RoostRider
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New member here.... my first post would have been an introduction, but it took forever just to get my registration in order so I could post (thanks to whoever the admin was that registered me).... and I have been toying with this gun for too long at this point..... I guess I'm just not patient enough, so, yeah.... Hi everyone....
I just got a Colt Navy style cap and ball revolver. Distributed by Navy Arms Company, made in Italy. It was a "kit gun". Purchased in the early '80's(?).... I found the foundry marks but no letter coded date mark.
I would love to shoot this thing, but it came to me in kind of rough shape... which leads me to a good cleaning before shooting.... the problem is I can't get the barrel off to clean it and the cylinder.... you are supposed to remove a screw and wedge in front of the trigger assembly and then "pull the barrel off", but it won't budge after I removed the wedge... not a bit...
I am afraid to pry it off (don't want to tweak anything), and I tried tapping it with a plastic hammer (beating on it actually).... I think there is rust in there where the cylinder shaft enters the front frame/barrel assembly..... When I pulled the wedge I had to hammer it out with a plastic hammer, and it was slightly rusty....
The cylinder rotates fine and the finish is in good shape (no pitting in the barrel or cylinder), but the wedge that holds the barrel on was rusted, and I can see some corrosion in there. I have sprayed it with Liquid Wrench several times. I put tape across the wedge hole on one side, flipped it over and filled the wedge hole with Liquid Wrench and let it sit for two days..... it's all still in there (not sure if thats a bad thing or a good thing)...
Would it cause harm to heat that part of the gun with a heat gun/oven/torch?.... I am sure it would be best to use some precise method for cooling if I did use a torch..... and ideas?
I know this gun isn't all that valuable (right?), but I really want to be able to shoot it.... and I don't dare unless I can get it apart to clean it.....
Thanks in advance,
Mike
I just got a Colt Navy style cap and ball revolver. Distributed by Navy Arms Company, made in Italy. It was a "kit gun". Purchased in the early '80's(?).... I found the foundry marks but no letter coded date mark.
I would love to shoot this thing, but it came to me in kind of rough shape... which leads me to a good cleaning before shooting.... the problem is I can't get the barrel off to clean it and the cylinder.... you are supposed to remove a screw and wedge in front of the trigger assembly and then "pull the barrel off", but it won't budge after I removed the wedge... not a bit...
I am afraid to pry it off (don't want to tweak anything), and I tried tapping it with a plastic hammer (beating on it actually).... I think there is rust in there where the cylinder shaft enters the front frame/barrel assembly..... When I pulled the wedge I had to hammer it out with a plastic hammer, and it was slightly rusty....
The cylinder rotates fine and the finish is in good shape (no pitting in the barrel or cylinder), but the wedge that holds the barrel on was rusted, and I can see some corrosion in there. I have sprayed it with Liquid Wrench several times. I put tape across the wedge hole on one side, flipped it over and filled the wedge hole with Liquid Wrench and let it sit for two days..... it's all still in there (not sure if thats a bad thing or a good thing)...
Would it cause harm to heat that part of the gun with a heat gun/oven/torch?.... I am sure it would be best to use some precise method for cooling if I did use a torch..... and ideas?
I know this gun isn't all that valuable (right?), but I really want to be able to shoot it.... and I don't dare unless I can get it apart to clean it.....
Thanks in advance,
Mike