revolving carbine

[capt jack]

Just picked up an Uberti 44 cal. 58 rem carbine with the 18" barrel , used , but in like new condition . I will be installing at set of Ampco nipples to cut down the cap fragment issue , and am also aware of front hand placement

I'm guessing that 22-24 gr. of powder would be a good start point for target work . The cylinders are [according to Dixie catalog] .450 , so im guessing a .457 ball .

Anyone have any experience with these guns?

Was also wondering if anyone may know the twist on these barrels , and if they are capable of shooting heavier charges accurately . Was thinking of possibly setting it up for hunting hogs and the like . Thanks---Jerry

 

[Rafsob]

The cylinders are [according to Dixie catalog] .450 , so im guessing a .457 ball .

Thanks---Jerry

You sure that is what the book said? That sounds like a .45 not a .44 cal. A .44 should be in the .429 area. Just off the top of my head I would say that that .457 is way too big. :hmm:

 

[Blizzard of '93]

My Pietta 'Buffalo' model has .451 cylinder bore. I'm envious of your find I've always wanted one of those. I took a hog w/my 'Buffalo' using a Lee conical slug and max charge, it shoots good.
Good luck and post a foto for us. :thumbsup:

 

[arquebus]

Rafsob, no he's pretty close this carbine is basically a long barreled C&B revolver with a buttstock. A .44 caliber C&B normally uses a .454"-.457" ball so it will shave off a ring when seated in the cylinder's chambers.

 

[paulvallandigham]

Doc: If you want to hunt hogs with the gun, you will want to use conicals, and as much powder as you can fit behind them in those chambers. I have seen hogs take .44 magnums without much of a flinch. You have to know where to hit them, and then hit them with something hard to bring them down with one shot. I was on a hunt where another hunter used an inadequate caliber, bullet choice, and powder charge, and I believe he ended up shooting his 200 lb. hog about 17 times, the last time with a borrowed 12 gauge riot gun loaded with rifled slugs. He wanted to take a bore with his handgun, and would not listen to any of us who had prior experience shooting wild boar. He did get chased around a tree by that wounded boar before he shot it with the 12 gauge. It was a valuable lesson, which he admitted on the way back home.

 

[whitetrash078]

ROTFLMAO :rotf: :rotf: I wish I could have seen that :rotf:

 

[Wes/Tex]

Mine liked .454" balls with a chamber full of FFFg and got about 1200fps with that load. Knocked a couple old Texas coyotes from here to Christmas!

 

[rice1817]

I don't know if the simple expediant of replacing the nipples is going to do you much good. I had one and it was not the cap fragments that was hitting me in the face, it was the gas blowback, and I don't think there is too much that can be done about that.

As for hand placement, I learned to shoot mine by placing my left palm pretty far back, right under the trigger hand. They are not heavy and there is no reason to have to support the thing by gripping it out on the barrel.

As for power: I have never hunted wild hogs, but did shoot a coon up in a tree with one. Maybe 20 yards, tops. Full cylinder of powder, round ball. Hit the coon right behind the shoulder and he just turned around and started biting at the wound. Took another shot to knock him out of the tree, and a third shot a closed range to the head to finish him off. I know a coon has tough skin, but the first two balls barely penetrated the hide.

I suspect hogs are a little bigger and a little tougher.

 

[capt jack]

Thanks guy's . I do appreciate all the input . I guess with the limited amount of powder in these guns , you just can't get but so much out of them .

Living here in S.W. Fl. , I get to do alot of hog hunting , and I have taken them with my R.O.A , but then again , I watched a fellow hit one with a scoped 44 Mag. , Rolled the hog completely over , then watched him run off . Left a blood trail , that stopped after an hour of tracking . Never did find him .

 

[Seafarer12]

Thats funny. I have hunted hogs with 22 mags and never had a problem dropping them.

 

[Rebel]

I have an ad here that shows a guy that supposedly took a 500 lb boar with one of those .177 cal 1000fps Pellet rifles.