Colt - Remington Cylinders

[Olmontanaboy]

While playing around with my percussion revolvers today I was surprised at the difference in size of the cylinders of my Uberti Navies, one a Remington 1858 and one a Colt London 1851. The Remington Navy has a considerably larger cylinder The measurements in inches are as follows:

Rem. cyl. O.L. 2.001
Colt cyl. O.L. 1.705

Rem. cyl. bore .371
Colt cyl. bore .372

Rem. cyl. bore depth 1.354
Colt cyl. bore depth 1.165

Rem. cyl. width 1.604
Colt cyl width 1.534

Colt cyl. wall thickness @ edge .081
Rem. cyl. wall thickness @ edge .120

In the wall thickness @ edge measurements I measured four of my revolvers (all Uberti) just for the heck of it.

Colt Walker .094
Colt Army full fluted ..078
Colt Navy .081
Rem. Navy .120

1st. photo: Walker - Rem. Navy - Colt Army full flute - Colt Navy




3rd. photo Rem Navy cyl. - Colt Navy cyl.


The Remington Cyl. is sure to hold more powder but the Colt should hold plenty.

 

[Oyeboten]

That Rem Navy CYlinder looks mighty stout!


Could probably manage a heck of a Load if one wanted.

 

[Hellgate]

The chamber capacity also varies with the manufacturer. I found the ASM 44 colt cylinders to hold less than the Pietta or Uberti chambers. Also, in general, the Remington pistols hold more powder than the colts.

 

[Olmontanaboy]

That Rem Navy CYlinder looks mighty stout!

Yeah, kinda makes the Fluted .44 look frail by comparison

 

[rcflint]

The Italian made Navy 36 caliber Remington is not the same size as the original Remington. Though early versions of the Uberti etc. remingtons were authentic in size, but they changed some years ago to the 44 Army frame and this makes a much larger "Navy" than Remington ever made. Although the Remington Navy cylinder was 2 inches long, the same as the Army, the Navy cylinder was smaller in diameter.