Pietta 1860 Colt Army

[D Sanders]

Has anyone had issues with cylinder timing on this revolver. The cylinder timing notches on my revolver are getting chewed up from the bolt that comes up from the bottom of the frame. It is engaging just a little too soon. It seems that the trigger bolt spring is too stiff. Maybe the Cylinder material is too soft, Maybe the bolt is too hard. Has anyone had this problem, if so how or can this be fixed?

HH 60

 

[Norinco]

I had that problem with my Colt Navy by Pietta. Pietta fitted the bolts wrong.I took a round needle file and squared the edges of the notches. I replaced the bolt with one from Dixie and did not touch the top of it. The bolt is the perfect width for the cylinder notches. For whatever reason, the raw replacement bolt (by Pietta) had the correct bevel and angle up top not to chew up the cylinder notches while the one that came with the gun (fitted at the factory) was messed up. They even made the original one too thin on mine.

 

[CaptainKirk]

What you're experiencing is not unusual. You may be able to clean up the bolt you have, and reuse it. Or, like Norinco said, you may have to buy a replacement part.

 

[Mike 56]

Google tuning the Pitta Colt.

 

[Pete Gaimari]

Uberti. :idunno:

 

[Norinco]

http://www.theopenrange.net/articles/Tuning_the_Pietta_Part_Two.pdf

 

[Mike 56]

Thanks, Norinco that be the one. I have three Pietta Colts the bolts were way too big on two of them. I did not have a deburring tool i used a
the back side of a x acto knife not the sharp side. The timing was off in one of the guns it was just a burr on the end of the hand. I will add that two of the colts had 1860 frames both had hammer springs that were way to long that were binding on the hammer. That was a quick fix i just shorted them a 1/4 inch.