[Burner]

I am looking for a part for an original Colt black powder .36 Cal revolver. It is the wedge screw to hold in the wedge securing the barrel. I spent $20 to order the screw online but the one that came is much too small. Too short and too small in diameter. The screw I need is about 1/4" long with machine threading on it.

As background, this pistol belonged to my grandfather, and I played with it as a kid in the 1950s. I used to melt the lead to make the balls, load it up with black powder, and wadding. I shot it a few times and blew a few holes in my grandmother's chicken coop fence. I'm now 80 and want to give it to my son. If anyone has a supply of screws, one might fit, so please contact me.

Thanks,

Tom

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[SHOOTER13]

Welcome to the COLT Forum from the Cradle Of Liberty...Pennsylvania !!

Enjoy Our Community Tom... and I would try Jack First Gun Parts:

Click link below: It's already on the Colt Page you need

Colt Revolvers

jackfirstinc.com

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If not there...Maybe Numrich Gun Parts has it:

Click the link below: It's already on the Colt Page you need... just refine your search to the part.

Colt Black Powder Revolvers | Gun Parts

Shop for Colt Black Powder Revolvers parts and accessories with Numrich Gun Parts, the world's largest supplier of gun parts.

www.gunpartscorp.com

Good Luck !!

 

[Burner]

Thanks to the two of you who replied to my inquiry. I'm a total novice and maybe need to ask a more basic question so let me rephrase it. When one puts the wedge in, what holds it in place? It looks to me like it needs a spring tab of some sort to keep it from sliding out. I can't see that the Wedge screw does anything. Help, please.

 

[cloverleaf]

Thanks to the two of you who replied to my inquiry. I'm a total novice and maybe need to ask a more basic question so let me rephrase it. When one puts the wedge in, what holds it in place? It looks to me like it needs a spring tab of some sort to keep it from sliding out. I can't see that the Wedge screw does anything. Help, please.

Yes.
a spring.
Look at a schematic (google)

 

[SHOOTER13]

Here's the Colt 1851 Navy Schematic Page Tom...

Just click on the link below:

Colt 1851 Navy Parts & Schematic | Numrich

As America's leading black powder revolver parts supplier, Numrich has the Colt Model 1851 Navy parts and accessories that you want. Shop now.

www.gunpartscorp.com

 

[cloverleaf]

Burner.
Some of the later 1849 pockets did not have a spring in the wedge just FYI

 

[MarkInTx]

Welcome to the Forum from (northern) South Texas!

I can't add anything. It looks like the guys above pretty well covered all of it.
I'm sure your grandmother was really pleased with the "flow-through ventilation" you ingeniously provided in her chicken coop. 😁

 

[Dobegrant]

Welcome from Arizona

 

[M38A1]

Welcome aboard the Colt Forum from north Texas!

 

[FL Moore]

Welcome to the forum from Virginia !!

 

[Burner]

Burner.
Some of the later 1849 pockets did not have a spring in the wedge just FYI

Thanks. I was wondering about that. Still stumped.

 

[Burner]

Hi folks. I am still looking to resolve the problem with my 1861 Colt Navy; unfortunately, you folks are my only hope so please indulge me.

When I slide the wedge in to hold the barrel assembly to the cylinder/grip, it easily falls out and the whole business falls apart. That is why I am still looking for a wedge with a spring doohickey to keep it in place. I would also like to see a schematic that shows a wedge with an attached spring clip to hold it in place. The only schematic I have seen looks exactly like the one I own (wedge with no spring). It looks like the small screw just above the wedge might serve the purpose of holding the wedge in place but the (expensive) screw I purchased didn't do the trick. Any ideas?

I hope I am making sense?

Thanks,

Tom

 

[MarkInTx]

This is a schematic from VTI. They don't show a wedge spring and don't list one in their 1849 Pocket parts list.
Uberti 1849 Pocket - VTIGunparts.com Online Store