what you mean by keeps it clean?? I'm guilty of not opening up stuff I don't know how to fix so I have not cleaned much inside my revolvers.
That ought to be worth at least 11 pages.
AZ, gotcha covered
Hey, you heard right!! Definitely if there's an action shield!! Just clean the barrel and cylinder as normal. Wipe down the frame and you'll be good to go.
Thanks!
That ought to be worth at least 11 pages.
It's not really that hard but, we'll see . . .
Mike
The Remingtons, I leave alone. I don't do barrel setbacks. The best fouling "mitigation" for them seems to be what Colt used which is a "fouling groove" on the arbor. This radial groove is in line with the cyl face and it allows the fouling to bypass the cyl / base pin intersection before being deflected outward. I enhance that groove by adding 4 short, L to R, linear grooves that lead to a reduced diameter section of the base pin. The reduced diameter pin idea came from the ROA. I think it was an early fouling remedy that was just left in the design since it has a gas ring to deflect fouling.
Grease it up and shoot all day!
Mike
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