Colt Single Action Army Revolver Instructions Manual
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AI ToFir.: I ill1.CAUTION:READSAFETYINSTRUCTIONS(Section3) -KEEP REVOLVERPOINTINGINSAFEDIRECTIONANDDONOTTOUCH THETRIGGER. 2.loadrevolveraspreviously described. 3.DONOTTOUCHTRIGGER.With yourthumbfirmlyonhammerspur, drawhammerFULLYback(aboutan inchandthreequarters)tococked posrtionandallowhammertogo slightlyforwarduntilcockednotchis engaged.Removethumbfromhammer spur. 4.Grasprevolverbygripand,with indexfingerrestingalongtheoutsideof triggerguard,takeaim.(Aimbyalign- ingtargetwithfrontandrearsights....
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6.Releasetriggerandremoveindexfingerfromtrigger.
iliCAUTION:IFYOURFIREARMFAILSTOFIRE,HOLDIT,
KEEPINGITPOINTEDTOWAROSTHETARGETORSAFE
OPENAREAANDWAIT30SECONDS.IIahangllr.(slow
ignition)hasoccurred,roundwillfirewithin30seconds.If
rounddoesnotfire,ejectItandexamineprimer;I.firingpin
indent01primerislight,offcenter,ornon-existent,unload
remainingroundsandhaverevolverexaminedbyacompe-
tentgunsmith.IffiringpinIndentonprimerappearsnormal
{incomparisonwithsimilarpreviouslyfiredrounds}
assume...
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IMPORTANT:Ifyoucockyourrevolverbutdonotfireit,retum hammertoSafetypositionbyplacingthumbfirmlyonhammer spuranddrawhammerbackslightlytodisengageCockednotch. Squeezetriggeronlylongenoughtoallowhammertomove forwardandclearCockednotch,thenreleasetriggercompletely. Half.Cocknotchwillthenbeengagedandcylindermustbe rotateduntilemptychamberisinfrontofhammer.Drawhammer backslightlytodisengagehalt-cocknotch.Squeezetriggeronly longenoughtoallowhammertomoveforwardandclearhalt-...
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SECTION5MAINTENANCE AColtrevolver,likeanyotherprecisionmechanism,willfunction betterandlastlongerwhenitisproperlymaintained.Followthe A adviceinthissectiontokeepyourrevolverinpeakcondition. illCAUTION:ENSURETHATTHEREVOLVERISNOTLOADED BEFORESTRIPPINGANDCLEANING,sothatitwillnotfire, anddonotalterpartsasthelevelofsafetycouldbereduced. Collectorsrevolvershouldnotbestrippedforcleaning.Itshouldonlybe wipedgently,externallywithaverysoftdust-freecloth. :.=--=~~ ~ Q) \>iF;..~ -~! BASEPINRETAINERSCREW...
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revolver.Releaseretainingcatch. NOTE:Blackpowderframere- volvershaveabasepinretaining screwinfrontoftheframewhich mustberemovedbeforebase pincanberemoved. c.Carefullyremovecylinderto therightofframeandavoidcon- I-- tactbetweentheratchetand . loadinggate. RATCHET I I FIGURE128. CYLINDERREMOVAL IMPORTANT:Donotstripyourrevolverfurtherthanremovingthecy- linder.IflateradditionalmaintenanceisrequiredseeServicingand Repairlaterinthisinstructionmanual. ASSEMBLINGAFTERCLEANING...
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suggestonceortwiceayearinatemperateclimate,orasoftenas onceamonthinatropicalclimate.Ifyoucarryaloadedrevolver,UN- LOADitandcleanitatleastonceamonth.Ifyougetyourrevolver wet,cleanitassoonaspossible. HOWTOCLEAN Acollectorsrevolvershouldonlybewipedgentlyontheoutsidesur- faceswithaverysoftdust-freecloth. Othersshouldbecleanedasfollows: Thefollowingcleaningproceduremaybeusedbothperiodicallyand afterfiring;however,thoseitemsmarked ..*.. areunnecessaryforperio- diccleaning....
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3.Attachcottonflannelpatchtoendofcleaningrod,insert~inmuzzle andpassrodandpatchdownthroughbarrel.Repeat,changingpatches untillastpatchcomesoutclean. 4.Cleaneachofthesixchambersincylinderwithsimilarmethodto step3above. 5.Visuallyinspectbarrelandchambers;iftheyareclean,proceeddi- rectlytostep8,butif~remainsdirty,continuew~step6. 6.*(NOTE:This~emshouldbeapplicableonlyafterfiring.)Attach brasswirebristlebrushtocleaningrodanddipbrushinguncleaning solution.Thoroughlyscruboutbarrelandcylinderchambers,passing...
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11.Reassemblerevolver.SeeAssemblingAfterCleaning. 12.Againwipeexternalsurfaceswithoilmoistenedpatchtoremove anyfingerprints.(Fingermoisture,ifleft,couldstartacorrosion process).(Seenoteoncoldweatherlubrication). 13.Removeanyguncleaningsolutionandoilfromgrip. ~ &CAUTION:ALWAYSUNLOADYOURREVOLVERFORSTORAGE ANDSTOREAMMUNITIONSEPARATELY.Keepandstoreyour revolverandammunitionsecurelylockedinseparatelocations outofreachandsightofchildren.(Childrenarenaturallycurious anddonotalwaysbelievetherealdangerofguns)....
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ofthisinstructionmanualtohelpyouidentifythepartyouneed,but itisimportanttonotethatallpartsarenotavailableforsale.Those partswhichareavailableshouldbeinstalledbyColtsoracompe- tentgunsmith.Whenorderingparts,pleasegivepartnameasgiven onthePartsList.Alsogivethecaliber,modelname,serialnumber andmetalfinishofyourrevolver,i.e.,whetherblue,nickelor stainlesssteel. IMPORTANT:Ifyoumakeunauthorizedadjustmentsoruseunau- thorizedparts,Coltwillnotassumeresponsibilityforthefunctioning ofthisrevolver....
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NOTE:VariousFederalandStatelawsandlocalordinancesgovern thetransferandtransportationoffirearms,sotaketheadviceofthe DealerinyourstateonhowtosendyourfirearmtoColts.Before shippingyourrevolver,herearesomeimportantpointstoremember: LU1.CAUTION:MAKESURETHATTHEFIREARMISNOTLOADED. 2.Writealetterexplainingtheproblemandyourrequirementsinas muchdetailaspossible.Includethemodelnameandserialnumber ofyourrevolvertogetherwithyourreturnaddress,thenencloseit withtheguninawellpaddedpackage....