Cooper Double Action Percussion Revolver
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
- In this episode, we'll repair a fascinating early American double action revolver. After making a couple of springs and a few other repairs, we'll take it outside and try it out with a percussion cap.
When the premier firearms museum calls you to repair a fairly rare firearm and you succeed, you've done something. Congratulations Mark!
I agree. Very impressive!
Love the old 95 Winchester hanging on the wall in the background. There used to be one that always hung in my great great uncles old shack. He Used to hunt with the old 95 back in the 1910s to 1930s. He was 97 and I was 7 when he gave me that old rifle. Everytime I see a 1895 or take mine I think of uncle Pecos from Sanderson Texas
Mark, Having been around firearms gun smithing for over 63 years(78 now) and experienced several generations and configurations of restoration and custom design; you light hearted deliberate execution of restoration along with verbal detailed instructions of why and how are certainly a guiding light to those with the attitude of excellent artesian talent, as well as those who appreciate all that you have brought to the medium of internet historical revelations. This has included a plethora of subjects. The Cinnabar, since recently discovered, has given our family priceless pleasure and inspiration to reignite some of our own ideas and processes that were packed away. Continue as you are able and we hope to connect before taking the last walk up the mountain at Sunrise to experience the last Sunset.
Thank you so much, Jerry! It's very nice to hear that there are people like you who appreciate what I'm doing. I'm so glad you and your family found our channel.
Absolutely love this kind of content. You know your watching a true professional when they make it look easy.
Thanks Mark.
Congratulations build up a new spring is a hard task. Thank for bring to life another piece of US history.
I’ve done a lot of things to guns over the years but have never made a spring. I sure held my breath the first time you cocked it. Simply fantastic job sir. I salute you. Another great video.
Mark it's always a pleasure to watch a Master Gunsmith at work!
That Was Amazing Mark 😀 There Is No Better Feeling Than Being Able To Accomplish a Job That Many Others Have Failed 😊👍🏼 I Know Were I’m Sending My Old Winchester’s If They Need Repairing I Do Need to Get One of My 1890’s Barrel Relined Still Mark Maybe Also a Rust Blue Finish Job Also 😀😊
Great job Mark. Love watching a skilled craftsman at his trade. I can remember the first spring I made when I was still in high school. Forgot to temper it and that piece of metal literally exploded. Thanks very much for sharing.
Impressive work. I've made coil springs before for Airguns. That was fun, it was a bit like screw turning on a lathe. Then cut to length, grind the ends (3 seconds at a time, then quench, not to overheat). Then anneal in the oven at 500 deg for about an hour. Once I got tired of making so many of them (didn't expect the high demand), I had Katy Spring of Katy Texas make about 500 of them for me. They're good people and easy to work with (most shops just don't want "small" orders).
Great job getting that historic civil war revolver in working order again. Thank you Mark for all the work you put into making this video. It was fun to watch!
What a wonderful video, Mark. Not only was I impressed with your smithing skills, but your movie making skills were excellent. What to film, what to show some of, but not so much as to bore the audience, not an easy task to pull off. Truely top notch stuff. To be called on by the Cody is quite the honor, then to actually pull it off, is a huge feather in your cap. I'm guessing you will hear more from them in the future. Big congrats.
Nice bit of work there, thanks
Wow. Mr. Cinnabar, you are an extraordinary craftsman. Keep up the great work. Our country could use a lot more people like you.
Congratulations Sir, you've successfully achieved where others have failed and, you didn't gloat about it. You Sir are a Gentleman Craftsman.
Stan in North Idaho.
Fantastic video Sir. I don't know why but I have always found it fascinating to watch people making flat springs. Thanks for doing this video!
Excellent work! Springs are what make guns work.
Amazing content as always. Thank you for going through the steps and showing the work that's necessary to complete the repair. Love the antique firearms and the content. There's always something new for me to learn from each one of your videos.
Outstanding work! This was a pleasure to watch.
When I used to make these springs in the 1970s I preferred to make them out of the solid. Tempilstiks help me alot for heat treatment.
So completely correct....snap part is why I have a bucket full of broken knives. Good stuff Mark!
Excellent descriptive learning video on a very special job, way to go!
These old Cooper cap&ball percussion revolvers look very interesting. It looks like the Cooper Firearms company, took Colt's design one step further with the double actions feature.
I am looking into these Cooper percussion revolvers if they produced any larger 44 caliber models.
Keep up the good work!
Outstanding , love your videos 🇺🇸
Great repair. I really like to see you fix these old guns.
Great job Mark , a great talent to work on fiddly small items. Steve.
Great video of an awesome old pistol, can't wait to see it shoot ! You are definitely a miracle worker for these !
Nice job on a difficult project it certainly was much more than ordering a part or two and putting the revolver back together excellent video
I've made and modified a few springs over the years. It doesn't always go this well the first time but it's a learning experience. Good vid coach
hi !!!
excellent jobs !!!
good work and good luck for your next video ...
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I have been extremely interested in these Cooper revolvers. I mostly collect Colts. And just lovie the idea of a double action
Thanks for the really great detail on what ti takes to keep these classics functioning. I really enjoyed watching this.
25:46 a most humble brag that he was able to make the springs just about on the first try
Outstanding job sir. I have mechanical skills equal to a frog but admire the expertise you have.
I'm sure you don't need me to say this, but I will anyway. Very well done.
Mountain man
Good job on getting that old revolver back in working condition yeah I’m making a spring is sometimes a plus training job also specially when you don’t do it very often like me but I’ve got it done before. Merry Christmas
Have you ever heard of the Civil War rifles made by JD Nelson of Nelson Georgia....I heard there was one in a museum in Atlanta, Georgia....
No , I'm not familiar with those rifles.
Did I say I hate making springs? Well I do but sometimes it is a necessary evil. You are correct when you say either you have a spring or you don't. Spring making from scratch is an art and it takes a LOT of practice to get good at it. Looks like you are pretty proficient at it...
Great job on making those springs. Spring making is becoming a lost art you seem to have mastered that skill quite admirably. Thanks for the video mark by the way is that fresh snow this year looks cold over there?
I own a Cooper Navy 5 shot in 36caliber. I got it from my grandfather when he passed back in the mid 80s. It was the only gun he wouldn't let me fiddle with when I was a kid. Couple months after I got it I broke it dry firing it (I was 15 and obviously didnt heed my grandfather's warning). Spent 30 years looking for the correct spring off and on. A couple years ago I found that website that had parts and if I remember I bought two of everything they had. I was thrilled to get this old revolver back up and functional. I have never fired and dont know that grandpa did either. It has been in my family forever and have always had a desire to shoot it but I'm afraid of the delicate mechanism. Regardless it is a fairly nice old gun with significant amounts of bluing left.
Thats a great family heirloom!
Awesome video!👍🏽😀❤️🇺🇸
Fascinating! Thanks Mark!
Love your videos on old guns , they don’t make them like they used to
Wow I really enjoyed watching you do you master craft work.
REALLY Nice work. Gotta make you feel good when it is done.
Excellent video Mark!
thats outstanding gunsmith work, congratulations!
Very very enjoyable video. Thank you👍👍
Top notch video Mark. More please!
I really enjoy your videos. Keep up the great work.
Outstanding work! Perry Pappous
Good video. Your a very talented craftsman. God bless.
Great job and a lot of good information in this video!
Nice work Mark.
Congrats Mark, great video!
Very interesting and informative video, thanks for sharing
Nice work Mike. Most of my work is with flintlocks so I do a lot of “V” springs. Kit Ravenshear’s little booklet on making “V” springs was my manual.
Thanks for the tip. I'll check that out.
I was able to get a mainspring for a arme san marco pistol from nurmrich , my question is how would you lighten the spring pressure it takes both hands to pull back the hammer , would you shorten the spring or heat it up and bend it ?
I'll have a video soon on lightening a mainspring. Keep an eye out for it.
Thanks for the share!!
Great video I always enjoy your work. A true gun smith. Don't have a part make one.I have and old single action that I would love to have you fix .
Great job and nks for the time you put into the video
good job mark!!!!!! great video's..
Very good work.
yes i did enjoy it very much thank you for puting out the vidios that you do
I have an old american double action and it's missing the same thing. I made one but not a home run yet so when I get froggy ,I try it again.
nice work. Making springs is tedious for sure.
Very nice Video 🙂👍☕
Nice work sir! Always wondered why Colt didn't make double action revolvers in that time period. And why hasn't a newer company not made an 1873 replica double action 🤔
I really enjoyed that.
Very interesting revolver. First time I've seen or heard of it. I was wondering if you keep a template of parts you have to make, or even make extra ones in case you happen to do a repair on another one in the future? Great video and info as always. Thanks Mark
Cool.
Outstanding!!!
Good instruction.
Great job! And I didn’t have to yell at the screen like I frequently do when watching Mark Novak 😅
Lol Your Not The Only 1 😬😂😂😂
Haha! Mark's got some great content, but he does take a little getting used to. 😉
That one is compressed. The 1877 is Screw in, nice job
Cool video thank you
That’s awesome
nice safety glasses
How did you clean up the endshake on the cooper?
I had one with a broken mainspring that I fixed by modifying a K-Frame spring. But haven't figured out a way to fix the endshake yet, which occasionally leads to light strikes on the percussion caps.
Cool beans 😎 👌
Your amazing!
WOW
Are you using oil to temper the spring
Yes. I believe it is transmission fluid.
Right you are, it's ATF
Tell me u got a Remington Rider DA 🤤
I'm surprised the history books aren't filled with stories about copyright lawsuits
Any chance to take it apart, and show mechanism parts? There are no pictures of it on the internet, i found only 2 patent drawings which are unclear. 13:47 is probably best picture of the internals existing online.
Sorry. That was a customer's firearm. He has since passed away and his collection sold. I don't know where it is today.
@@thecinnabar8442 Sad to hear that. As far as i know there are two variants of internal mechanisms of this gun - two separate patents. The other one have totally different cylinder stop construction, but there are no pictures of any of them online. :( That's probably why gunsmiths don't want to repair them - no reference material for broken/missing parts. Thanks for video and reply anyways - still best shot of internals i have ever seen.
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i have a cooper pocket pistol .31 but is 6 shot not 5
An original? I'd love to see some repros done of these, but the colt type design might have some cap jams issues
@mikef7698 yes it is original is not double action and has a 6 shot cylinder not 5 I have been told the double action part is broken but I can't see anything broken action is chrisp and cylinder and barrel alien perfect
@@terencekidd1097 might be worth getting it to a gunsmith, but either way, it will make a nice family heirloom!