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I prefer square back. I like the look better, and on the navy I think it's more comfortable.

After breaking four of them I decided to drill the frame for a coil spring. Broke the drill bit off in the frame right when it was almost through, so now I'm just making my own spring.

The shotgun barrel never failed to ignite for me, but my hammer is different than the one in the picture in the original post. Mine has the lever that you flip, which might account for the difference?

For some reason the designers of really neat revolvers (LeMat, Schofield) liked to use those side plates that require beating on the frame to remove. Makes disassembling...uncomfortable. For me at least. The loading handle on the LeMat is pretty funky. All I had were .454 round balls, but from...

.380 dropped from a lee round ball mold.

Well, tried to exchange it today, but they're out of them. Should be getting some more soon but they wouldn't hold one for me or contact me when they're in and was told "obviously we can't keep one back once they're taken off the truck." Well, obviously, I guess. Just got a refund. I wanted them...

Hi, Picked up a couple Remington New Model Army's at the Cabela's sale. One works pretty much flawlessly, the other has a problem. The nose of the hammer is hitting the left side of the frame and is starting to gouge the frame where it hits. It drags pretty bad on that left side too. The...

Thanks! Did a search with your advice and found this post: http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=428831&highlight=paint+pen Seems to be what I'm looking for. thanks!

I recently acquired a Uberti Walker that the previous owner appears to have filled all the markings and cylinder engravings with a white filler that made them contrast well and pop out. It was probably for show as it didn't look to have ever been fired. A good deal of the filler has come off...

I shoot mine with safety glasses AND a bandanna to cover my face. Having your face that close to something that spits like a bp revolver can be unpleasant. Plus I look like a bandit. I also pad my shoulder because those sharp brass butt plates, while looking cool, I find uncomfortable. I usually...

I use a pine block; anything harder dulls my punch pretty quick. I use Gatofeo's wad/lube combo and can go well over 100 rounds in a 1851 navy without fouling trouble.

I think every Ruger I have ever seen had that scratch mark where the cylinder stop drags on the cylinder before engaging. Most revolvers seem to have this if they're cycled much at all. I admit, it bothers me. I have a colt navy reproduction with 500+ rounds through it and lots of non-firing...

Thanks! I was shooting off the bench. On some of the video I took you can actually see the balls travel down range, but the youtube compression obscures it.

I've thought about the hand spring mod. If mine breaks again I'm doing it. I'm on my third one.

After putting about 100 rounds on paper for practice at 25 to 50 yards I moved to the metal disk at 75 yards. I put a camera under the bench because I couldn't see where my misses were impacting with all that dang smoke. I get about 2 out of 6 hits with the rest real close, but I'll get all six...

On mine it's the hand (whether or not it's supposed to be)--which gets worn out rather quickly unless one is deliberate to go easy on the hammer. I'm on my third hand in under two months. I can fit one in about 15 minutes now with all the practice I've had. This is quite the learning experience.

I imagine that none of the modern replicas achieve this? And replacement straps probably don't have the extra material to be filed anyway. Being gentle may be the only option here.

You guys sure know your stuff! Thanks for all the info. Yup, you're right K.A.T. I'm going to try hammering it out a bit before replacing it. I hammered the bolt a bit to widen it and fix the cylinder wobble and that worked. Took about 2 minutes as opposed to the 3 hours spent trying to...

It's good that no one was hurt! At the gun club I belong to a man's wife was shooting his SKS while he was talking to someone and not paying attention. When she fired it went full auto and scared her, she dropped it and it kept firing and shot her and killed her. I think the guy might have...

Thanks for the replies. My hammer doesn't come close to contacting the backstrap either. I got my replacement parts from Dixie Gun Works, and while they seem to be higher quality/stronger than the original parts, I've had some trouble fitting them. Thanks for the heads up on VTI scrat, I'll...