The 1858 Remington Forum

Uhu brother and in such a case a valuable lesson to us...
We´re after all set up to CNC cut basically any mold you wish. Due that it is an imperative piece of lesson no doubt.

Welcome from Colorado.

 I have a Pietta 1858 Remington Steel Army .44 8 inch barrel. I purchased Bullets .450" diameter, 200 grain, conical revolver bullet for .44 Army Revolvers, cast from LEE 90382 from Track of the Wolf, Inc. The cast bullets seem to be the same exact size as the cylinder chamber. They do not even start into the cylinder chamber so I cannot rotate the cylinder under the loading lever. Am I doing this wrong? Any idea or help.

Regards,
Jerry

A semi worn Navy,i guess. Stocks are certainly on their last leg,told customer it might be an idea to adress that. As he´s intent is to shoot the thing the original stocks can be replaced and put to the side in my opinion.

Jobs pulled tho. Yes.
For once the wear that had made cylinder clearance increase was to the recoil shield. That´s a first! 
Checked length of the cylinder,of course,and even tried a stocker of known good dimensions...but still had like 0,9mm clearance.
Giving that some thought i opted to add material to the entry/forcing cone of the piece.

In turn timing was a tad off,handled that. Just drifted that small cam for the bolt a millimeter approx and done deal. Rest of the innards were in absolutely ok order.
Added material to the front sight..and of course as the barrel was on the lathe i handed the poor thing a fresh muzzle job too.

First trials,shooting the thing,come tomorrow i hope. 

Think I sent an email. Trying to see if iMessage will email, like it is supposed to.