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I purchased this 4-3/4" length barrel model last year along with an Euroarms Rogers & Spencer from an estate state sale. These are my first BP firearms. The Rogers & Spencer was my favorite of the two because it was at least fairly accurate. But two weeks ago I purchased an 7-1/2" barrel on ebay for the Pietta 1851. I had forgotten about this forum so missed the wisdom when I installed it and the cylinder was locked up because the cone was hitting the cylinder so hard that I could not even fully install the wedge. I noticed the cone was not machined on the end like the shorter barrel so I started stoning it until I could get the wedge in and have about .001 clearance. YouTube videos suggested .004 to .006 clearance but the stock barrel had nearly .009 clearance. I was able to fire all six rounds with out a problem. Both the short and longer barrels shoot about 8" high. I'm going to break this into several post so I hope I get advise about each issue.
Question 1) On this forum in another thread it was mentioned that if you put the barrel on the cylinder post at an angle the barrel frame should be even with the main frame, if not shim the post. The short barrel fits this way but the longer barrel is about 1/16" below the main frame. If I shim the cylinder post then the short barrel will not work anymore so I would need to drop an shim in the post hole on the longer barrel or just leave it be?
Donald
Question 1) On this forum in another thread it was mentioned that if you put the barrel on the cylinder post at an angle the barrel frame should be even with the main frame, if not shim the post. The short barrel fits this way but the longer barrel is about 1/16" below the main frame. If I shim the cylinder post then the short barrel will not work anymore so I would need to drop an shim in the post hole on the longer barrel or just leave it be?
Donald
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