Pietta 1871 Colt Navy

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So my wife got me this Colt Navy replace that's made by Pietta. I've had it for some time and I love shooting it. The problem is though it's a fickle little b!tch.....

I took it to the range a few weeks ago. Fired off a few rounds through it. One round got stuck in the cylinder even after replacing the cap. So when I finished at the range that day I pulled the big pieces apart. Cleaned the barrel and cylinder etc before I left the range. Cleaned it off, brushed it off and ran foaming cleaner through everything except that stuck round. Got home that evening, went to clean it and it's now stuck together. The cylinder is stuck still on the mounting rod. Not a technical term person with revolvers so I apologize

I have soap and water it, scrubbed it with brushes, dried it. Hit it with WD40 HEAVILY to get rid off the water. Tried more foaming cleaner, CLP, and even went as far to soak it in penetrating oils for days. I'm at a loss for words on what to do. No gunsmith locally will work on black powder because the round is stuck in it. I love in an apartment in don't have a bench and vice to beat on it with a hammer.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!
 
Try to leave it for a day or two submerged in water - that would soften the rust and you will be able to disassemble the cylinder from the frame. If it's still not moving try to tap it with a piece of wood.
 
I have tried the soap and water but not the tap with wood. I am ordering a rubberized mallet tomorrow and a puller to take that round out too. At this point I'm probably going to have to re blue it and get some polisher and scrubber attachments for my drill.
 
Real fast case of flash rusting, sounds like the problem may have been caused by that foaming cleanser. Best just to use something like 409 or just plain old soapy water. What part of the country are you in? By the way use of a decent penetrating oil like PB blaster or Kroil should free it up.
 
I'm in San Antonio, so high humidity could cause what your talking about. Let's face it, this place is always humid.

Wouldn't something like 409 be too harsh and damage the finishes?? I got a penetrating oil from AutoZone and soaked it in that but it seemed to do nothing. Was thinking about vinegar since it's so acidic but worried that would do worse harm but u know that's good for getting rust off toilets but they are porcelain.

Thoughts on getting the stuck round out?? Thought about just screwing something into it and pulling really hard or tiring the other webs to a door and pulling the cylinder off the ball.
 
409 will not hurt the finish, been using it for years with no ill effects. Vinegar may strip the blueing off, any rust remover will definitely take the finish off the cylinder. You might try wrapping a piece of leather around the cylinder and very carefully gripping it with channel lock pliers and rotating the cylinder back and forth a tiny bit to break it loose from the arbor. Don't try to go too hard or far, just try to get some movement. As to pulling the ball, a dry wall screw turned into the ball a few threads and gripped with a vise grip by the screwhead should get it out. Hope this helps. Been to San Antonio, used to live in Austin, it's humid all the time and constant wind around 10 mph.
 
Try heating it in just at boiling in soapy water then do the wrap with leather and channel locks. Whether it turns or not put end of base pin on piece of hard wood and strike the cylinder at the cut out for primer with plastic mallet. If you have someone to help hold it strike cylinder using a piece of hard wood at same place using more solid mallet or hammer. If it moves even a bit but stops at least you got it a bit loose. Strike it back in place a hot soak it again. Apply pen oil to exit area and try again.
 
The first thing you need to do is remove the stuck bullet and the powder charge behind it. It shouldn't be too difficult to drill a hole in the soft lead, drive in a large wood screw, and pull it out with pliers.

Then soak the assembly overnight in penetrating oil. Do not use vinegar or rust remover because they will strip off the finish.
 
I have some kroil on order from Amazon. I have a drywall screw laying around here somewhere I'm sure I can drill into that with. That things soaked quite a bit that the charge in there is going to be heavily saturated. I'll check if I can find a shop with an ultrasonic cleaner, I know a few bike shops in town have them. Thanks for the tips, I'll update you guys on it and will get some 409 as well.
 
So I soaked the part in scolding hot water and a heavy amount of dawn to the point the water was blue from it. Took quite a bit of gunk out of it. Rinsed it heavily, dried it and put WD-40 ON IT. Kroil oil comes tomorrow I'll soak it in that and see where it goes
 
Ok so I got the oil I've been dropping some form in the parts. Should I completely pour the bottle out and drop it in there instead?
 
I would think just keep adding the penetrating oil to the arbor and give a light tap with a mallet every so often. This will help the oil work into the area where the 2 pieces are stuck. After the oil works on it for a while maybe try the leather and channel locks.
 
I would stand it up straight arbor up. Wrap bit of cloth around arbor up against cylinder. Saturate the cloth and let gravity dribble the oil down the arbor over night. If you get up in the night reapply oil. Next day try to rotate. Any amount of rotation will free it enough to get oil deeper. If you get some rotation you might try heating the oil to make it even thinner.
 
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