namdoc69
Member
Hi, everyone! I'm a new poster though I have been lurking on this forum
for a couple of months. Got my Colt Texas Paterson from Dixie GunWorks yesterday, the magic man in his brown delivery van dropped it on my front stoop.
I was rather impressed with his pistol, hadn't seen a real live one up close.
The finish is outstanding on this particular specimen. Had a few problems
initially with the revolver. Couldn't cycle the hammer/cylinder on first attempt. Fixed this problem by slightly tapping out the barrel key, it had been pushed all the way into its slot. Once I had a paper-thin gap between
the cylinder/barrel frame, the action began to work. Still has a very stiff hammer pull but the cylinder indexes just fine. The triger lever drops down
after cocking the hammer, but doesn't return to its rest position inside the frame after releasing the hammer, don't know if it's supposed to snap back up
or what. Maybe a weak spring?
I would like to dissasemble this pistol to fine polish some of the internal
parts, I have done that with all my other cap @ ball revolvers, to tune it up.
However, I'm somewhat leary about doing a take-down on this pistol. The only guide I have is an exploded diagram of the Paterson which doesn't help
me at all about where to start taking things apart.
One other thing, the advert. for the Paterson at Dixie Gunworks said nothing about a loading lever, however this pistol came with that loading tool
gizmo which was a nice surprise. At the moment I very happy with this
purchase. I've wanted a Paterson for several years to round out my
cap & ball pistol collection.
for a couple of months. Got my Colt Texas Paterson from Dixie GunWorks yesterday, the magic man in his brown delivery van dropped it on my front stoop.
I was rather impressed with his pistol, hadn't seen a real live one up close.
The finish is outstanding on this particular specimen. Had a few problems
initially with the revolver. Couldn't cycle the hammer/cylinder on first attempt. Fixed this problem by slightly tapping out the barrel key, it had been pushed all the way into its slot. Once I had a paper-thin gap between
the cylinder/barrel frame, the action began to work. Still has a very stiff hammer pull but the cylinder indexes just fine. The triger lever drops down
after cocking the hammer, but doesn't return to its rest position inside the frame after releasing the hammer, don't know if it's supposed to snap back up
or what. Maybe a weak spring?
I would like to dissasemble this pistol to fine polish some of the internal
parts, I have done that with all my other cap @ ball revolvers, to tune it up.
However, I'm somewhat leary about doing a take-down on this pistol. The only guide I have is an exploded diagram of the Paterson which doesn't help
me at all about where to start taking things apart.
One other thing, the advert. for the Paterson at Dixie Gunworks said nothing about a loading lever, however this pistol came with that loading tool
gizmo which was a nice surprise. At the moment I very happy with this
purchase. I've wanted a Paterson for several years to round out my
cap & ball pistol collection.