hawg
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I'm surprised it fit. Originals had a stout spring too.
I have been thinking: I wanted to put the Pietta conversion cylinder in the SB. I have a Pietta now. Easy, just put the conversion cylinder in the Pietta. Problem solved. No modification. Best of both worlds.
I put a wire camera down the barrel with the Pietta cylinder in the SB revolver. the line up is not correct. not 100%. a good gunsmith will be able to sort. I think it has to do with the timing on the back of the cylinder were the hand moves the cylinder. Looks like the cylinder stop and cylinder stop notch will need attention as well. The pietta cylinder fits into the SB and dry shoots. I measured the two cylinders and the Pietta is 0,1mm longer than the SB. hope this all makes sense. to me with the new Pietta that I bought it is not worth changing my SB for a conversion cylinder.Did each chamber index and line up correctly with the bore?
1937?View attachment 1135513 View attachment 1135514 View attachment 1135515Got my 2nd Santa Barbara today. Even better condition than the first. 1st was 1975 and 2nd 1937. Both beautiful. Top one the Pietta
I would hope the bolt is not locked in. I can't tell from the picture how it's indexed. The hand could be short, which is pretty common, it's a relatively easy fix. The fun part is getting the cartridge cylinder and the cap and ball cylinder both to work. My bench is currently clear if anyone is needing some work done.
If that's the case it also has a throw by problem. The bolt should have dropped and the cylinder locked up jamming the action. OP, when the the hammer is cocked can you rotate the cylinder by hand and have it come into battery? Is it traveling past the chamber or stopping short?Looking down the bore the chamber is passing the bore so the hand is too long and the cylinder is passing the notch.
the Uberti one works 100%? is there a model difference as with the Pietta's. When I ordered the Howells Pietta one there is 2 different models. there was a difference on the older Piettas. I think before 2000 or something like that. if the Uberti works as you say than I will just leave this Pietta Conversion cylinder as is and put it in my Pietta Revolver where it fits perfectly and try to get a Uberti one. I was hoping that this would workHowells Uberti conversion cylinder is a literal drop in fit for my Santa Barbara.
the Uberti one works 100%? is there a model difference as with the Pietta's. When I ordered the Howells Pietta one there is 2 different models. there was a difference on the older Piettas. I think before 2000 or something like that. if the Uberti works as you say than I will just leave this Pietta Conversion cylinder as is and put it in my Pietta Revolver where it fits perfectly and try to get a Uberti one. I was hoping that this would work