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Crubear
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DISCLAIMER: If you decide to do this and it doesn't work for you, don't blame me (or anyone else).
Something I've learned to do every time I get a new (to me anyway) frame is take it apart, clean it, and put it back together. Especially if it's ever been attached to a black powder barrel. You should also do this once a shooting season or so.
I know there are instructions out there on how to do this, but I could never follow the pictures, so I've decided to see what I could do.
First, a few notes. Anyone who can change their own spark plugs or oil can do this.
There are no major tricks and you really don't need any special equipment/tools to do it. You will need a screwdriver, a few punches (Allen wrenches work great), and a pair of needle-nose pliers (or equivalent). Nothing you do should require a lot of force. If you find yourself having to push hard, go to a smaller punch.
Round pins roll, small screws and springs wander, and small parts like to hide. I've found it safest to work on a flat surface with a white towel on it, a small parts cup with a magnetic bottom, and a plastic pencil box. The towel keeps the parts from rolling and the white background highlights them for easy viewing. The magnetized parts cup keeps all the small pieces in one place and from scattering if bumped. The pencil box is to keep all the parts in if I have to leave the project half done. For some reason parts left unattended and unwatched have figured out how to go walk-about.
Do not do this for the first time the day before you want to go shooting. There are a few steps that aren't easy right away and one step (putting the trigger/sear spring back in) that can be VERY aggravating.
If you see something you want more details on or better pics - SPEAK UP.
Honestly, I have all the barrels I want or could ever need..... wait, look, there's another!!
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Thu, 03 September 2015 14:28  |
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Crubear
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This is a standard blue frame, early model with a ridged trigger and a trigger stop in the guard. All in all, in pretty good shape.
You take the frame apart by starting from the bottom and working your way to the top.
--- Trigger guard screw
--- Trigger pin (small)
--- Sear pin (medium)
--- Hammer pin (large)
You don't have to worry about anything flying anywhere when you do this. The pins come out and the parts slide out. Well, with the exception of the hammer, it may need to twist and turn to come out the bottom.
Honestly, I have all the barrels I want or could ever need..... wait, look, there's another!!
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Thu, 03 September 2015 14:35 |
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So, starting with the trigger group screw - carefully screw it out. The trigger is under some slight pressure from the trigger guard spring, so when you back out the screw the trigger guard may catch on the screw.
Yes, this frame was used to shoot black powder, and now you see why I know to clean any frame ever used to shoot one.
Pull the parts (below), clean and lube them now, and set them aside.
Honestly, I have all the barrels I want or could ever need..... wait, look, there's another!!
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Next up is the sear pin...
Pull it, and these parts come out
Left to right: Sear, sear/trigger spring, and interlock. (Pin is on the bottom)
The interlock is the piece that keeps you from being able to cock the hammer without a barrel on the frame.
For those who want to know how to tell... a factory spring only has two loops, a Bellm spring has three.
Honestly, I have all the barrels I want or could ever need..... wait, look, there's another!!
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and then we go to the Hammer pin
You will have to take the hammer out the bottom, and the hammer spring will slide out the top....
from the left and down, then right: Trigger guard strut, hammer pin, Hammer strut, hammer spring, and hammer.
Honestly, I have all the barrels I want or could ever need..... wait, look, there's another!!
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and finally, the firing pin
use an Allen wrench to remove the retaining screw, push against it to force the firing pin bushing out.
Note how the spring sets in with the firing pin and the bushing.
clean, lube, and set these parts aside
Firing pin bushing, FP Bushing screw, FP Spring, and the firing pin.
Honestly, I have all the barrels I want or could ever need..... wait, look, there's another!!
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