My loading lever is falling apart

w_houle · December 1, 2008, 08:46 PM

The lips that hold the latch are spreading on the loading lever. It doesn't make any sense, considering I don't use it to load the gun (1851 Pietta). Any ideas as to how to fix it?

Fingers McGee · December 2, 2008, 12:12 AM

Weakness in the metal. Had the same problem on a Uberti. Replacement hasnt shown the same symptoms.

Smokin_Gun · December 2, 2008, 02:13 AM

Does the pin look bent or did it fall out on you...It does sound like the blade or thing front piece is defective. VTI or one of the other parts dealers shouls have one for you. Or make a piece like Jeronimo would have. HeeHee!
Get the new part you' ll have it in no time.

SG

December 1, 2008, 08:46 PM	#1
w_houle Senior Member Join Date: March 29, 2007 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 1,391	My loading lever is falling apart The lips that hold the latch are spreading on the loading lever. It doesn't make any sense, considering I don't use it to load the gun (1851 Pietta). Any ideas as to how to fix it? __________________ How could you have a slogan like "freedom is slavery" when the concept of freedom has been abolished?

December 2, 2008, 12:12 AM	#2
Fingers McGee Senior Member Join Date: March 19, 2008 Location: High & Dry in Missouri Ozarks Posts: 2,113	Weakness in the metal. Had the same problem on a Uberti. Replacement hasnt shown the same symptoms. __________________ Fingers (Show Me MO smoke) McGee - AKA Man of Many Colts - Alter ego of Diabolical Ken; SASS Regulator 28564-L-TG; Rangemaster and stage writer extraordinaire; Frontiersman, Pistoleer, NRA Endowment Life, NMLRA, SAF, CCRKBA, STORM 327, SV115; Charter member, Central Ozarks Western Shooters Cynic: A blackguard whose faulty vision see things as they are, not as they should be. Ambrose Bierce

December 2, 2008, 02:13 AM	#3
Smokin_Gun Senior Member Join Date: December 4, 2005 Location: Mojave Desert, CA Posts: 1,195	Does the pin look bent or did it fall out on you...It does sound like the blade or thing front piece is defective. VTI or one of the other parts dealers shouls have one for you. Or make a piece like Jeronimo would have. HeeHee! Get the new part you' ll have it in no time. SG __________________ "I Smoke Black Powder" "Favor an 1858 Remington" SGT. Smokin' Gun, Mosby's Rangers 43rd Virginia Cavalry C.S.A. SASS# 19634, ... Admin:http://blackpowdersmoke.com/oldcoots/index.php