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I had the same problem with two of my C&Bs. A quick way to field-check if the hammer is not reaching the nipple sufficiently to fire the cap is to turn the nipple back out about 1 turn and try it again. (Remove the cap before you screw out the nipple!!) And, no, I have never had any fire...

Dragoon conversion cylinder I have the 2nd Model Dragoon, and the R&D conversion cylinder. It is so easy (and so much fun) to crank off rounds with this set-up I almost never use the BP cylinder anymore. I have only used "cowboy" ammo so far, seeing no need for anything possibly more...

I miss Lubbock! I used to live around 58th and Quaker (?), when that was almost the edge of town....a few years ago. I wonder what that area looks like now. Didn't shoot at any commercial ranges there, but occasionally went out in the boonies (which wasn't far) to shoot, plinking, really, while...

I took my Dragoon out to shoot it cap & ball style for the first time last week. I normally only shoot it with a conversion cylinder, but wanted to 'test' the c&b style. On almost every cylinder load, one or more caps would not fire; on one cylinder, only three fired. A visual inspection made...

Wedge on Ubertis My 1851 Navy is a bear to get the wedge out because the catch on the end of the wedge spring is very sharp. The wedge spring on my Uberti Dragoon actually has a tapered edge to the spring, much like Rifle previously suggested be done with a file, and it comes out with thumb...

Old West fast-draw shootouts I may have mis-understood the context in which I read the information, but I believe I read somewhere recently that there was only ONE documented fast-draw-in-the-street shoot-out in the entire "old west", and that involved Hickok and an opponent, from about 75...

Same problems with Dragoon I have been having a similar problem with a Cimarron 2nd Model Dragoon. The pins and holes seem to be good, but the barrel assembly will not fit flush with the frame. It is about a credit card thickness off, and the wedge will not go through easily. The loading...

Great picture. Thanks. I have been doing some reading on the Texas Rangers' history, and Ford was one of the characters mentioned often. That nickname "Rip" was for "Rest In Peace", for likely obvious reasons. The gun stocks in the picture could certainly be Dragoons. That sure is a...

Mec There is some question as to the authenticity of the Murietta legends, but he was credited with carrying at least a "brace" of Dragoons. Actually, many, if not most, of the early sensationalist western writers liked to give their heroes Dragoons; it just sounded studly. Even Louis Lamour...

2nd Model Dragoon Even though the heading says 2nd Model, right now Texas Jack's, a separate retail venture, I believe, of the owner of Cimarron, has the Cimarron 1st Model Dragoon (squareback trigger guard, oval grooves in cylinder) on sale for $289.00. It usually goes for $349.00 if a...

I have read numerous posts from members who do some of their own gunsmithing. Or at least what sounds like fairly thorough cleaning up and polishing of internals. If there is not a sticky somewhere already, it would be very helpful to me, and I suspect others, if someone can post a detailed...

On my Uberti '58 Remington, the bolt is marking a ring around the cylinder. I can see the bolt work perfectly except for the last fraction of an inch of travel in the cylinder rotation, the bolt is coming up early and rubbing on the cylinder, putting a very distinctive mark, almost a groove...

Does anyone know what is going on with Uberti, Cimarron, Beretta/Benelli. I mean, with respect to the manufacture and availability of Uberti firearms. I have been told by two different dealers that they cannot get any response from Uberti or Cimarron. No one answers the telephone, no one...