SlowFuse
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I have a Colt SAA clone that I am looking over and cleaning up after sitting for "quite a while" on a shelf at a relatives house. 25-30 years would not be an exaggeration, its in rough shape.
This is a Hawes Western SixShooter which I understand is a loose interpretation of the original SAA, and not of the highest quality. This is a 22 caliber model and I have both cylinders, a 22 LR and a 22 magnum. I am fairly familiar with taking this style revolver apart, I have an Uberti Cattleman 45LC and a Taylors SmokeWagon .357.
I'd like to get the LR cylinder into it for a cheap plinker, the Mag cylinder is in place now.
I'm having an issue removing the base pin the cylinder rotates on. I have depressed the cross-pin that holds it in place and ended up fully removing it. After pulling on it as best as I could with my hands I pressed on it from the rear (under the hammer) with a coated allen wrench. It's what I had handy, no movement. I have it sitting in Kroil right now and will try again tonight. I'd rather not disassemble the halves, remove the hammer and get a punch/hammer, but I will as a last resort. Are there any other ideas (provided the Kroil doesn't loosen things up) before I do an extensive dis-assembly and start hammering on it??
This is a Hawes Western SixShooter which I understand is a loose interpretation of the original SAA, and not of the highest quality. This is a 22 caliber model and I have both cylinders, a 22 LR and a 22 magnum. I am fairly familiar with taking this style revolver apart, I have an Uberti Cattleman 45LC and a Taylors SmokeWagon .357.
I'd like to get the LR cylinder into it for a cheap plinker, the Mag cylinder is in place now.
I'm having an issue removing the base pin the cylinder rotates on. I have depressed the cross-pin that holds it in place and ended up fully removing it. After pulling on it as best as I could with my hands I pressed on it from the rear (under the hammer) with a coated allen wrench. It's what I had handy, no movement. I have it sitting in Kroil right now and will try again tonight. I'd rather not disassemble the halves, remove the hammer and get a punch/hammer, but I will as a last resort. Are there any other ideas (provided the Kroil doesn't loosen things up) before I do an extensive dis-assembly and start hammering on it??