Remington Vs. Colt revolvers

[tula]

it happens now and then though with the steel framed colts....friend of mine had the arbour pin get lose on his 1860 army after about 30 years of shooting it

 

[10x]

it happens now and then though with the steel framed colts....friend of mine had the arbour pin get lose on his 1860 army after about 30 years of shooting it

Now was that from the shooting or from taking it apart to clean it?
I suspect there is more wear on assembly and disassembly than there is stretch from shooting.
Driving the wedge in too hard will cause "stretching" to happen as well.

 

[drache]

As for the Remington 1858 - they were a totally different design and did not have this problem.
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Actually they DID have that problem to begin with and eventually fixed.

Read a book titled:
"Remington army and navy revolvers, 1861-1888"

It talks about this flaw in the first run of 1858 Remingtons.

 

[tula]

if I know any of these guys around here and how they treat thier guns I'd say it was from seating the barrel wedge in to hard.....drives me crazy people who dont study what thier shooting before they shoot it.

 

[10x]

if I know any of these guys around here and how they treat thier guns I'd say it was from seating the barrel wedge in to hard.....drives me crazy people who dont study what thier shooting before they shoot it.

From the guns I have seen that are loose this is very likely the reason.
An over size wedge and dressed surfaces along with a little case hardening will work wonders with some of these guns.
On the brass frame guns the cylinder pin works forward in the brass from repeated heavy loads.
The 1858 remington that has frame stretch can be cured by silver soldering a brass bushing to the rear of the cylinder and machining it to fit the pounded out frame. This brass bushing would have to be replaced from time to time due to wear and impact but the soft brass gets sacrificed to make the frame last longer.

 

[drm3m]

Two Colt revolvers that “may” have been private purchases and carried during the Civil War.

These two models are seen in many period photos carried by enlisted men.

Colt 1849 Pocket Model manufactured in 1855-- .31 caliber (5 shot).

Model 1862 Colt Police revolver, manufactured in early 1863---.36 Navy caliber.

David

P.S.

There is nothing loose on these guns....nor on the Remington and 1860 Colt shown above.
The Remington indexes like a precise vintage clock...if only modern guns felt like this.

The Colt shown below was manufactured in 1942.....and I have to say I am
very impressed with the workmanship and precision that existed back in the 1860s.

Three Civil War/Indian War carbines......but that is a different subject...