Hi, All:
I need to unscrew the barrel of my Rem./Uberti 1858 Rem. New Army. Can anyone tell me which way it is threaded into the frame? Is it right hand threads Or left handed? I had an unfortunate misshap at the range today. I tried some commercially loaded .45 LC cartridges in my Rem. 1858 New Army, using a R&D conversion cyl. and there was a squib load on the first shot, that left, what I thought, was a a slug in the bbl. but was actually two slugs in the bbl. and the last one is part way into the bbl. and still part of the way in the cylinder. I drilled a hole in the first slug and using a muzzle loading ball puller and pulled it from the bbl. Then I found the other one when I tried to remove the cylinder. I broke off the long bit that I was using in the second ball. I was using a centering dowell on the bit, and it must have bound up and broke. Now it seems that my only option is to unscrew the bbl. Any thoughts on this? I have never unscrewed a bbl from a revolver, but it has an octogon bbl. and should be no problem getting a grip on the bbl. but I need to know which way to unscrew it. Any pointers that I should know? I'll bet that only my reloads will be used in the future.
Thanks.
Chubbo