My father just got this gun from Taylor and Company through a local retailer. They didn't have one and stock and ordered it for him. It is a sweet gun with a square back trigger, steel frame with brass back strap.
When we took it out on the range we had issues with two things, caps, which actually fell into the action due to the design of the Navy's slope that the hammer rests on. The second was the cylinder not turning after being fired a couple of times. We had to "prod" it abit to get it to turn.
The first issue I think we can resolve with Thunder Ridge Nipples, which I ordered for him, the second on was caused by I believe two things:
Shards of the caps falling back into the gun's action and the barrel tense that is adjusted by the wedge. I believe he had the wedge driven all the way in.
Due to these issues, he was frustrated with the gun and was ready to "junk" it. But after watching a show on Wild Bill and how versatile he was with this model and how he never converted it to cartridge, I knew that allot of this was due to our "user" error.
The handspring broke. Taylor and Company is actually sending us a replacement of the handspring since the gun is under a year warranty. After describing the issue, their gunsmith knew what it was. When we point the gun down at the ground the cylinder would turn, pointing it level it would not.
I noticed a thread about Colt actions? Are there any modifications one could make to insure that this won't happen again and my next question is how far do most of you drive the wedge in for the barrel/cylinder tension?
I am sure both the cap issue and the barrel/cylinder tension attributed to the demise of the handspring, plus it was probably on a self for some time and could have gotten brittle.
It, like I said is a sweet little gun and I think it would do my dad well. He is in his late 70's and new to black powder. He likes the Navy model for its sqarre back trigger because his fingers are so thick and the Remington tends to hurt his knuckle when he fires.
Any suggestions about the handspring and other modifications would be welcome. We have considered converting it to a .38 conversion cylinder but he isn't at the point he wants to spend that kind of money yet.
When we took it out on the range we had issues with two things, caps, which actually fell into the action due to the design of the Navy's slope that the hammer rests on. The second was the cylinder not turning after being fired a couple of times. We had to "prod" it abit to get it to turn.
The first issue I think we can resolve with Thunder Ridge Nipples, which I ordered for him, the second on was caused by I believe two things:
Shards of the caps falling back into the gun's action and the barrel tense that is adjusted by the wedge. I believe he had the wedge driven all the way in.
Due to these issues, he was frustrated with the gun and was ready to "junk" it. But after watching a show on Wild Bill and how versatile he was with this model and how he never converted it to cartridge, I knew that allot of this was due to our "user" error.
The handspring broke. Taylor and Company is actually sending us a replacement of the handspring since the gun is under a year warranty. After describing the issue, their gunsmith knew what it was. When we point the gun down at the ground the cylinder would turn, pointing it level it would not.
I noticed a thread about Colt actions? Are there any modifications one could make to insure that this won't happen again and my next question is how far do most of you drive the wedge in for the barrel/cylinder tension?
I am sure both the cap issue and the barrel/cylinder tension attributed to the demise of the handspring, plus it was probably on a self for some time and could have gotten brittle.
It, like I said is a sweet little gun and I think it would do my dad well. He is in his late 70's and new to black powder. He likes the Navy model for its sqarre back trigger because his fingers are so thick and the Remington tends to hurt his knuckle when he fires.
Any suggestions about the handspring and other modifications would be welcome. We have considered converting it to a .38 conversion cylinder but he isn't at the point he wants to spend that kind of money yet.