uberti 1860

[ian45662]

What kind of out of the box accuracy could one expect from the uberti made 1860 army?

 

[Mike Brooks]

I have three, they all shoot very well.

 

[ian45662]

do you think it could hit a clay bird at 25 yards?

 

do you think it could hit a clay bird at 25 yards?

Sometimes, the gun is only as accurate as the shooter. Can you already hit that target with the accurate pistol of your choice?

 

[BullRunBear]

My Uberti 1860 can easily hit clay targets at 25 yards. Unfortunately, I can't always. Seriously, if I do my part the 1860 has no problem keeping 3 inch groups and often smaller. This particular gun likes 20 grains of 3F, a homemade lubed felt wad and a .457 ball. I haven't found the various brands of caps to make a difference.

Regards, Jeff

 

[fyrfyter43]

Yep , the gun is capable of hitting clay birds, as long as you do your part. Just be aware that they typically shoot 6" high or more at 25 yards. The originals supposedly shot to point of aim at 75 yards.

This target is the very first 18 balls through mine.

 

[Mike Brooks]

do you think it could hit a clay bird at 25 yards?

Yep, but you have to find the right load for your gun.

 

[DanChamberlain]

My 1860 Army (Armi San Marco) will do 2.5 to 3" groups all the time. It shoots perfectly centered for windage and I've gotten it whittled down so that it strikes only 1 inch high at 25.

Dan

 

[Dave Rosenthal]

Just got back from a black powder pistol and rifle competition shoot with one of the clubs that I belong to.

A brand-new out-of-the-box Uberti Colt 1860 Army made an appearance today at the range. It's owner was using 20 grains of 3Fg Goex, a pre-lubed wonder wad, and a .454 Hornady round ball. He was having trouble with it staying in the black, which is odd because normally he's a great shot.

He promised me that I could try it out on the first day it showed-up to the range. Seeing what he had accomplished, I switched to 25 grains of 3Fg Goex, the same lubed wad, and the same ball. My first shot was just out of the black at 12 o'clock with an aiming point at center of the X-ring. So I adjusted my point of aim to the bottom of the bull and then hit 2-10's and 2-9's with his then dirty gun (he had already finished his match) :haha: . Our club uses B-19 targets and we engage them at 25 yards, so 4 out of the 5 shots I took would have broken the clay bird on the berm

I had the same gun and broke a tooth during the loading process (using the rammer) trying to use only 20 grains of powder...the rammer barely goes down into the mouth of the chambers, so the extra powder meant that the charge is now properly packed and the balls are now closer to the chamber mouths, which result in less "ball jump" into the forcing cone, which makes tighter groups! :wink: and also evens-out the pressure on the teeth of the loading lever :wink:

Good luck with your new revolver, and remember to try to do EVERYTHING THE SAME from shot-to-shot for greatest accuracy! Have FUN! :grin:

Dave

 

[fyrfyter43]

I spent some time at the range Friday working up a load for my Uberti 1860. With 21 grains fffg and a 9mm Luger casing (11 grains volume) of corn meal, topped with a homemade lubed felt wad, it shot 1.5" or smaller groups off a rest at 25 yards.

 

[Dave Rosenthal]

:thumbsup: Nice!

I've always used just real black in my guns, since I believe it to be more historically correct, but getting 1.5 inch groups is a real head-turner . Getting the ball up close to the chamber mouths is the real deal :wink: . Good job!

Today's Sunday morning match by me happened even with the rain, so out came my Walker, and on a bad day (for me) I tied for first place with a score of 80 x 100 shot in the rain, from underneath a 10' x 10' pop-up.

I once saw my friend shoot his 1860 (with 20 grains of 3Fg Goex) strong-hand only and he put 2 shots out of a 5 shot cylinder's worth (we only load 5) into the X-ring of a B-19 target . That's about the size of a quarter! Yeah, these guns are accurate :surrender:

Dave