Would. Main thing is the amount of weight moment it adds too. So the lighter it is the less front weight to deal with. Which is not much but depends on how many rounds you shoot in one sit. Sometimes even a small amount can issue an effect over long period of time. My point is that the material, especially for the top piece, needs to be stout enough you won't get any spreading which will loosen it. So the material needs to be sufficiently hard enough to accommodate thin enough so to not be bulky. Even the one I made looks a bit bulky but it was scrap I had available. I would have preferred more like stainless at half or 1/3 the thickness for aesthetics. Definatly would take brass over aluminum for period but aluminum would provide way less weight moment than brass or ferrous.
Most people seem to want $5 less than retail for used Uberti revolvers
Correct: although what I've heard through the collector's grapevine is this addition was a gunsmith trick. I obtained an 1860 stud & latch through some BP parts place, & put on my Sam Marco Walker. Works well, but I didn't modify my 3rd gen. Colt Walker; loading lever falls down on almost all shots.
I have hankered for a Walker for a while, I have seen this fix before, I like it. Not original, I am not original either.
Even my brand new Uberti 2nd mod Dragoon lever would drop every shot. Had to put a spacer under the latch spring to get full tension on latch. So in some cases non modified latch can fail.
Gary's pretty talented with others too.
Dang, all that work for nothin’! Now I have to start all over again! And worse yet, this isn’t the first time I screwed this up. First time I was showing it off, so proud of my work, when another member pointed out it was on upside down!I hate to tell you after working on it for so long but the band is on backwards????
Why?? The whole appeal of the Walker is it's a huge Army-caliber revolving horse pistol.
I thought it was inside out but didn't want be mean.Dang, all that work for nothin’! Now I have to start all over again! And worse yet, this isn’t the first time I screwed this up. First time I was showing it off, so proud of my work, when another member pointed out it was on upside down!
True,I know that. I like mine the way it is. Someone that wants one to look original can get a kit from Uberti, the cylinder is in the white, or at least it used to be, or could remove the bluing if ya wanted.
