Uberti 1860 Army test drive

[reddog97]

Until today, the normal behavior of my Uberti 1860 Army was to jam up due to cap fragments falling in the hammer slot in the frame and between the cylinder and frame. This would occur on just about every cylinder full shot.I took the advice of some of our members and filled in the safety slot in the hammer with JB Weld. The result-48 shots(8 cylinders full) with no stoppages due to cap fragments. I took the pistol apart twice to wipe the fouling off the cylinder face and forcing cone. On two cylinders, I fired as fast as I could without raising the barrel or flipping the gun sideways before cocking the hammer. I used the same load as I used before applying the JB Weld which is 30grs. Goex 2F,Eastern Maine lubed wads, Remington #10 caps on top of Treso nipples and Hornady .454 balls. Tomorrow, my other two smokewagons(Uberti 3rd Model Dragoon and Uberti Walker) are going to meet Mr. JB Weld

 

[MSW]

Thanks for the post ... I'm saving up my soda- can money to buy an 1860, and I'll just 'cut to the chase' on this one.

 

[Glenfilthie]

I just got one too, Red and I love it. I bought those funky bronze nipples from the fine fellas at track of the wolf - but then my friggin capper didn't work anymore so I will have to modify it. The conical portion of the nipple is different.

But my gun is bunging up on caps too. Time to do the JB thing here too I guess. I wonder if the old timers in the Old West did that?

 

[nmdd]

I didn't think the originals had safety slots in them..... :hmm:

 

[necchi]

The Colts had a pin,
A small slot in the bottom of the hammer fit in a pin that sits between each cylinder.

What I can't figure out is why do the modern replicas have the slot in the hammer and no pins in the cylinder, :hmm:

 

[Adui]

The Colts had a pin,
A small slot in the bottom of the hammer fit in a pin that sits between each cylinder.

What I can't figure out is why do the modern replicas have the slot in the hammer and no pins in the cylinder, :hmm:

Either somebody goofed, :shocked2: and it was never corrected because no one seems to mind :idunno: or there was some reason having to do with patent rights or some other legal garbage that required a slight change.. :td:

Edit: Actually I suspect it is because the pins were considered fragile and not as safe as simply leaving it on an empty chamber. (just did some reading on the subject and my limited (2 minute) search came up with this idea.

 

[pargent]

I have fitted pins to my repos that did not have them .The only time I have caps jamming under the hammer etc on my Colt repos is when I use a modern shooting style.Shoot one handed, cock with the thumb of the shooting hand,as you cock the hammer roll your shooting hand 45 deg. clockwise and dip the muzzle down slightly. This is the correct HC . PC way to shoot a Colt cap and ball revolver, modify your shooting style not your gun.I have gotten up to just over 80 shots out of my Navey in a days match shooting with out dismantling,cleaning etc.This is not a one of occourence I do it every time I shootin matches. :hatsoff: :thumbsup:

 

[Adui]

80 shots! :shocked2: :thumbsup: Awesome!

I wasn't advocating filling the notch, just musing an answer to the question about repro's. Mine doesn't have em, it does have the notch. Generally speaking a little care when shooting and I don't have any problems with caps jamming. I could be getting lucky, or perhaps I am cocking my hand sideways as suggested without realizing it.

Ironically, the only time I can remember a cap even coming close to falling into the action was this last time out, and I specifically did NOT tilt the gun when cocking, rather turned it after and carefully (holding the hammer and finger off the trigger) shook it out. I was thinking about one of the threads I read on here and just didn't do it.. :idunno: