I have two black powder pistols. The first one I ever got was a Ruger Old Army, and recently I bought a Colt '51 Navy in .44 caliber.
I was looking at getting another pistol (a shiny, stainless one) to add to the collection, so why not expand and also make it the Remington 1858. I have a question about the loading handle first, before I decide to get one or not.
The ramrod handle comes down and there looks like a "T" handle part that you can pull forward to drop out the cylinder and put in a new cylinder. My Ruger has a special screw on the side that you can turn 130 degrees with just your thumbnail and pull off the ramrod bits, including the center rod that the cylinder rotates around (sometimes called the spindel or arbor).
I know that the spindel of the '58 is seperate from the ramrod handle, which makes it different than the Ruger. Does the spindel of the 1858 pull right off the front of the revolver, or does it have a catch and stays on the frame, but still allow you to roll the cylinder out the side of the frame?
I was looking at getting another pistol (a shiny, stainless one) to add to the collection, so why not expand and also make it the Remington 1858. I have a question about the loading handle first, before I decide to get one or not.
The ramrod handle comes down and there looks like a "T" handle part that you can pull forward to drop out the cylinder and put in a new cylinder. My Ruger has a special screw on the side that you can turn 130 degrees with just your thumbnail and pull off the ramrod bits, including the center rod that the cylinder rotates around (sometimes called the spindel or arbor).
I know that the spindel of the '58 is seperate from the ramrod handle, which makes it different than the Ruger. Does the spindel of the 1858 pull right off the front of the revolver, or does it have a catch and stays on the frame, but still allow you to roll the cylinder out the side of the frame?