detailed assembly instructions for colt

[rickyjames]

i need "detailed" assembly instructions for a repro 1861 colt revolver i bought in kit form. i have the "blown up schematic" but i am stupid and need detailed step by step instructions. i have put the gun together, it looks as pretty as a picture but it does not work. i'm sure it is something as simple as not following the correct step by step order or puting in something backwards or upside down. if someone can direct me to somewhere on the net that has "detailed" assembly instructions for the mechanicaly impaired i would greatly appreciate it. i did find a great little video on youtube where a guy disassembles and reassembles the gun in about 8 minutes (so i know it can be done) but it is not in english and too small to see the detail i need to correct my mistakes. thank you in advance

ps: i believe any 1851, 1860 or 1861 colt revolver instructions would work.

 

[Fingers McGee]

The Gun Digest Bookk of Firearms Assembly/Disassembly, Part II: Revolvers, has directions for the 1849 Colt Pocket model. Procedures are the same for all of the Colt Pocket Models, '51s, '61s, '60s, and Model P SAAs and clones.

 

[mykeal]

The High Road, a sister forum to The Firing Line, has a sticky thread in the Blackpowder Shooting subforum entitled "Black Powder Essentials". There is a link in the first post in that subforum entitled "How to dissassemble a Colt type revolver - started by MEC" which contains both disassembly and assembly instructions. Click here.