Well guys, a cry of desperation here. I picked up a little CVA/ASM replica of the Remington 1863 Pocket Revolver this past Saturday. Brought it home, cleaned and oiled it as it had been sitting for years, and checked functionality. Loaded up 3 chambers and test fired without a problem.
Fast forward to tonight. Decided I wanted to try it again and see where it’s shooting vs functionality. Loaded all five cylinders the same as last time… 12 grains of fffg, the 0.323 ball, and my homemade lube over the top. First shot was on target. Second shot was not, so I stepped closer and fired the remaining 3 shots with only the last making impact to the far right.
As I wiped off the black residue from the frame and was about to go inside to reload, I saw where the whole right side of the barrel at the forcing cone was split and blown out like a cylinder fired with excessive cylinder rotation.
Since these are long out of production, I’m assuming I have just made some lucky guy a great parts opportunity unless any of you have any ideas. Thoughts?