Reproductions of the Remington New Model Army revolver are very popular with today's cap & Ball shooters. The following are complete instructions on how to disassemble one of these guns.
First of all, get a set of screwdrivers and grind the tips to fit the various screws. A thin-bladed tip will soon ruin the screw, and may break besides.
1. Draw the hammer back to half-cock. Then lower the loading lever handle and pull the cylinder pin forward. Remove the cylinder, while being careful not to drop it.
2. Start by removing the grips. They are often tightly fitted. If so remove the grip screw and thread it back into the right stock. Then wiggle the screw while lifting it so as to lift the stock up and off. ALTERNATIVE: After screwing the screw back into the right stock take a long punch and reach through the left stock and rest the front of the punch on the screw in the right one. Then lightly tap on the punch to force the right stock off of the frame. Then push off the left stock.
3. Remove the screw at the front of the trigger guard and pivot the guard
down and off.
4. Remove the screw holding the cylinder stop and trigger spring (seen from the bottom of the frame after you remove the trigger guard).
5. Remove the screw holding the trigger and cylinder stop and then wiggle these parts out.
6. Back off the mainspring tension screw (located at the bottom/front of handle.
7. Gently tap the mainspring out of its seat at the bottom of the handle.
8. Remove the hammer screw.
9. Push the hammer slightly downward and remove the hand pivot screw.
10. Remove the hand and then the hammer.
11. Remove the loading lever screw, and then pull the loading lever assembly forward and off.
12. Reassemble in reverse order. You may have to use a pair of smooth-jawed pliers to get the mainspring started back into place in its seat in the frame. Then tap it into place. As a rule it is not necessary to remove the mainspring and hammer for ordinary cleaning.
First of all, get a set of screwdrivers and grind the tips to fit the various screws. A thin-bladed tip will soon ruin the screw, and may break besides.
1. Draw the hammer back to half-cock. Then lower the loading lever handle and pull the cylinder pin forward. Remove the cylinder, while being careful not to drop it.
2. Start by removing the grips. They are often tightly fitted. If so remove the grip screw and thread it back into the right stock. Then wiggle the screw while lifting it so as to lift the stock up and off. ALTERNATIVE: After screwing the screw back into the right stock take a long punch and reach through the left stock and rest the front of the punch on the screw in the right one. Then lightly tap on the punch to force the right stock off of the frame. Then push off the left stock.
3. Remove the screw at the front of the trigger guard and pivot the guard
down and off.
4. Remove the screw holding the cylinder stop and trigger spring (seen from the bottom of the frame after you remove the trigger guard).
5. Remove the screw holding the trigger and cylinder stop and then wiggle these parts out.
6. Back off the mainspring tension screw (located at the bottom/front of handle.
7. Gently tap the mainspring out of its seat at the bottom of the handle.
8. Remove the hammer screw.
9. Push the hammer slightly downward and remove the hand pivot screw.
10. Remove the hand and then the hammer.
11. Remove the loading lever screw, and then pull the loading lever assembly forward and off.
12. Reassemble in reverse order. You may have to use a pair of smooth-jawed pliers to get the mainspring started back into place in its seat in the frame. Then tap it into place. As a rule it is not necessary to remove the mainspring and hammer for ordinary cleaning.