Thread: Colt Navy woes
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Old June 29, 2008, 02:21 AM   #42
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Nope, sorry, I don't follow.
Ok Mykeal, in plain English or as close as I can get to it. You are being anal about a critical dimension that doesn't matter as long as the cylinder has about a .010" gap and is free to turn.
The dang Navy Rev had the Wedge hit in too far and it was fired, bound up bulged, hard to remove from arbor(raised material), damaged wedge, had to beat it out. What more trouble shooting do you need to know to figure out the wedge was in too dang far.
And that Sir was my point to Oquirrh not you, as he was following the explaination.
Now he's able to shim to temporarily repair the wedge till replaced.

Oquirrh, good job when I first started repairing my own 30 some years ago I was in the same boat you are in....So I speaking for only myself(so I don' get in any trouble) jump eagerly at the chance to help when I have been there and done that a couple times.
I'm pretty sure most everyone wants to help....

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