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I bought a Howell conversion cylinder for my Pietta .44 cal '58 Remington from Midway, which after all discounts cost about $193, and tried installing it today.
The fit was super tight, which I've heard is expected because Pietta's tolerances can be pretty wide. After a little bit of filing the frame, I was able to get the cylinder in.
Pulled the hammer to full cock to check the timing and it was fine, but when I lowered the hammer to protect the firing pins from being dry fired, the cylinder rotated the opposite direction. Has anyone experienced this?
I then put a cloth over the hammer and did as safe a dry fire as I could and it didn't look like the cylinder rotated the wrong way like when the hammer was being lowered.
This is my first experience with C&B conversion cylinders, so I don't know if this is normal, if I need to do some more filing on the frame or if I should be filing the back of the cylinder. Any advice would be appreciated.
The fit was super tight, which I've heard is expected because Pietta's tolerances can be pretty wide. After a little bit of filing the frame, I was able to get the cylinder in.
Pulled the hammer to full cock to check the timing and it was fine, but when I lowered the hammer to protect the firing pins from being dry fired, the cylinder rotated the opposite direction. Has anyone experienced this?
I then put a cloth over the hammer and did as safe a dry fire as I could and it didn't look like the cylinder rotated the wrong way like when the hammer was being lowered.
This is my first experience with C&B conversion cylinders, so I don't know if this is normal, if I need to do some more filing on the frame or if I should be filing the back of the cylinder. Any advice would be appreciated.