Uberti 1851 Navy

[user 922]

I received a new Uberti 1851 Navy (London) today. I'm familiar with the 1860 Army and the Walker but what is the recommended ball size and load for the Navy?

 

[Old Grunt]

I use .380 balls and usually a 20 grain charge, the .375 balls are a loose fit in my Uberties

 

[Tyler L]

I also use .380 balls, but with 15 grains of Triple 7

 

[TDM]

As @Old Grunt and @Tyler L said. A .380 ball. A 20 gr 3F BP charge is what I use too. And you can certainly use less, not more.

 

[ZUG]

I also use a .380 diameter ball in the Uberti 1851 and I can get away with a .375 diameter in a Pietta.

 

[CaptainVane]

I guess I am rare, .375 15g. Used to shoot 20g but that was wasting 5g of powder every shot. I didn’t notice any accuracy improvement between 380 and 375, and 375 are cheaper.

 

[azmntman]

how does it shoot? My pietta is a very accurate lil pistol but its a pietta so I understand if that would knock it out of the field. It gives a thin ring with .375 and 15 gr. Target below was only second time out (2 bulls, 2 pairs touching and a flyer at 25 yd). Gonna try some conicals it came with soon.

 

[Griff093]

I cut a fine line of lead when I load .375 balls in my Colt 2nd Series (Uberti parts) and I put those in front of 15 grains of 3F Goex and a .36 lubed wad. More powder is just wasted. More lube is simply messier.

 

[ZUG]

how does it shoot? My pietta is a very accurate lil pistol but its a pietta so I understand if that would knock it out of the field. It gives a thin ring with .375 and 15 gr. Target below was only second time out (2 bulls, 2 pairs touching and a flyer at 25 yd). Gonna try some conicals it came with soon.

Nice shooting - some people are good shots with a handgun and some are not even with years of practice
In my Pietta's and Uberti's a .380 ball shaves a nice ring of lead off that I feel more secure about its fit.

 

[William P Sepessy]

I've used both .375 and .380 in my Ubertis', usually with comparable results. Uberti chamber mouths run about .372 while Pietta are about .367.

 

[CaptainVane]

how does it shoot? My pietta is a very accurate lil pistol but its a pietta so I understand if that would knock it out of the field. It gives a thin ring with .375 and 15 gr. Target below was only second time out (2 bulls, 2 pairs touching and a flyer at 25 yd). Gonna try some conicals it came with soon.

25yds! That’s some dam good shooting. Like really good. I shoot left, been reading/utube how to fix. All say its the grip not the gun. Going to range tomorrow hopefully to fix. Been putting left index finger pressure on front of trigger guard to keep pistol from kicking left. Seems to help. Will know more tomorrow.