ASM 1858 New Army Buffalo brass frame

[Doc Hoy]

Yep....

...In rereading my post it is confusing.

I am interested in the MV of the 12 inch barrel.

 

[Lee McNelly]

pitting or rusty spots

an eraser is good also easy to control

 

[bigminnow]

Barrel cone to cyl gap



I put the feeler gauge to the cone/cyl gap today and wow... it was .014...

So as a newbie...what's the verdict? Should I still shoot this gun?

It is accurate but it really gets lots of powder burn residue on the cyl and I get a little in the face off every shot.

The gap is probably .013 easy. I have to play with it a bit to get the .014 to go.

It is a brass frame but I see no imprints on the back of the frame.

Thanks...

 

[Hawg]

.014 is a lil much but it shouldn't hurt anything. To check it cock the hammer and pull the cylinder back against the hand and then check the gap. Normally a bp gap is from .006-.008. I have seen them run .012 and have had a couple as close as .004. I've never seen one .014 but I wouldn't worry about it.

 

[bigminnow]

Thanks Hawg,

I did pull the cyl back against the hand (so that's what it's called...I learned something!)...but I did not have the hammer cocked. I will measure again and see if there is any difference.