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Offline blastingcap

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colt 1860 loading lever stud
« on: July 04, 2009, 02:42:11 AM »
Hi all. I have a problem with my Uberti 1860 army. When I shoot my colt.45 conversion cylinder the loading lever stud flies off. I'm using remington cowboy loads or my reloads=255 lwfp, 6.8 grains of unique.Any ideas.- blastingcap

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Re: colt 1860 loading lever stud
« Reply #1 on: July 04, 2009, 07:12:06 AM »
Sounds like you need to stake the dovetail to tighten the grip on the stud.
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