electricfactory
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So I recently came into a Pieta Remington 1858 revolver which has an issue. The seller told me it had been sitting over a fireplace for years and the amount of rust and patina bears that out. The thing is the cylinder, cylinder pin and loading lever do not match in finish with those three items being blue and looking newer than the gun. When it arrived I could see that those parts didn't match the gun, and though the gun appears to index fairly well ( see the bolt line on the cylinder) the cylinder pin dosen't fit the cylinder pin hole without forcing it, see the pics below. I guess I'm buying a new Pietta cylinder pin from Taylor's & Co since I have no way of the present pin down.
The cylinder pin won't go any further into the frame without forcing it, it is too thick at the base
The cylinder pin won't go any further into the frame without forcing it, it is too thick at the base
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