Model12Win
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Hello all, well I got a new Pietta Spiller & Burr yesterday in the mail from Dixie Gun Works.
I thoroughly cleaned and degreased it and lubed it with Balistol. Well I went to the range today unfortunately, I had some issues.
I fired two cylinder worth. The good news is I had no cap jams, all rounds went off the first time, and non of the caps fell off.
The bad news is that the gun would get stiff and extremely hard to pull the hammer within 1-2 shots! How can this be? I did not have any cap jams... I would take the cylinder out, wipe off the cylinder pin, put some oil on it, reassemble and the gun would run smooth. But within a couple of shots, everything just got so stiff and I had to manually rotate the cylinder.
What's going on here? I've never had this happen on my '51 Navy Colt. I am very sad that my new gun doesn't work so well. My load for today was 15 grains of GOEX FFFG powder, a wonder wad, and .375" Hornady balls.
If anyone can give me any ideas to keep my Spiller and Burr from locking up almost instantly, I'm all ears. I think this will be a good shooting gun once I can figure that issue out. It's a real looker and I plan to refinish the grips to remove the UGLY "maroon red" Italian varnish and instead make them look like proper and authentic oiled black walnut.
Please let me know all. Thanks!!
I thoroughly cleaned and degreased it and lubed it with Balistol. Well I went to the range today unfortunately, I had some issues.
I fired two cylinder worth. The good news is I had no cap jams, all rounds went off the first time, and non of the caps fell off.
The bad news is that the gun would get stiff and extremely hard to pull the hammer within 1-2 shots! How can this be? I did not have any cap jams... I would take the cylinder out, wipe off the cylinder pin, put some oil on it, reassemble and the gun would run smooth. But within a couple of shots, everything just got so stiff and I had to manually rotate the cylinder.
What's going on here? I've never had this happen on my '51 Navy Colt. I am very sad that my new gun doesn't work so well. My load for today was 15 grains of GOEX FFFG powder, a wonder wad, and .375" Hornady balls.
If anyone can give me any ideas to keep my Spiller and Burr from locking up almost instantly, I'm all ears. I think this will be a good shooting gun once I can figure that issue out. It's a real looker and I plan to refinish the grips to remove the UGLY "maroon red" Italian varnish and instead make them look like proper and authentic oiled black walnut.
Please let me know all. Thanks!!