Reasons to reduce cylinder gap

[J-Bar]

Guess this thread has gotten a ways from cylinder/barrel gap to Colt mods.

Not too badly; nice photos and good information.

Let 'er ride!!

 

[Dog Soldier]

During the Civil War Southern Guerilla units used fast mounted attacks. They attacked the flanks on fast Calvary horses. They engaged in close quarters combat with handguns, shotguns and sabers. These Guerilla Calvary carried as many as 10 handguns per man. This was a combat advantage but also indicates how undependable the early revolvers were.
I have had Mike up grade a Walker Colt reproduction. It was worth his very reasonable charges for his excellent work.

 

[BigBoomD]

yes, the thread has drifted slightly from my original title of the thread, but my overall intention with my revolver is to make it as accurate and reliable and long living as possible, so these other modifications are very welcome and informative so keep them coming! yes, Mike I've seen your action stop as well, and it would be quite an easy one to implement and is on my list as well, but what is the danger of the hammer being pulled too far? I'm thinking it might continue to push the hand, thus ramming the tip of the hand into the notch of the cylinder tooth it is engaged on? I just wish I had a good outdoor place to shoot near me, I live in Seattle and its well over an hours drive on a good day to get anywhere out in the wild to legally shoot and there are only a couple outdoor ranges as well, but at $18 a pop, that gets expensive real quick! So sometimes to get my "fix" I'll research or work on the gun instead of actually shooting it.