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Are you sure you have an 1851 Navy? What you are describing sure doesn't sound like it. In any case no revolver has he hand attached to the frame by a screw. The Remingtons have the hand attached to the hammer by a screw and the Remingtons come apart differently than the Colts. If you have a Remington I can understand why you had trouble taking it apart and re assembling it using directions for the Colt. Your statement that you don't see how powder fouling could get into the action also leads me to think you may have purchased a Remington Navy. With the Colt there is a direct path from the nipple along the curve of the hammer that virtually directs fouling into the innards. Simple way to tell the difference is if your gun has a topstrap over the cylinder it is a Remington if it does not it is a Colt.
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