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Loading lever "catch" fell off the dang barrel Hi everyone, Merry Christmas! It's been a while... I acquired a Kirst for my pistol and everything with it works great. However, after about 30 rounds of .45 acp, the piece attached underneath the barrel that the loading lever latch holds out...

Thoughts on barrel shortening Hi Gents! I finally shot my old army for the 2nd time in the months since I've gotten it. Did not have any problems with crud gumming up cylinder rotation. Thanks for your advice, especially the hint about tilting the gun slightly between shots to help clear...

I'm short-ish of tooth...32... looks like there are a decent number of us here to learn from the old timers and keep passing it on!

Okay, thanks guys. The timing and lockup seem to be fine. I didn't notice any problems until I got some scratchy crud back there making rotation difficult. I wonder if those sharp edges are collecting extra crud. It almost looks like the previous owner used something to remove the nipples...

First time at the range with new to me ROA Hi gents, What a great thread. Trying to read each page and learn from the wealth of knowledge here. 3 months after picking up my old army, finally had a chance to get it out and shoot it! Life has been crazy. Locally, I picked up some hornady...

rodwha, thanks, I did not even notice the screw head there. I unthreaded it slightly and that lengthened it a little, increasing the tension against the lug on the barrel. That helped - now the only thing rattling there is the actual piston/ram. The best I can measure, the amount of...

Hi everyone, was wondering if I can join the club. I love the thread, I did some reading of your discussions when thinking about getting an Old Army. Here is mine, found it this past week at $550. Hopefully a decent deal. It was made in 1995 and looks like it has been fired but well...