Uberti 1858 Target Carbine -- Any experience?

[kevthebassman]

I fondled one in Cabelas.... looks neat. Anybody shot one? Looks like it might make a good woods gun for close range work during deer season in addition to being a hoot at the range.

 

[paulvallandigham]

More than 40 years ago, a friend had one and shot it at the range when I was watching. He had to hold it with his left hand balancing the trigger guard, because if he moved the hand forward at all, he would be burned by the cylinder gap gases.

The velocity and power were not impressive. Because of the gas leak between the cylinder and barrel, the velocity doesn't come close to matching that of a .44 caliber " carbine". I would consider it a very marginal deer gun, but okay for plinking and varmints. For the money, you can buy a better rifle.

 

[Russ T Frizzen]

It is NOT a deer gun. It is a plain old Remington revolver with a longer barrel and a buttstock added. It doesn't come close to having the power needed for ethical deer hunting. As Paul said, you will fry your wrist if you try to hold it like a true carbine. And if you get a chain-fire, you will lose valuable parts of your left arm/hand. There are sound reasons why this fire arm configuration never really caught on---they sucked!

 

[kevthebassman]

But it just looks sooo neat. :surrender:

Anyway, I've got a Marlin in .35 Rem, a Ruger in .44 Magnum, and a .54 flinter, all new since last deer season that all need to draw blood. So many rifles to shoot and deer to kill, but not enough time to do it all in.

 

[rice1817]

I had one and shot a few coons and squirrels with it. It is light enough so that you can hold it with your off hand under your trigger hand, away from the cylinder gap blast. That was not the problem..The problem was when you hold that up to aim, the cap explodes about 3 inches in front of your eyes and gas blows back. When a percussion revolver is held at arm's length, it is not noticeable but put it right in front of your face, and lets just say you should have a good set of shooting glasses!

 

[Russ T Frizzen]

Did I mention that they sucked? :rotf:

 

[Wes/Tex]

Had one back in the old days when they were the "latest" thing. The standard revolver load of 40 grains of FFFg generated about 1100 fps or about the same as a full 60 grain load in the Walker. Good coyote boinker but way to short for deer!

 

[Swede50]

If you buy it and send it to me I will test it for you but it might take about 20 years :grin:

 

[awp101]

I have one along with the .45 Colt conversion cylinder (R&D IIRC :hmm: ).

I haven't really put it through any accuracy tests but the fun factor is very high with either cylinder.

Lot's of head scratching at the range from onlookers... :haha: