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Pietta 1860 Army Barrel Locking Pins removal
Blacksheep:
This is my first post on this forum, so, hello everyone. I purchased a used Pietta 1860 and took it shooting today. Everything worked fine but when taking it apart for cleaning, both barrel Locking pins had been removed from the base of the barrel assembly and were shoved all the way into and flush with the frame to where there wasn't anything to grab onto to pull them out. So, the base of the barrel assembly now has enough wiggle room left and right (about 1/8th of an inch) to where I can't shoot this thing because the forcing cone won't be properly aligned.
Anyone have any ideas on how to pull them out?
45 Dragoon:
Don't worry about pulling them out, drill them out. Make new ones out of the drill bit shank. If the barrel lug holes are larger you can use a bit that fits them and file/sand them to the smaller diameter needed.
Mike
Blacksheep:
Copy all, thanks. Just out of curiosity, do you have any idea why they weren't long enough so there wouldn't be a dead space where they could be trapped?
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Cap'n Redneck:
Just a wild guess: perhaps the original alignment pins had been lost by a former owner, and a pair of make-shift short ones had been installed? Then again; stranger things have been known to come out of Italy...
And an afterthought: Have You tried to lightly tap the cylinder arbor vertically against, say a wise or an anvil, in order to shake the alignment pins out?
Blacksheep:
I tried the tapping but it looks like I'm going to have to go with the drill. You're probably right about the originals, just really weird because both pins were as they should be when I took it apart prior to shooting for the first time. Assuming I don't mess it up without a drill press, I'll try to rig something together and post photos. Otherwise, I'll just blame Michigan football and hope to shoot it again this time next year.
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