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Maybe You Should Invest In A Pair Of Glasessssssss.
Its been 10 years now and i have not looked at ANY cap 'n ball revolvers since. American made or Italian made.
You can't be simply a free range *******.
LOL, What's she worried about, she consulted an expert metallurgist who told her that these imports wont shoot more than a few rounds and then melt in our hands anyway(Though I suspect it is really Nancy Pelosi coming here to scare us away from guns).
I don't understand a thing that the Gander says.
"My very first pistol kept blowing the wedge pin out after each shot."
"hammer stripped out and then finally the pin that holds the cylinder shaft blew off."
I don't know what a "wedge pin" is that blew out. I don't know how a hammer "strips". They rotate on a round shaft. I don't know how a pin that I don't know where it is that holds the cylinder shaft can blow off.
Because a steel is "free machining" does not mean that it is soft. Some steels turn nicely, but high tensile, some others are a bitch to cut, though they may be considered "scrap steel".
Then, too, the grind of the tool or the carbide insert you use will take an intermittent cut without telling you you got problems.
this proves that the repro cartridge guns are soft as mush, just like the C-B guns
after seeing this I would recommend NOT buying any Italian make repro gun for the jacked-up new prices they are being sold at. They are not a good value IMHO.
example: I passed on a Ruger Vaquero SA NIB unfired at a gun show, for only $300, and chambered in 38/357- made in USA with hardened steel barrel and cylinder. At least 3x the gun of any Italian repro- and I could shoot BP cartridges in that just as easily, as any repro- with much better strength.
"why buy a C&B conversion cylinder when you get a much stronger overall gun designed to shoot centerfire cartridges for almost same price."
Isn't the answer obvious? The answer is, simply, that I might want an authentic looking cartridge conversion and no U.S. maker currently offers one. Substituting a Ruger Vaquero, or whatever, is not going to satisfy the cartridge conversion desire, especially if I already own six Ruger Vaqueros.
"why buy a C&B conversion cylinder when you get a much stronger overall gun designed to shoot centerfire cartridges for almost same price."
Isn't the answer obvious? The answer is, simply, that I might want an authentic looking cartridge conversion and no U.S. maker currently offers one. Substituting a Ruger Vaquero, or whatever, is not going to satisfy the cartridge conversion desire, especially if I already own six Ruger Vaqueros.