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I also saw on a youtube video about tye Walker that filing the part of the retention spring where it is supposed to hold in a notch in the ram to a more square shape helps
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The lever drop problem is easily addressed by removing the spring catch that is dovetailed to the barrel. Note that the lever isn't fully up and touching the underside of the barrel. File the outside of the base of the spring just enough to allow the lever to bear against the barrel when reassembled.
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October 20, 2017, 05:05 PM | #28 |
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I can solve the issue much easier by just buying a Dragoon.
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The Colt Walker was the most powerful revolver until 1935 when the 357 magnum was released and not the most powerful handgun. The Colt Walker was never the most powerful handgun ever. Long before the Walker single shot pistols were being made of larger calibers and held more powder.
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Now that I got the Dragoon, I'm sure I'll end up with a Walker too. It always seems to work that way. I heard they tie a piece of leather strap around the ram lever, back in the old days.
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I had an Uberti Walker .44, was forced to sell it a few years during my Divorce. I used it to pop a few tree rats raiding the bird feeder... yup, very impressive indeed! Anything over 40 grains of powder caused the ramrod latch to drop... which I fixed with a small blue rubber band that comes on lobster claws. I wished I had kept that gun and divorced her much sooner! Lol!
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Gave in already, and ordered the Walker, to go with the Dragoon.
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CLYA, the older period guns certainly do have an appeal all their own.
Have you considered the Ruger Old Army? It's a 'modern' cap and ball. Ruger no longer makes it but they are available used although some folk want crazy high prices for them. http://www.gunbroker.com/item/709538303 |
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My first was a 1851 Colt Navy 36 caliber, brass frame. Still have it in a box of parts. Needs a couple screws, and springs, but I bet I could get it back in shooting shape pretty quick. My other is a Lyman 1858 Remington 44 caliber. A very well made piece by Uberti, and a great shooter. Haven't shot it in a good while, but this thread is sparking a new interest.
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