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| Subject: | Re: LOading Lever Latch On Uberti Walker .44 |
| Poster: | Robert Scott |
| Date: | Fri, 23 Mar 2007 01:17:19 +0000 (UTC) |
| Related Postings: | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 |
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"Plink" wrote in message
news:etsiuc$2l8$1@grapevine.wam.umd.edu...
# On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 19:35:47 +0000 (UTC), The Lone Weasel
# wrote:
#
# The loading level dropped on the originals too. I wouldn't worry about
# it too much. If you want a period fix, make a leather or rawhide
# "wrap" that secures it to the barrel, yet is just loose enough that
# you can slide it off the lever for loading. It's just part of the
# charm of the design I guess. I've seen a few fixes and was tempted to
# try them on mine, till I realized that it's a historic "feature" and I
# didn't want to remove it.
The Walker was the second model after the Patterson, I think. And the next
model, the 1st model Dragoon, had a change in the loading lever latch as
ordered by the military, if I remember right. The Walker's lever latch
didn't work well.
Good shooting,
desmobob
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