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Just wondering if anyone knows whether the Colt factory is operational during the viral crisis??

Deer Creek Products have some old CVA parts. https://www.deercreekproducts.net/

When ya shoot a Walker everybody turns and says "What was That!!!";)

kwqd Take a trip to Cabelas in Hammond, IN and walk out the door with a ball and cap revolver. I have done it a couple times in the past. With the new law, I'm not sure you can still do it. Might save yourself some paper work and a lot of BS.

You might try Taylors. Give them a call and see what they say. Only problem with them is they don't have the cheapest prices.

A great video showing the evolution of the Colt revolver. 1851 Navy is one of my favorites.

That's absolutely true that the burned salts attract moisture that cause corrosion it's just that the potassium chloride that's left after a pyrodex burn is more corrosive than regular black powder. Potassium chloride is similar to regular table salt as far as it's being corrosive. Bottom line...

From a scientific point of view of why pyrodex may be more corrosive than good old black powder is shown if you look at the MSDS sheet. One of the components of pyrodex is potassium perchlorate. When pyrodex burns one of the by-products because of the potassium perchlorate is potassium chloride...

Watch out for the Pietta Paterson. I bought one from Cabelas's a couple years ago and when I opened the box to look at it, I tried to cock the hammer and it was totally bound up. Checked the barrel gap first to make sure that it wasn't binding the cylinder and it looked OK. Took it apart and...

Just finished doing the Pettifogger procedure for Uberti open tops and I must say I'm happy with results. Arbor bottoms out like it should and the cylinder/barrel gap is right about .003". The wedge was still a little loose so I found some brass shim that seems to work just fine. Now after all...

44 Dave Dixie Gun Works PP1808 Barrel Wedge w/spring for Reproduction Colt 1851 Navy, 1861 Navy, 1860 Army and Original 1851, 1860 & 1861Conv. $10.95 Whether you shim or replace the wedge you should also deal with the arbor length and barrel/cylinder gap. Yeah I knew about the Uberti short...

I did replace the wedge with a new one hoping that it would be a bit oversized but it was still loose.:banghead: I ended up using a shim like Smokin' Joe suggested but instead of copper, I used some .010 steel shim I had laying around. Nice and tight now but it looks like I'm going to have to...

Picked up an Uberti 1860 Colt Army and discovered that the barrel wedge was loose. What I mean by loose is being able to push the wedge in and out with just light thumb pressure. Tried to tighten it up the fit by peening the edge of the wedge but there has to be a better way. Anybody have any...

I believe you are correct if you limit the discussion only to side arms that were issued to Federal Troops. The 1873 .45 Colt Peacemaker and the 1911 .45ACP come pretty close but when you fully load a Walker with 60grs of black powder it wins.

Davelid, I have an relatively new Uberti SAA .45LC and I have slugged the barrel and cylinder. For what it's worth, the barrel groove diameter slugs at .451 and the cylinder throat slugs at .452. I use .452 diameter lead bullets and they work great.

I have found that some cylinder chambers have steps in chamber diameter. An example would be .445" about .5" into the chamber and then .442" the rest of the way. Like you, I used precision pin gauges to determine the chamber diameter. Some of the Pietta cylinders I checked were the same diameter...

I have a Euroarms Zouave I bought a few years ago that is very good quality. I haven't shot patched balls out of it but the .576 minie ball is accurate out to 100yds.

Merry Christmas to all

Rob, In my experience, the 1-60 twist works best with the round ball and patch. If you shoot conical bullets thru that type of barrel they might not stabilize the bullet correctly. Finally most muzzle loader folks don't use a patch with a conical type bullet.

You might notice that when you shoot it the hammer will bind up after shooting a couple cylinders. That's what mine did and at first it wasn't obvious where it was binding. At first I thought it was binding up where the back strap screws into the frame. It was after I tightened the back strap...