ATW525
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So, I picked up a pair of 1861 Navy replicas recently, and both are Cimarron imported Ubertis, and are exactly ten seriel numbers apart. They look and feel pretty much identical, until it comes time to disassemble them.
One of them (XXXX01) disassembles easily by hand with no tools. I can push the spring on the wedge down easily with my thumb, pop it out and then the barrel slides off right of the frame. Reassembly is just as easy.
The second (XXXX11) disassembles only with considerable coaxing. I need a hammer and soft plastic punch to free the wedge, and then I need to sharply work the loading lever against the cylinder face to push the barrel off the frame. Reassembly requires tapping the barrel back in place with a soft plastic punch and hammer, and then tapping the wedge back in using a similiar method.
XXXX11 was also missing a barrel pin, which gives me significant concerns about the quality control at Cimarron Firearms. However, this doesn't appear in any way related to the difference in ease of disassembly between these two guns.
So, I'm wondering which experience (not counting the missing barrel pin) would be considered "normal" for a Colt style cap and ball pistol?
One of them (XXXX01) disassembles easily by hand with no tools. I can push the spring on the wedge down easily with my thumb, pop it out and then the barrel slides off right of the frame. Reassembly is just as easy.
The second (XXXX11) disassembles only with considerable coaxing. I need a hammer and soft plastic punch to free the wedge, and then I need to sharply work the loading lever against the cylinder face to push the barrel off the frame. Reassembly requires tapping the barrel back in place with a soft plastic punch and hammer, and then tapping the wedge back in using a similiar method.
XXXX11 was also missing a barrel pin, which gives me significant concerns about the quality control at Cimarron Firearms. However, this doesn't appear in any way related to the difference in ease of disassembly between these two guns.
So, I'm wondering which experience (not counting the missing barrel pin) would be considered "normal" for a Colt style cap and ball pistol?