One more thing I forgot mention during my "review" of the subject gun, the loading lever catch has a spring that seems to be about five times heavier than it ought to be. Comparing its resistance factor to my two other 2nd Gen. Colts, and my Uberti '58 Remington, it takes far more pressure to retract the catch to release the loading lever.
Therefore my question is; has anybody ever encountered this issue, and created a fix for it?
I can envision driving out the pin and snipping a coil or two off of the spring or maybe just get a hardware store replacement.
I can see were this operation would require great care so as not to allow the catch to go flying into some obscure corner of your shop never to be found.
Thanks,
Brownie