I took my new 1858 cylinder out to check / inspect and clean the gun. The cylinder slipped right out without so much as a hint of a drag. From the right side trying to get it back in the hand stuck out just enough to make re-inserting the cylinder a major chore. I tried everything to get past the little bump except standing on my head to do it then finally it slipped past the protrusion and it went back in, why I have no idea.
So once I got it back in I tried to do it again, this time not rotating the cylinder, just out and back in and nope it refused to get past the hand protrusion. This time I wriggled the hammer and cylinder a bit and I got it in but I still do not know why. The third time I pulled back on the hammer a bit and kept rotating the cylinder which depressed the hand just a tad into the slot on the breech face and the cylinder slipped in.
If these reproductions are true to the originals, I cant imagine some hombre that kept spare loaded cylinders having to go through this in a gunfight
I've read that the 1858 has this known issue (see link) and I wondered is there a fix? I noticed that the slot pictured in the link below (#5 reply) but that slot in the pic "appears" to be relieved a bit allowing the hand to slip in. Is this a fix because my slot is flush with the cylinder face. Also the link to Clint reloading his revolver is simply not possible with this 1858.
https://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/threads/continual-trouble-inserting-uberti-1858-cylinder.115731/
So once I got it back in I tried to do it again, this time not rotating the cylinder, just out and back in and nope it refused to get past the hand protrusion. This time I wriggled the hammer and cylinder a bit and I got it in but I still do not know why. The third time I pulled back on the hammer a bit and kept rotating the cylinder which depressed the hand just a tad into the slot on the breech face and the cylinder slipped in.
If these reproductions are true to the originals, I cant imagine some hombre that kept spare loaded cylinders having to go through this in a gunfight
I've read that the 1858 has this known issue (see link) and I wondered is there a fix? I noticed that the slot pictured in the link below (#5 reply) but that slot in the pic "appears" to be relieved a bit allowing the hand to slip in. Is this a fix because my slot is flush with the cylinder face. Also the link to Clint reloading his revolver is simply not possible with this 1858.
https://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/threads/continual-trouble-inserting-uberti-1858-cylinder.115731/