1858 Rem. C&B conversion.
Anyone had dealings with these cylinders for .45 Long Colt that are advertised for reproduction 1858 Rem. C&B pistols. Are they "timed" ok, do they shot ok?
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I haven't shot mine yet. I have a Navy arms 1858 and a R&D made drop in cylinder. I will tell you the R&D cylinder times up better the the origional ever did. I bought the gun new and it has always had one chamber not index properly. The R&D unit solved this problem. I did have to polish the cylinder pin because the conversion cylinder has a slightly smaller hole. It dropped right in but was a little tight.
Woods
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Woodsrunner:
You've piqued my interest. One of the changes that occurred between Remington percussion cap ignition and M1875 .45 Government/Schofield cartridge ignition was the diameter of the cylinder increased. Another was lengthening cylinder frame to accommodate the cartridge.
Did the conversion include removing metal from the frame around the barrel boss to accommodate the longer cylinder?
Does this replacement cartridge cylinder have the additional metal mass? If not, has the entire firearm been proof tested -- I do not mean function tested?0 -
As I said I haven't fired mine yet. The only thing I had to do to the gun was polish the cylinder pin. It worked well even befor I did that but was very tight and I was afraid of breaking the hand. The instructions state black powder or Black Hills ammo only. They also recomend softer alloy(20/1) bullets with BP reloads. Here's a link for more info.
www.taylorsfirearms.com/r&d.html
Woods
How big a boy are ya?
oops now try it
Edited by - woodsrunner on 06/10/2002 12:39:430
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