Hawkeye Kid

I have a Colt and USFA both 5.5 inch barrels. Bullet is about same weight as a 38, load l use 2.3 Trail Boss, feels about same under match conditions as Ruger 38s. The best load is full case of 2F with a big lube 115g bullet. If I ever learn how to shoot with two hands on one revolver , I would use them more often.

Thanks for all the advice and potential places to have this repaired. I was about 90% ready to go down the DIY route - when Johnny Meadows offer to do the repair at a reasonable cost. Fairly sure I could have made the repair - but nothing is worse than being at a match 1,000+ miles from home and having a gun break with no backup.

Struck out with the local smiths in CT. FYI: Gunsmithing LTD is out of business. The DIY route is about $74 for solder and flux, $17 for some iron rods and maybe instead of using iron wire copper wire plus some wet to rags. Unfortunately, Briley wants the complete gun - price is somewhere between $175 to $200+ without rebluing barrel. 4+ weeks turnaround time. Guess I will have to break out the back-up that has been standing in the safe for the last 10 years.

Do you know who did the work? Contact information would be great.

Brownell’s Hi-Force 44 solder is out of stock. Would the 4% silver, 96% tin solder sold for electronic use be the same?

Never had good experience with JB weld. $300 seems outrageous for this repair. Looks like the lug is silver solder in place. Very little material on the part and in the wedge where it fits. May try the sleeve once it’s repair. TN Mongo where did you get yours?

Back from The Last Stand in Florida. Great shoot, stages were ideal with target placement and movement by the way. Anyways, cleaning the guns today, when it became the shotgun’s turn the lug the forearm attaches to the barrel came off. Does any one know Is this silver solder on? Guess if I can find a local welder or gunsmith they should be able to repair. Heading to the SW Regional in Fort Smith on the 23rd anyone out there who can do the repair that day?

Any scores for the Black Powder and Wild Bunch matches?

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Back at the range again today. 100 rounds without a problem firing slow and as fast as I could go. Next project is to install a short stroke kit. Thanks for all the suggestions.

No factory ammo. Only light cowboy loads all at 1.58 LOA.

Took two trips to the range. Working about 95% of the time still get an occasional jam. Little jiggle of lever, jam round will cycle. Little more filing and polishing should be good to go. Was a lot more than expected to getting this rifle to work.