Recent content by frydaddy96

Another option that worked for me was to 'break' the edges of the notch in the hammer and polish as best as possible. Did that with a couple of my open tops that always pulled a cap or two, no more cap sucking. For any one that doesn't know, by 'break' I mean file off the sharp edge of the...

Yeah thought of all those too. There are no marks on the frame or barrel to indicate misuse or wrong tools used to assemble/disassemble. The bluing is unmarred and very well done. Another item of note is in the frame where the hammer falls, the left corner is square, the right corner is...

Make sure the frame isn't bent. I bought a Uberti .36 Remmy off GB. The barrel or frame is not threaded correctly so the front sight is angled slightly to one side. Also when I went to remove the base pin, it took some persuasion with the nylon hammer get loose. One side of the pin was worn...

On another note, does anyone know what happened to Mako? He had several outstanding CAD models like these cap ones except they were dealing with the internal workings of our revolvers and timing.

A google search came up with a similar can (less surface corrosion), it did not have any label. The link to etsy shows "Sold Out" for a "Vintage Swedish Black Powder Tin Can 5D brass cap".

I've come across other pieces by Mako with some very nice graphics, unfortunately some of them were missing or wouldn't load. They were geared towards the inner workings of the Colts. I've done searches for them but haven't been able to find the complete document like this one on Caps & Nipples...

I've run the LEE 45 REAL through my ROA and 2nd Dragoon so far. Have not tried in the Remmy's, Walkers or 3rd Dragoons yet. Easy to load in the ROA, sometimes a hassle in the Dragoon which could be the 'as cast' size of the base and the cylinder dia. once the base is in the cylinder not much...

Malleability and ductility are related, M is how well a material can be compressed/Flattened/shaped. D is how much the material can be stretched before breaking. Those properties are affected by the composition of the metal. Annealing brass restores the ductility because it has been work...

I've found that when attempting to use a felt wad that is oversize of the brass, it wants to flip/turn when pushing into the mouth of the case. Tried a few and it was more work to get them to lay flat on the powder. I have hammer punches from a couple different sources, they have numbers which...

Jim, That is a sweet '51 but not interested in handing over my CC info plus a holding fee + 18% on top final price. I agree, there are a lot of overpriced replicas on GB, and surprising that folks will pay that. I've gotten a couple good deals on wayward BP revolvers needing a good home and a...

Was it a "Buy It Now" ? The link comes back with an eBay error page and a search has a "U.S. Draggoons" cylinder. I'll have to look at my ASM 2nd when I get home, it has some heavy stamping on the side above the loading lever screw "2nd Model Dragoon Blackpowder Only".

Thanks for the continuing education Mike, I've been following your posts for years and have greatly improved my knowledge of the inner workings and mysteries of why different things were happening. One thing I haven't seen talked about much or in-depth is the Barrel lug/frame interface when...

Got 2 now. First one brand new in 1985, 2nd is a rescue/restoration date stamped 1972 that I just bought off of GB. Knew it had an issue (broken cylinder bolt, pictures didn't show what was hidden in the shadows) but who ever owned it previous to the store I bought it from should be pistol...