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    Spark and Flame at the Range!

    There is no threaded tip on the range rod. One end is a flared brass bullet seater. The other end is just squared off composite rod, suitable for using a palm saver. I could probably attach a threaded fitting on that end.
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    Just bought a Pietta 1851 Navy in .36, what do I need to know?

    Guys, Mike is one of, if not THE best C&B tuners in the business. I have 3 of his beauties and hope to have more of his Goon's Gun Works masterpieces soon. I have my own opinions on caps and no shortage of experience popping them, but since everyone seems to have their own 'recipe' and...
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    Why are smokepoles so awesome?

    Why? Because they represent this country's foundation and history. To stay alive, there was no 'pray and spray', you learned to shoot straight and true and make the first shot count, otherwise you and your family starved or got scalped, mauled or otherwise. Like Eric said, for those of us who...
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    Ami San Paolo pistols

    This. I have fit Pietta parts with a little hand filing before.
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    Ami San Paolo pistols

    Several of my Remington ASPs will take a .457 if you speak nicely to them, and with that ball they group much better at 25yd than with a .454. They shave a healthy ring of lead. Can't say if I ever tried it with the Armies?
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    Ami San Paolo pistols

    Yes. I have several ASP's including 2 1860 Armies. Very nicely made, and as was said, they later became Euroarms. I wouldn't hesitate if the price is right.
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    Trying to understand this “short arbor” on Uberti revolvers

    JB Weld is a structural epoxy adhesive. It wears and it can be compressed. OK for a temp fix but not a permanent solution. Just my .02 cents and worth every penny.
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    Trying to understand this “short arbor” on Uberti revolvers

    Welp, it's not the fact that both methods work (IMHO) but the truth that over time, parts that are not solidly anchored will eventually beat the snot out of each other. If you drag your short arbor gun out once a year for a dozen shots, it probably won't matter and you probably won't do much...
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    Uberti revolvers tuning

    Logistically it only makes sense to have the exact cylinder-to-forcing cone clearance every time you drive the wedge home, and also to have a solid 2-point mount (barrel to arbor and barrel to frame). If the arbor is resting solidly inside the arbor bore, the cylinder gap will never change...
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    Trying to understand this “short arbor” on Uberti revolvers

    If you have an Uberti that runs great out of the box, I'm happy for you! Nothing to worry about then, in your case. But for those of us with the short arbor issue on one or more of our revolvers, it's irritating to have to fix a gun right out of the box, and worse yet to read in the owner's...
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    Trying to understand this “short arbor” on Uberti revolvers

    More than one, to realize that short arbor is not an imaginary problem. BTW, other makes and models are similarly affected including ASM, FIE etc. Most Piettas are not.
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    Spark and Flame at the Range!

    Good to know for next time around. Although I think I'm going to purchase an aftermarket range rod. I have a composite rod for loading but there is no threaded fitting on the other end. Can anyone recommend one in brass or aluminum?
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    Trying to understand this “short arbor” on Uberti revolvers

    I have no reason to sue them. I fixed my Ubertis myself or had 45D fix them during tuning. It's very frustrating for a manufacturer to know there is an issue yet refuse to acknowledge it. How many Colt replicas do you own, if I may ask?
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    Are The Italian Black Powder Manufacturers Going to Go out Of Business?

    I don't see them going out of business any time soon. American labor is not going to put them out of business; we can't manufacture a replica firearm for under a grand. It's been tried before and the American market will not pay what they can purchase an import for, for less than a third. You...
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    Trying to understand this “short arbor” on Uberti revolvers

    Because if you admit publicly that you have been selling a flawed product that you knew was flawed, (and they have certainly been informed) you are responsible for making good on it. And with all the Colt replicas that Uberti has sold over the last 7 decades that could run into millions of...
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    Trying to understand this “short arbor” on Uberti revolvers

    ...and corporate lawyers advising not to admit there is an issue, perhaps?
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    Trying to understand this “short arbor” on Uberti revolvers

    IMHO the major factor involved with "short arbor" is that Uberti continues to pretend there is no issue, and in their owner's manual mentions using the depth of seating the wedge to "set the proper cylinder gap clearance" when everyone (Pietta included) has figured out that's not a cool thing to...
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    Spark and Flame at the Range!

    Great to see you as well, bigted! Yeah, I reckon I've been here a spell. Time flies when you're having fun!
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    Spark and Flame at the Range!

    Thanks! Been shooting BP for 40 years but never dipped a toe in the flintlock pond until now. It just looked like too much fun, and it was! I'm sure Thumper and me are going to become 'besties' real quick!
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    Spark and Flame at the Range!

    ...and no, it wasn't one of those wildfires we keep reading about. No, the planets aligned and Cap'n made good on his previously idle threat to turn frizzen sparks into black powder smoke! I packed up the Lyman Great Plains flinter I had bought off a member of this forum in...good...
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