I like the idea of using an atty but I am retired and as I said really don't want to spend more money on this and I don't have have an atty friend that I can ask to do it nc. I talked to Hodgson (prompt and very helpful on the phone) and they did not see how adding a lube wad would cause this...
UPDATE - Got new barrel and cylinder and have now tested with both black powder without lubed wads. Had to adjust for short arbor but everything is working the way it should. At least it wasn't all acrap - better to be lucky than smart or however it goes. Cimarron agreed to look at the...
The only smokeless in the same room was 7625 which is spherical - I removed the powder from the remaining rounds and it was Pyrodex not 7625. Pyrodex was purchased new from 3rd Generation about 2 months ago and I have been using it with my C&B with no problems (19 g w/ .36 ball). I have not...
Thanks for the input
Uberti 1872 Open Top .44 Special - new out of the box
I did not check for proper indexing – not sure I know how to other than sliding something down the barrel to see if it catches on anything when it reaches the cylinder. Would like to do that to the old cylinder but...
Is it possible to compress the BP (Pyrodex) too much in a brass case. Used 23g of FFF Pyrodex (by volume) with paper thin wax wafer from a paper cup to protect powder from 1/8" lubed felt wad. I topped that with a 205 g LFPRN - COL was 1.60. It was a tight fit but no bulging brass. Fired...
Thanks for the suggestions. It was binding before I took it apart but I didn't noticel - with the mainspring in place it works fine - maybe that's all I need. The hammer screw is only finger tight so that's not the problem. I hammer and hand spring won't slide into place without being forced...
Thanks, mine is a London too (coincidence?) - did you use India stones? Gun is almost new so am contacting Taylor to see if it is a warranty matter - not optimistic but worth a try. Glad to know the solution is not that complicated.
New .36 which I disassembled look more closely at inner workings. Taking apart went fine but when trying to reassemble I noticed it was very difficult to slide the hammer back in place - even trickier with the hand spring attached. When I do get it installed it binds at the base of the frame...
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