Cylinder alignment

[BigL]

Hi all. I recently purchased a second hand Pietta '58 Remmington. I have shot it and it is great fun. I would just like to know from the experienced members how much mis-alignment is acceptable between the cylinder and the barrel. If I view into my barrel from the front I can see a sliver of the cylinder top about the thickness of my nail. This seems disturbing. Need it be and can one fix it easily enough?

Regards
Lucas

 

[DanChamberlain]

Lucas

I would get a dowel of bore size, and run it down your bore and into your chamber. If it hangs up at the chamber, I'd send it back to the manufacturer to repair. If it slides easily into the chamber from the bore, I'd say you were aligned correctly.

edit to add, when I look down the bore of my Pietta Remmington...all I see is blackness. I'm not sure what you are describing.

Dan

 

[BigL]

Hi Dan

This is viewed from the muzzle with a flashlight lighting up all the way to the nipples in the back.

As I said, it shoots and has been for a while so safety is probably not an issue. But what happens to the accuracy?

Cheers

 

[Blizzard of '93]

may well be out of time, any experienced revolver smith can easily check and correct if neccesary.

 

[Leatherbark]

Maybe the end of the barrel next to the cylinder is not square and what your seeing is sliver of light?.............I dont know where your going to get a bore size dowel unless you turn one down yourself. Bob

 

[mykeal]

Not to play word games, but to try and understand the question: I assume you mean that you can see a small sliver of the chamber at the top when looking down the bore with the cylinder locked in battery.

If I'm correct this is not a timing problem but rather a frame alignment problem. Seeing a slice of the chamber at the side of the bore would indicate a timing problem.

I don't think it's easily fixed, and since you've fired the gun a number of times I doubt if the manufacturer/importer would take it in for warranty repair.

Clearly safety is not an issue, but I'd imagine accuracy is affected as the ball will be deformed when it transitions into the bore.

 

[DanChamberlain]

You get one close, and size it up with masking tape, scotch tape, or even paper.

Dan

 

[BigL]

Timing problem it is. Thanks Mykeal for the tech talk. Will check out a gunsmith's opion next. Thanks All!

 

[Tracy]

A 7/16ths wood dowel is a snug fit in a .44 cal.