gtrgy888
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You guys might recall I had previously put in some work on the Uberti 1851. I first took the gun in to a smith to get the arbor reconstructed and tightened with some epoxy to eliminate some wiggling that had started to develop. Then I corrected the arbor length by fitting two #6 steel washers using sand paper on one washer until the barrel and frame barely fit together with just a sliver of light visible between them that gets closed when the wedge is installed. Finally, I’ve just widened the wedge using a ball peen hammer and a jeweler’s block so that it can no longer be seated or removed with just finger pressure. It now requires a good whack with the butt of my screwdriver to install or remove. The finished wedge looks a bit like a bunch of moon craters, but the fit is 10 times better and the gun is much more solid overall. The only wiggle left in the gun is a 1/1000 inch forward and backward movement of the cylinder, which gives it good clearance to prevent cylinder drag. The gun is officially optimized for the next range trip at month’s end! Thanks for all the good advice, folks.