Uberti 1873 cap&ball revolver

[murph]

Does anyone have a Uberti 1873 bp cap&ball revolver.Do you like it?

Murf :hatsoff:

 

[rebelyell62]

Does anyone have a Uberti 1873 bp cap&ball revolver.Do you like it?

Murf :hatsoff:

My friend,
the 1873 was Sam Colts " peacemaker" a a self contained cartridge pistol.
I don't believe it was made in cap&ball
I do have an Uberti clone w/ 7,5" barrel and like it fine.
If you choose to purchase one....cary only 5 cartridges in it, load one, skip one, load four, as they are not safe to carry with a round in front of the hammer.

 

[Pork Chop]

I could be reading too much into this, but the 2005 Deer Creek catalog that I have shows a Cowboy Revolver on page 38. It is advertised as a Single Action Black Powder Revolver. It says that it has the look and action of a single action peace maker. Sure sounds like a cap and ball gun to me...

 

[Don]

You are correct. Guess its for those guys who like cap and ball revolvers and the peacemaker look at the same time.

Don

 

[Zonie]

Dixie shows a Pietta made 1873 Colt clone which is basically a 1873 gun with a percussion cap cylinder in it. It even has the cartridge ejection rod still on it.

I suspect this gun is designed to give the look and feel of a 1873 Peacemaker without the legal restrictions placed on cartridge guns in some locals.
One could also think of it as a form of competition with the Ruger "Old Army" although in my opinion that is no contest.

My biggest objection to this gun is the fact that it doesn't have a loading lever.
This necessitates removing the cylinder and using a special tool to load the chambers.
If I were to want to have to remove the cylinder to load it, I would rather have a Colt Patterson.
At least with the Patterson, I would have something that represents a true piece of history in that it was the first successful production of Sam Colts hairbrained idea of having a single fixed barrel and a cylinder which automatically rotates when the gun is cocked.

 

[jdhiii]

Yup, I have a couple of these retrograde conversions. Basically they are the regular 1873 Uberti frame with a cap n'ball cylinder. The firing pin is offset, too, to prevent swapping in the cartridge cylinder. Loading must be off frame, but otherwise not complicated. I have picked up a few spare cylinders via Ebay and load a few for each range trip. Fun to shoot, if you don't mind the usual cap n' ball loading and cleaning work.
-d

 

[murph]

Dan'l tell me more about your revolvers.Like were did you get yours,and how is it to shoot.Iv'e handled one, a Uberti and the fit and finnish was exellent.Good quality. :hatsoff:

 

[rebel727]

The firing pin is offset, too, to prevent swapping in the cartridge cylinder.
-d

I always wondered about that.

 

[bavarialand]

yes, they do make a 1873 in cap & ball.

 

[bioprof]

I have two that I bought from Cabelas a few years ago when they were closing them out. One of them is a Colt 1873 Cattleman and the other is a Colt Bisley. They are very smooth shooting revolvers. Much better than the Pietta revolver that I had. They ran out of the loading tools when I bought them, so I made one from a Pietta loading tool. The Pietta 1873 revolver has a larger diameter cylinder pin, so I made a new spindle for the loading tool with a bolt that I got from the hardware store. I believe Uberti no longer makes them, but I could be wrong.

 

[jdhiii]

Hi Murf,

Like the bioprof, I got my first one from Cabela's when they were closing out their stock. I got lucky, I guess: it was a very nice pistol ---all of my Ubertis are nice but this one has great wood, fit & finish, etc. My second came from a fellow in NJ via[url] gunbroker.com[/url]. Some vendors still have them in stock, but the price has doubled. As far as shooting, they are accurate and fun, but unlike a cartridge 1873 more work obviously to load and clean. I get more requests from others at the range to try it than the Walker. The only thing that I would change is to make cylinder interchangeable with a cartridge cylinder out of the box without special modifications. -d.

 

[murph]

If one of you guy's are thinking of selling a 1873 bp would you let me know.I'll pay fair price.
And thanks for all the good info.Murf :hatsoff:

 

[bwhoffman]

I looked at one tonight by hap hazard luck. was offered to me for under 200, but I have no need for it. I bought his tc hawken kit for 50. needs a few screws. nice guy, knows what he has and his 1873 looks new! I could hook you up.
go to craigslist for portland and search for muzzleloader in a general search.
if this gets nuked, oh well..... just trying to help out forum members.

Brett

 

[Smokin6Gun]

Well I like my Uberti 1873BP SAA 1 1/2" bbl. Conversions from Midway for a .45Schofield sell for $229.99. And I have seen drilled frame with the rollpin mounted Uberti SAA cartridge firing pin, and cylinder replaced.