Colt 1860 (Original model)

claval · October 19, 2012, 08:29 AM

Hello,

please,
1°: has it one or several possibilities there of reducing the "wind" between the barrel and the cylinder ?
2°:What the keg for 1860 is the required légal distance between the barrel and the cylinder use in the army of the USA ?
thank you for your answer
Regards
Claude (of France)

PetahW · October 19, 2012, 10:29 AM

If there's excess barrel cylinder gap (wind ?), I would suspect that either the arbor/stud that the cylinder rides on is pulling out of the frame, or the arbor slot (that the barrel wedge slides through) has elongated through pounding - both usually occurring from a lot of heavy shooting.

Since original Colt 1860 Army's are a fairly valuable collectible, I'd recommend putting it away and buying a modern clone for shooting, instead of getting into repairing/modifying an original.

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October 19, 2012, 08:29 AM	#1
claval Junior Member Join Date: May 22, 2012 Location: France Cote d'Azur Posts: 4	Colt 1860 (Original model) Hello, please, 1°: has it one or several possibilities there of reducing the "wind" between the barrel and the cylinder ? 2°:What the keg for 1860 is the required légal distance between the barrel and the cylinder use in the army of the USA ? thank you for your answer Regards Claude (of France)

October 19, 2012, 10:29 AM	#2
PetahW Senior Member Join Date: September 19, 2008 Posts: 4,678	If there's excess barrel cylinder gap (wind ?), I would suspect that either the arbor/stud that the cylinder rides on is pulling out of the frame, or the arbor slot (that the barrel wedge slides through) has elongated through pounding - both usually occurring from a lot of heavy shooting. Since original Colt 1860 Army's are a fairly valuable collectible, I'd recommend putting it away and buying a modern clone for shooting, instead of getting into repairing/modifying an original. .