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Sorry if I ruffled some feathers here, didn't mean to butcher a sacred cow. MY point was that there are better designs, not that you can't limp along with a poor design. In Ken Waters book of pet loads he lists some .38 S&W loads with the usual warning that they are not intended for small top...

Well I posted a photo of one in my original post and in fact most of the old break top guns if they have seen any use at all are lose, even .22's. Now admittedly I'm not talking Smith & Wesson but guns of lesser quality, still, latch failure is the number one problem with those guns.

Thanks, that is exactly what I wanted to know, you guys are a great bunch.

Thanks for the welcome. From what I'm seeing on internet photos there appear to have been at least three different latches tried over the several generations of the Safety Hammerless.

Howdy, been away for a while but I knew this would be the place to get an answer. My question is in general regarding the design of the top latch. I've become interested in the small pocket pistols of the late 19th and early 20th century. Most of these are break top designs and most of the...

A properly set up cap& ball revolver will put centerfires to shame for accuracy, 25 yard groups of one inch are common. However, none come out of the box "properly set up". Regardless of brand nearly all .44's have bore diameters of .451-.452". The chamber diameters however vary quite a bit...

Yep, lots of pitting under those grips but no numbers.

OK, chalk one up for Big Brother, the gun goes back to the seller. And to think some people believe we don't have enough gun control. Thanks to all for the information and advise.

Thanks for the information. The serial numbers on the barrel flat under the ejector rod and on the rear of the cylinder face do match, I hadn't even thought to look there. I will see about getting that number restamped on the butt, after which I don't see why there should be any problems.

Thanks for the encouragement. A friend is lending me a .454 hollow base mold which I will try first. I'll let you know how it goes.

Howdy, I'm new to this forum but I've been a "gun guy" for at least 70 of my 73 years. Last weekend at a local gun show I picked up a treasure which has also become a minor pain, you probably know how that goes. At the first table I passed there was this nice old S&W hand ejector and looking at...