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  1. M

    Are cap rakes really necessary or a solution in search of any real problem ?

    Look at the side view of the shield, see the contact area with the frame/arbor root in the curve just above the shield purchase on the hammer. This is Sam's method/invention of checking the full hammer force that causes premature nipple batter in open frame guns.
  2. M

    Are cap rakes really necessary or a solution in search of any real problem ?

    Give it some more time, it should eventually stress crack in your cut. I'm surprised you never discovered the curve of the hammer stop Sam designed into open top guns. That would explain your ill conceived shield purchase cut position. Ever notice the cheek stops on either side of the hammer...
  3. M

    Are cap rakes really necessary or a solution in search of any real problem ?

    I heard you say that before about through hardened but don't think that's correct but as I've not cut into one I can't say positively and they are case colored and I believe made of 8620 equivalent case harden-able steel alloy. If it is 8620 or equivalent than it is designed for case hardening...
  4. M

    New Revolver To The Stable

    Great idea, I like it ! Thanks for posting it! Wonder if it buggers the spring end or the frame it butts up to from recoil impulse working the lever over time ? I see the original latch spring has been removed. Mine has a very strong spring latch that holds the lever up under recoil but makes...
  5. M

    Arbor Problem?

    I can't go along with the notion that a percussion cylinder modified for smokeless cartridges is in any way a good idea or safe for the operator or the little open top five shooter!
  6. M

    Arbor Problem?

    Why not look around for a Ruger single action in 9mm,357 convertible, lathe shorten the front of the 9mm cylinder for the .380 and set the barrel back to the proper barrel/cylinder gap, rather than ruin a percussion gun not designed for smokeless cartridges. Probably have to come up with some...
  7. M

    Arbor Problem?

    😄 Yeah, we do think differently on some issues of pistol craft but that's fine as they both seem to work and no one has gotten blown up yet !
  8. M

    Arbor Problem?

    Boy that sure is the truth as only a GI can know ! They can show up with PHDs or be drop outs and all get treated exactly the same ! Even growing up as a pretty rough farm boy I was shocked at the treatment in boot camp and that was the Air Force which I assumed would be much milder than the...
  9. M

    Arbor Problem?

    Yeah it had a barrel gap of .027 I remember as it was the largest I ever encountered and had to close up which is why the lower lug needed trimmed and new wedge made to close the gap circumferential-ly even as the arbor end was made to bump up in the well with it's new steel plug. It also...
  10. M

    Arbor Problem?

    Very simple, solid steel is stronger than the same depth of drilled and threaded steel of less diameter. As a wedge progressively deforms its support strength is increasingly compromised as tolerances are moved out of design specification.
  11. M

    Arbor Problem?

    The end of the arbor is still strength compromised by your adjustment bearing screw threaded through the end of the arbor slot even if it bumps up to your screw head spacer to make end contact because the joint negates any barrel separation strength enhancement you think your getting by end...
  12. M

    Arbor Problem?

    Strong and hard enough not to distort from repeated pressure impulses. Fit on both axis is as important as what the wedge is made of. If they fit both barrel slots and the arbor slot well in thickness as well as width and are of proper hardness they well last for decades with no trouble. I...
  13. M

    Arbor Problem?

  14. M

    Arbor Problem?

    Needed more photo room for the fit up. Notice there are no gaps top or back only the added clearance slotting to the front for the wider wedge/key in the barrel slots.
  15. M

    Arbor Problem?

    Here is the last one I made of A-2 tool steel. I make mine a bit longer and blind ended having no need for a keep spring. Showing the two step hardeing protocol for A-2. I left out the third step temper draw in the photos. And finally fitting it up.
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