tpelle
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I'm still working on my Pietta 1860 Army. Reading everything I can find (there's so much more information that one can refer to, thanks to the 'net - almost too much information!). I ran across the two .pdf's on here about tuning Pietta revolvers. I did the cylinder arbor length test, and mine came up short!
Further googling turned up a couple of fixes: One fix is drilling and tapping the end of the arbor for a depth-setting screw. Another is building up the end of the arbor with weld or with solder, then filing to fit.
I'm wondering about building up the end of the arbor with J. B. Weld (I know. Not very authentic.), then filing the J. B. to the length needed?
Any other ways to fix this issue?
Or should I just not worry about it, and go shootin' instead?
Further googling turned up a couple of fixes: One fix is drilling and tapping the end of the arbor for a depth-setting screw. Another is building up the end of the arbor with weld or with solder, then filing to fit.
I'm wondering about building up the end of the arbor with J. B. Weld (I know. Not very authentic.), then filing the J. B. to the length needed?
Any other ways to fix this issue?
Or should I just not worry about it, and go shootin' instead?