On my Taylors/Uberti Running Iron .45 six shooter I noticed a while back the cylinder pin was getting hard to remove. Got it out and noticed a slight bend right in area of one of the lock pin grooves. With the pin undercut all around it causes a weak spot and also noticed they are a soft steel easy to bend.
So I made up my own custom pin out of hardened tool steel....the whole pin was machined on a cylindrical grinder I had access to while doing part time Tooling repair at a small manufacturing company. Made it shorter to eliminate the second notch position used as a hammer safety...never used that feature. Machined just a single locking notch instead of grinding all around....stronger. Made the end with a simple head to grab and remove and then used cold bluing on head. Pin is just a touch larger in diameter for a better slip fit.
After a couple years still works fine!
Spring has sprung. Get out and shoot your Henry
Soft weak cylinder pins on Uberti six shooters....
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Tool and die maker strikes again
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I truly admire a man who can make tools out of metal. Well done!
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Great work!
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That new pin looks better than the first. Real nice work forty. Very clean.
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Wow! I’m impressed.
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That is some nice work... Nice job!
I don't know if it will bend, but the cylinder pin in my "Bad Boy" .44 magnum looks a little small for its job in that gun. Hot magnum loads are violently snappish and the smallish looking pin doesn't inspire confidence that the gun can take much of that abuse. It's not much fun for my old hand so I shoot specials in it at the range. If I ever carry it in bear country (which I ain't) I'll load it up.
(In reality I would carry my BBS carbine anyhow. I'm scared o them brownies.)
Merry Christmas y'all!
I don't know if it will bend, but the cylinder pin in my "Bad Boy" .44 magnum looks a little small for its job in that gun. Hot magnum loads are violently snappish and the smallish looking pin doesn't inspire confidence that the gun can take much of that abuse. It's not much fun for my old hand so I shoot specials in it at the range. If I ever carry it in bear country (which I ain't) I'll load it up.
(In reality I would carry my BBS carbine anyhow. I'm scared o them brownies.)
Merry Christmas y'all!
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I want one!!!!!!! So jealous of your talent.
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Re: Soft weak cylinder pins on Uberti six shooters....
I had to do the same (kinda ) thing for a Uberti P JR. 38sp.
The ejector rod would not clear the cyl. pin so I could not remove the cyl. I think they installed the wrong ejector rod housing plus they put a huge knurled end on the pin. ????? Plus it was sloppy loose .
I bought a 36" piece of drill rod 2 thousandths larger from Granger for about 5 bucks and whittled it out with files and a drill press.
Wow a tighter center pin makes HUGE improvements in how solid the lockup is. Added plus is you can get rid of the silly second safety notch.
No picture of the pin but you can see it poking out of the top gun.
The ejector rod would not clear the cyl. pin so I could not remove the cyl. I think they installed the wrong ejector rod housing plus they put a huge knurled end on the pin. ????? Plus it was sloppy loose .
I bought a 36" piece of drill rod 2 thousandths larger from Granger for about 5 bucks and whittled it out with files and a drill press.
Wow a tighter center pin makes HUGE improvements in how solid the lockup is. Added plus is you can get rid of the silly second safety notch.
No picture of the pin but you can see it poking out of the top gun.
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You guys sure do some nice work with metal. Really nice. What IS that bottom revolver?
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