uberti 1851 navy
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bavarialand
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Uberti's are the best made "modern" reproduction going. they cannot be beat in fit, finnish, and reliability. get it, its worth the price. Dave
Charlie, I just got one. Haven't yet fired it... I will as soon as I get a nipple wrench for it.
Here are my first impressions (posted elsewhere on the forum):
Literature in the box recommends a 0.375" ball and loads between 15 and 22 grains of 3f.
I hope to get it out shooting in the next few days. I'll let you know of any problems it demonstrates.
If you are still pricing, check out the Possible Shop (an advertiser up at the top right corner of this page).
Here are my first impressions (posted elsewhere on the forum):
Literature in the box recommends a 0.375" ball and loads between 15 and 22 grains of 3f.
I hope to get it out shooting in the next few days. I'll let you know of any problems it demonstrates.
If you are still pricing, check out the Possible Shop (an advertiser up at the top right corner of this page).
Got that Uberti reproduction of Colt's 1851 Navy to the range today. Short version -- big thumbs up :thumbsup:
From a sandbag rest, it fired a 12 round group of 1.25" at 15 yards, a 12 round group of 4" at 25 yards, and a 12 round group of 8.75" at 50 yards. Shot groups at each range with charges varied from 15 grains of Schuetzen 3f black powder to 22 grains, with no impact on group size.
Even with the changes Uberti made to the front sight, it shoots about 3" high at 15 yards, about 5" high at 25 yards, and about 9" high at 50 yards. If you use the "six o'clock hold" method of aiming you might find the sights "dead on" at normal pistol range. Being a center-mass shooter, I had to learn to aim low.
Used 94 caps to fire 90 balls. Did no cleaning of cylinder or bore. After about 36 rounds, the caps would sometimes fail to snap on the first strike. Figured it was dirty cones preventing the cap from fitting hard against the cone. Scrubbing them with a dry brush helped for another 40 rounds or so, then had the same experience. Towards the end of the day had four instances of a cap snapping without firing the charge. Replaced the cap and got ignition.
Had about a half-dozen instances of spent caps wedging between cylinder and recoil shield, causing the cylinder to drag but not bind. Was able to pop them out with a vent pick. Had one troublesome instance where a spent cap wedged and caused the cylinder to bind up; had to remove the barrel to loosen the cylinder and gain access to the trouble maker.
Twice had the spent cap fall between the hammer and the recoil shield, causing the hammer to stop short of firing the next cap. Learned to tilt the muzzle up while cocking the hammer and put an end to that. Had no problem with caps falling off the nipples. Fumbled trying to get them on by hand sometimes, and plan on getting a capper for future use.
This was my first experience with a black powder revolver, and the first time I've fired anything using percussion caps. I can't compare this gun to other brands or models, nor do I know whether or not my experience with the caps and their fit & reliability is commonplace. Evenso, I give Uberti's 1851 Navy pretty high marks. Fit & finish is good, it operated well mechanically, and was consistent in where it put point of impact relative to point of aim. I attribute the challenges it presented me to the nature of the beast, and not to defects in workmanship.
CCI #11 caps
Schuetzen 3fg powder
Ox-Yoke wonder wads
Hornaday 0.375" round balls
Three year old, yechy, gummy all-veg crisco for lube
From a sandbag rest, it fired a 12 round group of 1.25" at 15 yards, a 12 round group of 4" at 25 yards, and a 12 round group of 8.75" at 50 yards. Shot groups at each range with charges varied from 15 grains of Schuetzen 3f black powder to 22 grains, with no impact on group size.
Even with the changes Uberti made to the front sight, it shoots about 3" high at 15 yards, about 5" high at 25 yards, and about 9" high at 50 yards. If you use the "six o'clock hold" method of aiming you might find the sights "dead on" at normal pistol range. Being a center-mass shooter, I had to learn to aim low.
Used 94 caps to fire 90 balls. Did no cleaning of cylinder or bore. After about 36 rounds, the caps would sometimes fail to snap on the first strike. Figured it was dirty cones preventing the cap from fitting hard against the cone. Scrubbing them with a dry brush helped for another 40 rounds or so, then had the same experience. Towards the end of the day had four instances of a cap snapping without firing the charge. Replaced the cap and got ignition.
Had about a half-dozen instances of spent caps wedging between cylinder and recoil shield, causing the cylinder to drag but not bind. Was able to pop them out with a vent pick. Had one troublesome instance where a spent cap wedged and caused the cylinder to bind up; had to remove the barrel to loosen the cylinder and gain access to the trouble maker.
Twice had the spent cap fall between the hammer and the recoil shield, causing the hammer to stop short of firing the next cap. Learned to tilt the muzzle up while cocking the hammer and put an end to that. Had no problem with caps falling off the nipples. Fumbled trying to get them on by hand sometimes, and plan on getting a capper for future use.
This was my first experience with a black powder revolver, and the first time I've fired anything using percussion caps. I can't compare this gun to other brands or models, nor do I know whether or not my experience with the caps and their fit & reliability is commonplace. Evenso, I give Uberti's 1851 Navy pretty high marks. Fit & finish is good, it operated well mechanically, and was consistent in where it put point of impact relative to point of aim. I attribute the challenges it presented me to the nature of the beast, and not to defects in workmanship.
CCI #11 caps
Schuetzen 3fg powder
Ox-Yoke wonder wads
Hornaday 0.375" round balls
Three year old, yechy, gummy all-veg crisco for lube
Smokin6Gun
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My '51 Uberti sucks caps down between the hammer and channel like a Hoover vacums. An inherated problem of the 1851 Navy.
Just need to tilt and dump the caps when cocking. Heard Treso or Ampco cones will help with this problem but haven't tried them yet.
CCI#11 caps were very tight and hard to seat on mine... Turned down the cones a hair by hand. Now I can hammer seat or seat with a wooden dowel and no more misfires.
Just need to tilt and dump the caps when cocking. Heard Treso or Ampco cones will help with this problem but haven't tried them yet.
CCI#11 caps were very tight and hard to seat on mine... Turned down the cones a hair by hand. Now I can hammer seat or seat with a wooden dowel and no more misfires.
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I did find Friday I had better accuracy and not so many caps fallin in the wrong place shootin' 15gr of Goex BP instead of 20 or 24gr. Tighter groups and more 1 shot hits on tin cans at 25yd.
Not as well as the Uberti 1873BP but good enough.
Not as well as the Uberti 1873BP but good enough.
