Colt_cowboy_single_action_revolver Manual

WHENTOCLEAN
Youshouldcleanyourrevolverassoonafterfiringaspossibleso
thatthejobwillbeeasierandtherewillbelessopportunityfor
corrosiontostart.Whenyourrevolverhasnotbefired,cleanit
periodically;wesuggestonceortwiceayearinatemperate
climate,orasoftenasonceamonthinatropicalclimate.Ifyou
carryaloadedrevolver,UNLOADitandcleanitatleastoncea
month.Ifyougetyourrevolverwet,cleanitassoonaspossible.
HOWTOCLEAN
Thefollowingcleaningproceduremaybeusedbothperiodically
andafterfiring;however,thoseitemsmarked
*...

revolverasseverecasesresultinburringofthemetalaroundfiring
pinholewhichcouldcontributetoeventualfiringfailures.
3.Attachcottonflannelpatchtoendofcleaningrod,insertitin
muzzleandpassrodandpatchdownthroughbarrel.Repeat,
changingpatchesuntillastpatchcomesoutclean.
4.Cleaneachofthesixchambersincylinderwithsimilarmethodto
step3above.
5.Visuallyinspectbarrelandchambers;iftheyareclean,proceed
directlytostep8,butifitremainsdirty,continuewithstep6.
6.*(NOTE:Thisitemshouldbeapplicableonlyafterfiring).Attach...

Ifitisnottobestored,orifitisbeingremovedfromstorageforuse,
passadrypatchthroughbarrelandchamberstoremoveasmuch
oilaspossible.(Seenoteoncoldweatherlubrication).
10.Checkthatflannelorbrushbristleshavenotbecomelodgedin
anypartofrevolver,thenwipeallexternalsurfaceswithaflannel
patchmoistenedwithgunoil.(Seenoteoncoldweatherlubrication).
11.Reassemblerevolver.SeeAssemblingAfterCleaning.
12.Againwipeexternalsurfaceswithoilmoistenedpatchto
removeanyfingerprints.(Fingermoisture,ifleft,couldstarta...

...1..
Shouldyourrevolverrequireadjustment,orrepair,makesureitis
NOTloadedandsendittoColts.Forspareparts,seekadvicefrom
theDealerwhoshouldhaveuptodateinformationonhowbestto
obtaingenuineColtparts.
Anillustrationandlistofpartnamesareincludedinthenextsection
ofthisinstructionmanualtohelpyouidentifythepartyouneed,but
itisimportanttonotethatallpartsarenotavailableforsale.Those
partswhichareavailableshouldbeinstalledbyColtsoracompe-
tentgunsmith.Whenorderingparts,pleasegivepartnameas...

THISGUNISMANUFACTUREDTOPERFORMPROPERLYWITH
THEORIGINALPARTSASDESIGNED.ITISYOURDUTYTO
MAKESUREANYPARTSYOUBUYAREINSTALLEDCOR-
RECTLYANDTHATNEITHERREPLACEMENTSNORORIGI-
NALSAREALTEREDORCHANGED.Thisiswhywesayreturnit
toColts.YOURGUNISACOMPLEXTOOLWITHMANYPARTS
THATMUSTRELATECORRECTLYTOOTHERPARTS.PUTTING
AGUNTOGETHERWRONGORWITHMODIFIEDPARTSCAN
RESULTINADAMAGEDGUN,DANGER,ANDINJURYOR
DEATHTOYOUANDOTHERSTHROUGHMALFUNCTION.
ALWAYSLETAQUALIFIEDGUNSMITHWORKONYOURGUN
ANDCHECKANYWORKYOUTHINKWASNOTPERFORMED...

NOTE:VariousFederalandStatelawsandlocalordinancesgovern
thetransferandtransportationoffirearms,sotaketheadviceofthe
DealerinyourstateonhowtosendyourfirearmtoColts.Before
A
shippingyourrevolver,herearesomeimportantpointstoremember:
ili1.CAUTION:MAKESURETHATTHEFIREARMISNOTLOADED.
2.Writealetterexplainingtheproblemandyourrequirementsinas
muchdetailaspossible.Includethemodelnameandserialnumber
ofyourrevolvertogetherwithyourreturnaddress,thenencloseit
withtheguninawellpaddedpackage....

SECTION6PARTSIllUSTRATIONANDLIST
Thissectionisprovidedsothatyoumayidentifynamesofpartsfor
yourowninterest.However,foradjustment,repairorspareparts
information,seeSection5ServicingandRepair.
Seepage40forillustration.
Seepage41fornamesofparts.
TheColtCowboyrevolverincorporatesatransferbarsafety
systemmanufacturedunderlicensefromSturm,Ruger&
Company,Inc.
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DESCRIPTION
1.Barrel
2.EjectorTube
3.EjectorHead
4.EjectorRod
5.EjectorSpring
6.EjectorTubeScrew
7.Frame
8.Cylinder
9.CylinderSpacer
10.BasePin
11.BasePinScrew
12.BasePinSpring
13.BasePinScrewNut
14.Gate
15.GateCatch
16.GateSpring
17.GateCatchScrew
18.TransferBar
19.HammerAssembly
20.HammerRollPin
21.HammerRoll
22.Hand
23.Trigger
24.Bolt
25.SearandBoltSpring
26.SearandBolt
SpringScrew
27.BoltScrew
28.TriggerScrew
29.HammerScrew
30.TriggerGuard
31.FrontGuardScrew
32.RearGuardScrew(2)
33.MainSpring...

SECTION7THECUSTOMIZEDGUN
OurColtCustomShopoffersawiderangeofspecialservicessuch
asengraving,inlayingandspecialserializingtothesamehigh
standardofqualitylongsynonymouswiththenameCOLT.
Sometimesmodifications,whichmeetourcustomersspecial
requirements,necessitatedeviationsfromstandarddesignand
manufacturingtoleranceswhichresultinfunctionaldifferencesfrom
astandardgun.Consequently,thisinstructionmanualdoesnot
applytoacustomizedgununlessitsapplicabilityhasbeencon-...