Uberti 1858 Remington

[Mike Pierce]

Just received my new Uberti 1858 Remington New Army from Jedediah Starr. Wow, what a nice piece, much better looking than the Mellinium model I sold, now I am happy. Also cudos to Jedediah Starr, for the fast service and shipping.
Mike P

 

[Dave Rosenthal]

Mike,

Good luck with yours...my son will be trying-out the new one I bought him for his HS graduation. Sunday is the local BP league shoot. His is an Uberti also, and fir and finish look great!

Dave

 

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Hopefully I will figure this out before anyone responds. I just got mine today, after a long wait of being out of stock. I'm used to how a Colt comes apart. I got the Remington cylinder out easily so I could do the post factory/pre first firing cleaning. Now I am having trouble getting the cylinder back in. I'm afraid I'm scratching it all up. It's driving me nuts. I'll say this about the Colt, It may be a lot of work knocking out a pin prying off the barrel to get to the cylinder, but at least it slides right back on. So, anyone have any tips on how to get this sucker back in? Like half cock, tilt, .... :surrender:

 

[Rebel]

Put it on half cock, put the cylinder in from the right side. You may need to turn it a little to wiggle it in but they are pretty easy.

 

[rebel727]

It takes a lil practice but start the rear of the cylinder first and give it a lil twist in the direction it turns once it gets about halfway in.

 

[faw3]

The Rem is much faster to do, just pull trig back till you see the cyl stop drop then roll in cyl in from left side and let hammer down takes all of about 2 or 3 seconds when youv done it for years. Fred :hatsoff: (at one time the loading lever was cut so you could pull the cyl without dropping the loading lever.)

 

[Zonie]

"...(at one time the loading lever was cut so you could pull the cyl without dropping the loading lever.)"
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True. That was one of the first things they changed because the cylinder pin could work forward by itself without the owners knowledge.
Then when he needed it, the cylinder would either lock up or fall out.

zonie

 

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Finally! :thumbsup:

Thanks to everyone and their suggestions/help. I half, or partially cocked it, ended up going through the right side, then rotated it one direction (which wasn't working), remembered a friend just told me that it rotated the opposite way I'd think, so I switched directions and it just popped in. Now I can shoot it, clean it (SIGH), and see if it goes in easier this time. I think over time it should go in a lot easier.

 

[Dave Rosenthal]

Glad to see you're having fun there Mr. Photog! Sorry I wasn't there fast enough on the thread, but the other folks got it right about how to get the cylinder back in.

Now all you need is a couple of spare cylinders and a spare cylinder leather pouch that you can wear on your belt, just like Clint!

Have fun with that '58 and chat with you again soon!

Dave

 

[Blizzard of '93]

lube that cylinder pin good before you replace the cylinder.

 

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Glad to see you're having fun there Mr. Photog! Sorry I wasn't there fast enough on the thread, but the other folks got it right about how to get the cylinder back in.

Now all you need is a couple of spare cylinders and a spare cylinder leather pouch that you can wear on your belt, just like Clint!

Have fun with that '58 and chat with you again soon!

Dave

And then I need a conversion cylinder, and then .... I have photography equipment I should purchase first. I do have extra cylinders down on my list. And the thing is still difficult to get back in, even with oiling. And with the cylinder covered in various lubricants and/or rust inhibitor, it's darn hard to hold. My friend has one by a different maker and his goes in real easy. I figure it will just take practice and wear.

As far as a conversion cylinder, I see that Uberti is making already converted models that are far less expensive then purchasing the BP version and then purchasing a converted cylinder separately. I haven't heard anything about these other than their website, but sounds like the way to go to me.

 

Check buffalo arms.
They have conversion cylinders now with a loading gate.

 

[Dave Rosenthal]

Here in NJ all BP guns (pistols & revolvers) need a handgun permit issued by the Chief of Police in the town in which you reside .

Just across the Delaware River in PA, you can buy cap & ball revolvers like they were wrenches. Then you mail-order the conversion cylinder that costs just as much as the revolver to begin with.

Or you can go through the permit process and wait for several months to be allowed to buy the model with the loading gate and cylinder for centerfire .45 LC .

I don't own a conversion cylinder, so I guess that the best thing for me to do is to go to the Police Dept. and apply for a new handgun permit so that I can buy the newest model you're talking about with the loading gate built-in already!

Keep me in mind when you shoot the new gun :bow: . I just spent another $575.00 on a new strobe and 3 TTL cords, so that's it for this month at least :barf: .

Have a great time with your new shootin-iron!

Dave

 

[Rebel]

The best thing you can do is get that STUPID law changed so that you don't have to have a permit to own a gun. There is nothing in the Constitution about having a Permit for the Right To Bear Arms.