Being loaded is there some lube or something making the gap look wider at the topIt also appears as though the face of the cylinder and the face of the forcing cone are not square with each other. That's a common issue among revolvers.
That's a common issue among revolvers.
Common as revolver issues go. An issue more common in percussion revolvers than in cartridge guns, in my experience. Not usually out of square to that extent, but often imperfect.Well, maybe the ones built by drunk monkeys.
That seems excessive from here. I don’t believe those cap and ball peacemakers have separate bushings. I believe the “bushing” is integral to the cylinder.Check for end shake, movement front to back, if it's excessive a new bushing can be fitted to the front of the cylinder. I don't remember off the top of my head what the spec is, I will look it up.
Like most things these days the c&b peacemaker is hard to come by (near $500.00 if you do.) so it may be worth a trip to the local saa expert to analyze the situation. Set the barrel back a turn and square and recut the forcing cone I’ll bet it would shoot nicely…Thanks Woodnbow, I did not notice the caps on the back of the cylinder, so I thought it was a cartridge gun. I still think a guy can replace the bushing, just gotta figure out if it's worth the effort. Plus it still won't change the barrel to cylinder gap. That's gonna require the barrel to be set back. My thoughts are if a guy is gonna go through all that effort it may be more cost effective to get a new gun.
Or would it? If it straightened up that gap to a consistent width from top to bottom, then I'd guess it would be a decent gap, depending on just how narrow you want it to be. Couldn't hurt for the sake of accuracy in any case....Plus it still won't change the barrel to cylinder gap...