Colt Peacemaker known issues?

[Aimstraight]

If it is a potential problem with pellet skirt/seating, you may want to ask the gunsmith what pellets were used to test fire it before they returned it to you....which ones pass their test.

Skirt diameters vary, I remember measuring up Geco and Hobby in the past, I put the numbers on here somewhere; think Geco were slightly smaller. A smaller pellet might not necessarily help if the cartridges vary too (e.g. too loose fit). Zippy seems to have found the answer with a pellet seater.

[gingernut]

I had a similar problem with shooting pellets from my Remington Cowboy.
Gun quite happy with bbs so gave up shooting pellets with it.

Not the answer here I know but I suspect some pellets eg Superdomes might be too tight for the Peacemaker.

I have a few pellet Peacemakers and have not had this problem.
I use Gecos and AA fields.

How old and used is your Peacemaker?

[Sniper Pete]

I had a similar problem with shooting pellets from my Remington Cowboy.
Gun quite happy with bbs so gave up shooting pellets with it.

Not the answer here I know but I suspect some pellets eg Superdomes might be too tight for the Peacemaker.

I have a few pellet Peacemakers and have not had this problem.
I use Gecos and AA fields.

How old and used is your Peacemaker?

Hi Gingernut,
I got the revolver in December 2016, so it's just over 18 months old. Its first failure was at 14 weeks.
These days it probably gets used once every 1-2 weeks, say 100 shots each time. I tend to rotate use between my pistols and revolvers.
I use Bisley Practice in all my pistols, but Webley Accupell in the revolvers. I have tried many other pellets and overall they seem above average and are (normally) trouble free.

[gingernut]

Seems high usage.
!6 cylinders a session.
Maybe its worn out?

Bisley Practice should be ok.

[Sniper Pete]

Seems high usage.
!6 cylinders a session.
Maybe its worn out?

Bisley Practice should be ok.

It may be so, I'm not sure.
Months ago I posted a thread, trying to find out the estimated life span of these Co2 pellet firers. I didn't get any clear indication, so I'm none the wiser!

I made a mistake regarding pellets. I use Bisley Practice in all my pistols and Webley Accupell in the revolvers. I have been through my earlier replies and corrected my error.

[Sniper Pete]

Seems high usage.
!6 cylinders a session.
Maybe its worn out?

Bisley Practice should be ok.

Sorry I made a mistake (Getting old). I use Webley Accupell in the revolvers and Bisley Practice in the pistols.

[gingernut]

Dont know about Accupells.

I read somewhere that Umarex test the Peacemakers to 2500 rounds.
Not much compared to the old Crosman 600s which were cycled on test rigs for hundreds of thousands.

The truth is that most modern co2 guns are not built to last and many cant be repaired.
The exeptions being the original Umarex pellet firers CP88,1911 etc.

But I hope yours can be sorted.

[Sniper Pete]

Dont know about Accupells.

I read somewhere that Umarex test the Peacemakers to 2500 rounds.
Not much compared to the old Crosman 600s which were cycled on test rigs for hundreds of thousands.

The truth is that most modern co2 guns are not built to last and many cant be repaired.
The exeptions being the original Umarex pellet firers CP88,1911 etc.

But I hope yours can be sorted.

I hope so too. It's been "fixed" once before, so fingers crossed!
If not I'll want to know why they don't put a label on the box saying "lifetime of this product 2500 rounds" and see how there sales figures drop! As far as I'm concerned it isn't of "merchantable quality" and should be replaced F.O.C.

[Sniper Pete]

If it is a potential problem with pellet skirt/seating, you may want to ask the gunsmith what pellets were used to test fire it before they returned it to you....which ones pass their test.

Skirt diameters vary, I remember measuring up Geco and Hobby in the past, I put the numbers on here somewhere; think Geco were slightly smaller. A smaller pellet might not necessarily help if the cartridges vary too (e.g. too loose fit). Zippy seems to have found the answer with a pellet seater.

Hi Aimstraight,

I use Bisley Practice in all my pistols and Webley Accupell in the revolvers. I have experimented with (many) others and overall these were above average for performance. I usually buy 10 tins (of 500) at a time. Get a bit of discount doing this with some sellers.

I dont use a pellet seater - but I use a biro cap , which seats them exactly at the correct depth in the magazine (or shell if using revolvers). This also irons out any (slight) variation in skirt shape. Any pellet too damaged or misformed gets chucked away.

I also now wash and lubricate all my pellets. I used to take the p**s out of people doing so, but it DOES improve performance. I even sometimes WEIGH pellets and sort them into batches by weight. That REALLY brings pellets into good target groupings, but I only do so occasionally. If I were competing then I'd always weigh first. It's quite time consuming and pretty boring doing so.
These days I plink cans and have a variety of targets types, and I'm purely a back garden shooter now.