I picked up a new Signature Series 1860 Army back when Colt Blackpowder Arms was still alive.
I have notice since it arrived in the mail that the cylinder stops just slightly off of dead center at full cock. When the hammer rests down on the nipple you can see that the cylinder needs to be rotated another 1/16" or so to make the gaps between the sides of the cylinder and hammer equal.
Later I was attending a gun show and CBA had a booth with many of their guns on display. I was able to pick up and handle the 1860 Army and I noticed that their display gun was the same way. I thought at the time 'I guess all their Army's are this way.'
My Signature 3rd Dragoon isn't like that at all. It stops revolving at top dead center every time without any play in the cylinder at all. The Army has slight looseness with the cylinder at full cock and when the hammer is down, so you can actually twist the cylinder in line by giving it a little turn with your finger.
Is this a common report about the CBA 1860 Army? Or is my pistol and the one I handled at the gun show the only two?
I have notice since it arrived in the mail that the cylinder stops just slightly off of dead center at full cock. When the hammer rests down on the nipple you can see that the cylinder needs to be rotated another 1/16" or so to make the gaps between the sides of the cylinder and hammer equal.
Later I was attending a gun show and CBA had a booth with many of their guns on display. I was able to pick up and handle the 1860 Army and I noticed that their display gun was the same way. I thought at the time 'I guess all their Army's are this way.'
My Signature 3rd Dragoon isn't like that at all. It stops revolving at top dead center every time without any play in the cylinder at all. The Army has slight looseness with the cylinder at full cock and when the hammer is down, so you can actually twist the cylinder in line by giving it a little turn with your finger.
Is this a common report about the CBA 1860 Army? Or is my pistol and the one I handled at the gun show the only two?