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May 23, 2008, 01:35 PM | #1 |
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1851 pietta hammer chewing up firing pins on R&D
Think of a cheap diamond set, you know where it has a diamond the size of a grain of sand surrounded by a quarter inch of chiseled metal. That is what the firing pins on my R&D cylinder are starting to look like. The hammer on my pietta has an eighth inch notch cut where the hammer hits the nipple. I have fired about 200 rounds through it and think it isn't going to get any worse, but not 100% on that.
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May 23, 2008, 03:01 PM | #2 |
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Hmmm my 58 in 44 it to as a notch in the hammer,
but the firing pins are still fine, everything else is working fine. Any other probs with your r&d? I thnk i have put at lest 500 rds in my r&d.
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May 23, 2008, 03:13 PM | #3 |
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There is one other problem. The firing pins will get stuck if you rest the hammer on an empty cylinder, but the notch between the cylinder works fine.
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May 23, 2008, 03:42 PM | #4 |
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Thats not happend to mine yet,
but i had to make a screwdriver to fit the firingpins, after so many shots they tend to back out under recoil, i did not know this till i could not rotate the cylinder, thats the only prob i have yet encounterd, hopefully thats all. Lets hope we both do not get big probs.
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May 23, 2008, 03:53 PM | #5 |
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To not put to much stress on the cylinder and my gun
i load my owen 45s, 25grns of 3f goex bp top of with corn meal and a 454 rd ball, shoots good and not to much recoil, so i am hopeing that the cylinder will last a long time.
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May 23, 2008, 04:38 PM | #6 |
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The hammer notch fits over the safety pins on the percussion cylinder. Sounds like the firing pins are too soft.
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May 23, 2008, 04:48 PM | #7 |
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I think the pins on my cylinder are much harder
than the hammer, the hammer as a notch were it strikes the pins.
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June 14, 2008, 01:39 PM | #8 |
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What I on My Colt Dragoon was that the pins were a hair too long for the hammer drop. I just stoned the edges till it stopped peening...could get a set of new pins jus in case from R&D. Then file down the length of the pins. Take a meas't and see what you got. Can use Kasnet to reharden if need be.
Good luck. SG
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