Tommygunn
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On about May 17th I received a Uberti 2nd Model Dragoon from Dixie Gun Works. The first thing I noticed after cleaning the oil off it was that the hammer would not fall when I pulled the trigger. It needed a bit of nudging. Not good. Then, the cylinder wouldn't turn correctly.
At this point, I decided to send it back.
Yesterday I received a replacement for it. After cleaning this off, I noticed ---
-- that the cylinder wouldn't turn if the revolver was aimed upward. It worked fine if level, or aimed down. Well, I was danged if I was gonna send #2 back, plus, I was sure whatever was wrong had something to do with the hand or pawl spring. So I dug out my gunsmith screwdrivers (and a couple of others) and proceeded to dissassemble the gun. Upon pulling the hammer out, I found that the pawl spring was not in it's slot in the pawl and simply fell out!!! Examining it, I found it was in excellent shape -- so was the slot in the pawl where it's suppose to live. By using a needle-nosed pliers I was able to successfully shove the spring back in the slot.
The next thing was a fight over trying to get the hammer back in with the pawl positioned correctly. It went in maybe 75% of the way, then just wouldn't move. After a number of different attempts using various devices, I finally solved the problem by stuffing grease in the little slot where the pal and pawlspring run. It worked.
So, now I have a 2nd model Dragoon that actually does work -- well!
Can't wait to try it at the range!!!
Oh....Dixie Gun Works sent a note back with regards to the 1st gun, saying that when the wedge was in, if it was too tight, it could bind the cylinder.
Well, (1.) I had never touched the wedge on that revolver, and (2.) how does that explain that when I first opened it, the revolver's cylinder turned just fine, it was the hammer that refused to fall ... until the later problem developed???? Oh well, I guess there's no point in worrying about it; maybe DGW just misunderstood my description of the problem with the gun.
At this point, I decided to send it back.
Yesterday I received a replacement for it. After cleaning this off, I noticed ---
-- that the cylinder wouldn't turn if the revolver was aimed upward. It worked fine if level, or aimed down. Well, I was danged if I was gonna send #2 back, plus, I was sure whatever was wrong had something to do with the hand or pawl spring. So I dug out my gunsmith screwdrivers (and a couple of others) and proceeded to dissassemble the gun. Upon pulling the hammer out, I found that the pawl spring was not in it's slot in the pawl and simply fell out!!! Examining it, I found it was in excellent shape -- so was the slot in the pawl where it's suppose to live. By using a needle-nosed pliers I was able to successfully shove the spring back in the slot.The next thing was a fight over trying to get the hammer back in with the pawl positioned correctly. It went in maybe 75% of the way, then just wouldn't move. After a number of different attempts using various devices, I finally solved the problem by stuffing grease in the little slot where the pal and pawlspring run. It worked.
So, now I have a 2nd model Dragoon that actually does work -- well!
Can't wait to try it at the range!!!
Oh....Dixie Gun Works sent a note back with regards to the 1st gun, saying that when the wedge was in, if it was too tight, it could bind the cylinder.
Well, (1.) I had never touched the wedge on that revolver, and (2.) how does that explain that when I first opened it, the revolver's cylinder turned just fine, it was the hammer that refused to fall ... until the later problem developed???? Oh well, I guess there's no point in worrying about it; maybe DGW just misunderstood my description of the problem with the gun.
