gasmandave
New member
I have 3 colt clones, an 1851 Navy, an 1851 Snub nose, and a 1849 pocket 31. The question is, why is there a spring tab on the wedge? My snub has one, the full sized Navy's wedge was missing when I got it used and the '49 doesn't have one. I think the spring tab makes it difficult to disassemble the pistol and doesn't seem to be needed to keep the wedge tight in place when firing the pistol. So why need it?