I'm retired, pulled down my shingle, sold off my machine tools sos to set back and relax. Then I discovered I like to play wit Cap Guns.
Oh bother. Cap Guns out of the box, are KITS. Some remanufacture required. I knew/know that. But, what the heck, work on my own
guns, build some interesting Snubbies, build some interesting never never Frankenpistols. FUN> CAPITOL FUN!!! Where am I going.
Oh Yea, I remember.........
My Cap Gun shooting pardner alluded to a problem he had. Three, second generation Colt 1851s. None of them would run a full stage
without problems. I said "Ok" I'll take a peek. WHAT KRAP!! I've seen/worked on other second gen Colt Cap Guns in the past, none
were what you could call "good" but these three are ....... KRAP. Normal Uberti Open Top design stuff. Barrel to arbor fit bad, timing
bad, bolt poorly fit, a good 1/2 inch of hammer overtravel .. basically, three rebuilds. Oh, and one of them was originally built from ASM
parts. Uberti parts, ASM parts, nothing about these guns is Colt except the roll marks on the frame and barrel.
If you have an opportunity to acquire these guns ........ PASS. Save the money and buy a Uberti. Since your basically buying a Uberti
anyway, save some money. Especially if it's an ASM provided gun. What garbage. (Burma Shave)
Coffinmaker