Don't avoid new Uberti sixguns

[GYJ]

Some discussion in another thread about avoiding new Uberti sixguns for some reason. I've bought 20 Uberti and Pietta guns over the last two years and 52 in total. I'm here to tell you both manufacturers have their act together. Today I received #20. This time a full flute 1860. It may just be the nicest of the bunch. The case colors have me wondering why anybody still buys 2nd/3rd generation Colt's and two or three times the price. The walnut has some life in it, I'll probably strip the wood and refinish.

 

[Colonial Boy]

Very nice, and as they’ve been mentioned where do 2nd and 3rd generation Colts come from?

 

[Edm]

Boy, you sure are trying to spend money I don’t have.....

 

[VAN]

I never liked the Italian guns habit of covering nice walnut grips with a muddy red finish. If there is walnut under there, I strip them and just use a few coats of True Oil rubbed to a satin finish. Here is a Pietta 1858 Remington that I refinished. Even though it had plain grain but nice color walnut, it looks better to me than before. I'm just a brown walnut and blue steel guy though when it comes to revolvers.

 

[GYJ]

The red is supposed to be a dead ringer for the original Colt varnish but I don't like it either. I'm going to use a black walnut stain on this one.

 

[ernbar]

Just got my Uberti 58 Navy from Midway, on sale, free shipping and additional promo of 10% discount….total cost $357.
The fit, finish and action are superb, date on the gun is 2023. As you can see it’s an Uberti from Taylor’s, so much for those saying Midway sells “seconds”. I have bought several pistols from Midway and I have no complaints.
The grips don’t show that orange tint.

 

[Johnny Tremain]

I used black shoe dye. Cant find the pic, its around here somewhere...

 

[Collie]

I never liked the Italian guns habit of covering nice walnut grips with a muddy red finish. If there is walnut under there, I strip them and just use a few coats of True Oil rubbed to a satin finish. Here is a Pietta 1858 Remington that I refinished. Even though it had plain grain but nice color walnut, it looks better to me than before. I'm just a brown walnut and blue steel guy though when it comes to revolvers.

I couldn't agree more, I love the look of oiled walnut. What did you use to strip the Italian varnish off? I've been thinking of refinishing mine as well

 

[64Springer]

Just use paint stripper.

 

[ernbar]

Just use paint stripper.

May take several applications. Took like three applications to strip my Uberti Dragoon grips. The stuff turns milky white and is very thick.

 

[VAN]

I couldn't agree more, I love the look of oiled walnut. What did you use to strip the Italian varnish off? I've been thinking of refinishing mine as well

Kwik-Strip Spray is what I always use. It foams up and even thick poly finishes peel off in sheets. That happened on a pair of new S&W revolver grips. Each side peeled off in one thick sheet each. I used to get at Walmart cheaper but now can only find at Ace Hardware here. The Pietta finish came right off with one coat then scrubbed with 0000 steel wool and acetone to clean up the syrupy residue.

 

[CyrusP]

I love the 2 Uberti’s (1861 Navy London and Walker) I have of recent manufacture. I’m hoping to share them here once they are back from a trip they are on.

 

[Pete453]

I have to agree with GYJ, I have a '21 1860 Army, it's probably my favorite revolver, b.p. or modern. I have a couple other new Ubertis, they're good guns, a lot of gun for the money

 

[B P Arn]

New Uberti's are my gun of choice.

 

[Jaegermeister]

I like mine much better since refinishing the grip. Watco Danish Oil Black Walnut.

 

[Griff093]

The case colors have me wondering why anybody still buys 2nd/3rd generation Colt's and two or three times the price.​

The answer should be obvious... The 2nd Generation Colts say "Colt"... and were fitted and finished by Colt. The 3rd Gens... not so much. I look at the 3rd Gens much like their Italian cousins wearing extraneous verbiage, stamps and stupid warnings.

 

[GYJ]

What did you use to strip the Italian varnish off? I've been thinking of refinishing mine as well

I've used Jasco Paint and Epoxy Remover and Citristrip. Jasco is nasty stuff but is more effective. Citristrip takes more applications but it won't eat your gloves.

The answer should be obvious... The 2nd Generation Colts say "Colt"... and were fitted and finished by Colt. The 3rd Gens... not so much. I look at the 3rd Gens much like their Italian cousins wearing extraneous verbiage, stamps and stupid warnings.

The Colt name means little to me if the guns are not up to par. Fitted and finished by Colt means very little either. Tons of their other guns from the same era had some of the worst polishing ever seen. The only benefit I've seen to the Colt 2nd and 3rd generation guns is that they had real case colors. That gap has since narrowed. The new Uberti's are polished better and are probably as a whole better guns.

 

[BillinOregon]

Man, there sure is something about an 1860 full-flute, isn't there? Such a handsome revolver!

 

[Crow Choker]

The red is supposed to be a dead ringer for the original Colt varnish but I don't like it either. I'm going to use a black walnut stain on this one.

I may be one of the few and in the minority of posters on this forum and a few others on other forums when it comes to the color of Uberti's stock/grip (whatever you may call them), but I have no problem with the finish. I've left and plan on leaving my stable of Colt's finish (and several Pietta's) as is and have no plans to refinish. Although some I have seen refinished do look nice such as Jaegermeister's.

 

[William P Sepessy]

I may be one of the few and in the minority of posters on this forum and a few others on other forums when it comes to the color of Uberti's stock/grip (whatever you may call them), but I have no problem with the finish. I've left and plan on leaving my stable of Colt's finish (and several Pietta's) as is and have no plans to refinish. Although some I have seen refinished do look nice such as Jaegermeister's.

No Crow Choker, you aren't the only one. I also came to like Uberti's reddish finish after seeing two early original Colt SAA's that had that same finish. As a matter of fact, I got to handle a 1887 SAA that was unfired. I only mention those guns in reference to grip color. Anyway, glad to see you posting on this site. You and I have conversed before on other sites where I post under the name Navy Six.