Getting a Dragoon!

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Lookin' good! Nice piece.

Thanks!
BTW the date code is CU, so it was made in 2019.

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Uberti=short arbor.

Short arbor: check. So I looked around and found some thin steel washers that are ~1/2" diameter. Most of them were around .0415-.042" thick, but I found another batch that were ~.030". A single .042 washer was not enough and a .042 and a .030 stacked were slightly too much. So I thinned a .0415 and a .030 on a diamond hone, and that worked. I just dropped them in dry. They're not going anywhere until I pull the barrel. After I shoot it a bit I'll probably reinstall them with some Loctite bearing retainer.

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I just went out to my backyard range and fired six rounds. .457" ball over 41 grains (2.8cc Lee dipper) of 3F Goex, Crisco over the ball, Remington #10 caps. It shot fine. About 4-5 inches high at 10 yards, which is quite workable. The loading lever did not drop.

BTW McMaster-Carr has round shims (basically washers with precise thickness) in 3/8" diameter and various thicknesses. Not expensive, either. Thicknesses range from .001" to way thicker than we would need for this purpose, in mostly .001" graduations. I might buy some. It would probably be better in the long run to have a single shim of the needed thickness instead of stacked shims. Link: https://www.mcmaster.com/products/shims/shims-2~/ring-shims-7/

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A #6 flat steel washer can sometimes be your Colt’s fren.
3/8” = #6
Outside diameter.    .375”
Various thicknesses can be useful.

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A #6 flat steel washer can sometimes be your Colt’s fren.
3/8” = #6
Outside diameter.    .375”
Various thicknesses can be useful.

Good to know. I think the ones I used are #10. They are too big for the Army and Navy revolvers but work fine in the Dragoon.