Brad_Bradsher
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Note that I didn't title this "How NOT to shoot your new Walker" (for example, "load 60 gr. of ground sparkler powder and ram small glass marbles in the chambers" is a one way NOT to shoot a Walker). No, this is a tale of how to get a Walker for Christmas and manage to not shoot it for over a year. The alternate title is, "There's a reason we call them kits when we buy a new one..."
So, last year, I posted a photo of the lovely and talented Vicky showing off the beautiful new Uberti Walker she bought me for Christmas:
...And now comes the fun part, let's break her down and clean her (the revolver, not Vicky)! We're going shooting! Or not...
One tap, and the wedge pops free. Great! Half cock, loading lever against the cylinder, give a push, then a tap, then a smack...nothing. Barrel ain't moving. Try a few more tricks, might as well be welded on the arbor...*** (Well, that's funny)?
So fast forward a bit, I've soaked in multiple "break-free" lube recipes, I've pulled off the grip frame and action and used heat on the barrel, cyl and frame, I've tried every suggestion on THR, basically just just wasted a few months of precious Sunday gun tinkering time (we are raising two 9-year-old grandkids, so there's not much of that), and I still have a new Walker that's never been taken down...return it under warranty? Ridiculous! This should be EASY!
To be continued...
So, last year, I posted a photo of the lovely and talented Vicky showing off the beautiful new Uberti Walker she bought me for Christmas:
...And now comes the fun part, let's break her down and clean her (the revolver, not Vicky)! We're going shooting! Or not...
One tap, and the wedge pops free. Great! Half cock, loading lever against the cylinder, give a push, then a tap, then a smack...nothing. Barrel ain't moving. Try a few more tricks, might as well be welded on the arbor...*** (Well, that's funny)?
So fast forward a bit, I've soaked in multiple "break-free" lube recipes, I've pulled off the grip frame and action and used heat on the barrel, cyl and frame, I've tried every suggestion on THR, basically just just wasted a few months of precious Sunday gun tinkering time (we are raising two 9-year-old grandkids, so there's not much of that), and I still have a new Walker that's never been taken down...return it under warranty? Ridiculous! This should be EASY!
To be continued...