Thank you very much. I will take it apart (again) and check it out.
@Johnm1
I kind of feel like these types of videos should be in a pinned thread.
I still no idea how to time a bolt.
Actually, you are not "timing the bolt", you are setting up the interface between the bolt leg and the hammer cam. More than once I have fixed a horribly out of time revolver simply by installing a new bolt and hammer assembly at fairly reasonable cost.
Actually, you are not "timing the bolt", you are setting up the interface between the bolt leg and the hammer cam. More than once I have fixed a horribly out of time revolver simply by installing a new bolt and hammer assembly at fairly reasonable cost.
Kuhnhausen explains it pretty well in his shop manual for the Colt SA...If your cam isn't damaged, there's no point in changing the hammer. It's all about the angles on the right bolt leg. I actually have a 'smithing manual that explains it, but I'm still an unthawed caveman.
@Jackrabbit1957 or @45 Dragoon could tell you more I think.
@Johnm1 I still think it'd be good to have a pinned thread with videos like that. Maybe to even include schematics of the more popular arms, like the 1851/60 and the 1858 to name a few.
If your cam isn't damaged, there's no point in changing the hammer. It's all about the angles on the right bolt leg.
If your cam isn't damaged, there's no point in changing the hammer. It's all about the angles on the right bolt leg. I actually have a 'smithing manual that explains it, but I'm still an unthawed caveman.
@Jackrabbit1957 or @45 Dragoon could tell you more I think.
@Johnm1 I still think it'd be good to have a pinned thread with videos like that. Maybe to even include schematics of the more popular arms, like the 1851/60 and the 1858 to name a few.