Cylinder binds after a few shots

To answer the question:
If the cylinder/barrel relationship is too close binding may occur. This is easily solved by wiping the face of the cylinder between loadings. Damp cloth with water, ballistol or any light oil or solvent.

The most common cause of binding in the Remingtons, original or clones, is arbor/base pin fouling. Pull cylinder between reloads and wipe base pin. A heavy lube will let you shoot longer. I use Dick Dastardly's pearl lube (1 part soy wax, 1 part toilet bowl ring and 1/2 to 1 part vegetable shortening)
 
Crisco is, from my 40+ years experience with bp firearms, the absolute second worst lube possible. It is dirty, gets everywhere, too soft and runny in hot weather and too hard in cold weather.
Worst lube I know of, and I have tried many, is chicken fat.
Serious C&B shooters often use water pump grease.
 
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Have to respectfully disagree with you there Hawg.
That's perfectly ok, you're not the first one.
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Your not alone Hawg, I prefer to see .005 as a minimum cylinder to barrel gap on BP revolvers.

One thing to look at is not all cylinders have the face machined flat and perpendicular to the barrel.
I use Prematex Super Lube for base pins and arbors.
 
I'm gonna kinda chime in with HH and MCB - I like to see the Colts especially at 0.006 or so, absolutely no less than 0.003.
 
I've found that the best basepin lube for my Uberti 1851 Navy is Synthetic Wheel Bearing Grease. Being synthetic is the key, and makes it work with blackpowder. I don't have any problems with the cylinder binding up anymore. :)
 
Hi all,
No one has mentioned the possibility that the problem is Pietta. I've in the past had similar problems with them. I've yet to have a Pietta that functioned properly out of the box. On two that I remember the gap between the barrel and cylinder was so tight the gun would not turn.
 
You must be an exception. My recently obtained 1860 Sheriff from Pietta was perfect!
Your problem is that the wedge is inserted too far and the arbor is too short. That causes the barrel to tip up from the lug and close the barrel to cylinder gap. That is not how these Colt type revolvers are supposed to be. The wedge is not the adjusting device for the barrel to cylinder gap.
 
Must be just me but I have a bunch of them.
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