OK you Remy Folks !! What mods. do you do or have done to your guns?

[45 Dragoon]

I was thinking of getting a '58 Remy and making it a "bullet proof" action (of course with a .45 Colt conversion) with special atten. to tolerances. Also, was wondering if anyone has put or had put locking slot leads on a remy cylinder ? If you would post pics. as well, that would be awesome as we all can learn so much here. Thank you,


45 Dragoon

 

[Prairie Dawg]

I bought this from Larsen Pettifogger:
Shortened barrel & loading lever.
Cylinder bushing to protect the cylinder pin from fouling.
Hogged-out nipple recesses for easy capping.
Nice little Remmie.
--Dawg

 

[45 Dragoon]

Looks real nice and fixed up by one who knows!!

Inside tuned parts stock or special stuff (coils and such) ?

 

[JRs12Valve]

Can you take a picture of the cylinder bushing? I like the idea of a cylinder pin that doesn't foul too much.

 

[BCRider]

I have yet to find any need to do much other than I plan on buying some Treso or other nipples for them. That's about the only downside I can find.

I don't even have an issue with the cylinder binding up due to fouling. I just put a drop or two of Canola cooking oil on the pin at the cylinder face and give it a spin to spread the oil into the gap. The Canola frees up the fouling nicely and the cylinder spins easily afterwards.
Try it. If you don't like the Canola for your gun then cook with it. Canola is one of the better oils health wise for frying up foods.

 

[Tinpan58]

slix shot nipples and a little file work on the from sight, thats all. I like yours Prairie Dawg, wana trade

 

[Prairie Dawg]

I'll take some pics tomorrow.
I had to look in my files to find Larsen's write-up on this little cutie.
Here's what he did.

Remove barrel, mill frame and install bushing in cylinder to stop base pin fouling

Shorten barrel to 4 3/4" and move sights and loading lever stud

Shorten loading lever and modify to look like 1890 Remmie

Install coil and plunger hand spring

Mill cap windows to open them up so snail capper can be used

Bevel front of cylinder

Chamfer front of chambers

Install Treso nipples

I wanted it the day I saw it.
Larsen was paring down his cap gun stable a while back & I bought it from him.

Yes, it's as sweet as it looks.
--Dawg

 

[StrawHat]

Prairie Dawg,

I recall you would sometimes cut a bit of the grip strap behind the trigger to make room for your hand or maybe make the grip more "Coltlike".

 

[raa-7]

Hey Prairie Dog , that's a good Idea with what you did protecting the cylinder pin from getting all fouled up by the BP.

 

[BADUNAME30]

Hey Dawg, when you get around to putting some more pics up, how 'bout a frontal of the cylinder ?
I'd like to see that chamferin he did.
Did he happen to ream the chambers to a uniform size also ?

 

[Prairie Dawg]

Hi Folks:
Sorry it took me so long.
I shoot slow too! LOL

Here's some pics of the cylinder.
I don't know if Larsen reamed them, but they load easily with 451 or 454 on my Powder Inc. cylinder loader.
He had to file some out of the front of the frame to accomodate the bushing.
And now I can use any capper to easily access the nipples.





Here is a pic of the back of the frame showing the set screw Larsen put in to use a coil & plunger hand spring.
And it was drilled on a curved surface!



Next up:
This gun deserves a conversion cylinder.
And
Maybe a set of fancy grips & carry it in a shoulder holster.
--Dawg

 

[kituwa]

Notice on the cylinder with the bushing that the tresso nipples set down lower than on the other cyl, seems like it would fire like that. Looks like the ratchet is thicker on the stock cyl too. Its not a good idea to bevel the outside of the cyl like the one with a bushing because that does not leave a lot to seal up to the forcing cone on the outside edge. The coil spring hand plunger is cool and that fixes one of the more common problems with these guns. I wonder how hard it would be to put a coil spring for the main like a ROA uses?

 

[BSA1]

Prairie Dawg,

What did he set the barrel/cylinder gap at?

 

[Busyhands94]

I modified my sights to be more high profile, to me they look more like a S&W hand ejector than a New Model Army. I like em'! I also put some imitation ivory grips on it, and worked on polishing the action a bit. This is one sweet sixgun!