Disassembly of Walker......is something wrong here?

[hogship]

I brought home a Uberti 1847 Colt Walker today, and am having trouble with disassembly.

The instructions are pretty sparce and aren't in depth.....no help.

It appears that the "sticky" information for disassembly of Colt revolvers on this forum is now gone.....so, that's no help.

The wedge removes from left to right.....right?

When I push the wedge all the way out until to the left side, and hangs on the screw, I can't get the barrel removed. Is there some secret to this? Does it unscrew, or should it just slip out?

When I put the wedge back in, it appears to lock up the cylinder so the hammer can't be cocked and the cylinder doesn't rotate......Looks to me like the forcing cone is pushed up against the cylinder, preventing it from rotating. Is this the way it should be?

I'm using a Lyman tapper with the nylon head to move the wedge. (I'm not hitting the wedge very hard, it moves easily but I cannot move the wedge with just finger pressure.)

Any suggestions and/or help would be greatly appreciated, gentlemen.

This is getting frustrating.

hog

[Flint]

When the wedge spring catches on the screwhead, the barrel will come off, as long as the wedge is straight, if it's angled fore or aft, the corner might still catch the cylinder arbor's slot.  You might need to jack the barrel using the rammer on the web between chambers of the cylinder.

If you drive the wedge too far you will clamp the cylinder.  Th wedge should be set to where the sprin's catch just reaches the barrel lug surface, and no further.  If you can move the wedge by finger pressure it's too loose a fit and needs to be replaced.

The wedge removes toward the retaining screw, on a Walker, left to right.  It is the opposite direction from the later Colts, which drive out right to left (from the rear view)..

[hogship]

Well, I certainly thank ye, Flint......

I just got back from the sporting goods store......they exchanged the Walker for another one.

There was a gunsmith on duty there, and it took him 15-20 minutes to remove the barrel. Only took finger pressure against the wedge to lock up the cylinder......they decided something was wrong from the manufacturer and made the exchange.

The new Walker disassembles as you have described, and the wedge doesn't lock up the cylinder.

Looks like the new one is A-OK, and cleaned up nicely.

By the way, that other Walker was returned once before by another customer! They'll probably send it back to their distributor. I assume, from there, it'll be returned to Uberti.

Thanks once again for responding Flint.

I may have more questions later on because I have an AN IX French flintlock pistol on the way from Dixie right now, and I've never had a flintlock firearm before......so everything is new to me.

I did have an 1858 Army Remington before, but I sold it about 25yrs ago. I guess you can say I've had some experience with cap and ball revolvers, but it's been a long time and I'm feeling rusty on the particulars to shoot them.

hog

[long]

The pedersoli An IX should be an enjoyable pistol  For reliable service, Beuchamps Flintlocks ETC of Richmond Mass. is the full service distributor for north america.  More reliable than Dixie when it comes to spare parts and accessories.

The Colt disassembly discussion is now a "sticky" on thehighroad in the Black powder shooting forum:
http://www.thehighroad.org/forumdisplay.php?s=&daysprune=&f=12

[hogship]

The pedersoli An IX should be an enjoyable pistol  For reliable service, Beuchamps Flintlocks ETC of Richmond Mass. is the full service distributor for north america.  More reliable than Dixie when it comes to spare parts and accessories.

The Colt disassembly discussion is now a "sticky" on thehighroad in the Black powder shooting forum:
http://www.thehighroad.org/forumdisplay.php?s=&daysprune=&f=12

Thanks Long......

I'll take note of that. I see Beauchamps is listed in the literature supplied with the pistol.

Would this be a good place to get the .675 round balls? Dixie is out of them at the moment, and I can't fire this pistol without ammo!

hog

[long]

Try Track of the Wolf. I've had good luck with my few orders from them. Beuchamp is good about keeping english flints on hand but I don't know if he inventories bullets/balls or not.