BE Wild Willy
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Well, I don't know what happened, but here's the scenario:
Had the gun apart for cleaning (1851 copy), put it back together, and the gun "jumps past" half cock. Normally you can here the C-O-L-T when cocking, although it was more like C-O-......L-T, now the first two clicks happen together with no half cock.
Now just to be sure, the first "click" should be half cock right? Second "click" is the bolt popping back up, third the hand rotating the cylinder, fourth the bolt locking and hammer at full cock. Do I have this right?
I took the gun back apart and compared it to pics in pages 17-19 in the "Tune your Pietta" stickie. I think there is a problem with the hammer cam (looks pretty buggered) and the bolt engagement. What can be done about this? I can probably take some pics of mine if needed.
Please help, I'm really bummed...
Had the gun apart for cleaning (1851 copy), put it back together, and the gun "jumps past" half cock. Normally you can here the C-O-L-T when cocking, although it was more like C-O-......L-T, now the first two clicks happen together with no half cock.
Now just to be sure, the first "click" should be half cock right? Second "click" is the bolt popping back up, third the hand rotating the cylinder, fourth the bolt locking and hammer at full cock. Do I have this right?
I took the gun back apart and compared it to pics in pages 17-19 in the "Tune your Pietta" stickie. I think there is a problem with the hammer cam (looks pretty buggered) and the bolt engagement. What can be done about this? I can probably take some pics of mine if needed.
Please help, I'm really bummed...