Barrel wedge - that nub is supposed to snap up?

[armoredman]

The barrel wedge is stuck in tight, but the little nub on the far side won't get out quite far enough to snap up into place. Is OK or how to fix? 1851 brass frame Pietta Navy 44. She seems to shoot just fine like this, but it slightly bothers me.

 

[MEHavey]

As long as the wedge is firmly tight (gentle taps from plastic/wood/rawhide hammer),
don't worry about it.

 

[Bubba32]

Just always rotate cylinder through a full cycle when you put back together to make sure it doesn't bind. Can be an issue on some guns at times, was on my CVA 1860 until it got broke in a little.

 

[Jackrabbit1957]

It's an issue when the arbor is short. Once it's corrected the gun can be assembled to the same barrel to cylinder gap consistently.

 

[Ugly Sauce]

The nub has never snapped in place, in over 30 years of packing and shooting my 1860. To get a consistent fit, I use that screw above the wedge slot to limit how far the wedge goes in. My wedge has never shot loose. It can't be pushed out by finger or thumb, but a very light tap of a knife handle with pop it out. ? I'm sure I've done everything wrong, but it works for me.

 

[45 Dragoon]

What a great design the Colt pattern open top revolver is!! Even when executed wrong, it can still give satisfactory service!! The wedge screw isn't a limiting device, it's a "keep you from loosing it" device. But to your own admission, even some of the soldiers didn't know how to load their Walker revolvers!! Of course that lead to the probability of the cylinders exploding !!!

Mike

 

[kennysd]

rile a little off the wedge on the front, do NOT file the gun. you'll see it will go all the way to the spring catch on the frame. The wedge is easliy replaceable if you go too much, but slow is the work here.

 

[45 Dragoon]

LOL !!!!


Mike

 

[44 Dave]

I defer to Mike on Colt wedge issues.
Wedge question for Paterson shooters. Have watched U-tube videos and several "experts" mess with and some remove entirely the wedge screw.
I think the best wedge is on my '62 Pocket Police, no spring to confuse the issue.
Have a blessed Christmas!!

 

[Jackrabbit1957]

I made a new wedge for Walker that does not have a spring. It has a small channel cut into it for the wedge retain screw. It's never moved when fired.

 

[44 Dave]

I made a new wedge for Walker that does not have a spring. It has a small channel cut into it for the wedge retain screw. It's never moved when fired.

That is the way the '62 is.

 

[Ephraim Kibbey]

Some ASM Walkers and Dragoons were made with a wedge screw that had a flat on one side of the head. Turn the rounded side toward the wedge to keep from losing the wedge when disassembling the barrel from the arbor. Turn the flat side of the wedge screw toward the wedge to completely remove the wedge to work on it without unscrewing (and losing) the screw!