uberti navy .36 question

[opieswife]

purchased an as new uberti .36 cal revolver, the older style with octagon barrel and sail boats on the cylinder. After getting home with it I noticed two screws along the sides of the frame and a small indent on the bottom of the grip frame. What are these ment for? Thanks to all.

 

[Dickydalton]

Probably for a shoulder stock.

 

[Zonie]

Dicky Dalton is correct.

The notch and the extra screws on Colts pistols engage the removable shoulder stock.
The pistols with these "extra" screws are often called "4 screw frames".

There are (or used to be) some reproductions of these shoulder stocks but care should be made in buying them because they often don't fit the guns grip properly.
They often cost more than the pistol too! :shocked2:

Many of the people who have tried shooting a Colt pistol with the stock attached have found that it places the shooters eye much too close to the rear of the gun and fragments from the caps can end up hitting the shooters face.

I don't think Col. Colt ever really tried shooting one of his pistols with the stock attached.
He was a great believer in them and tried selling the idea to the Army and citizens for years without a lot of takers.
The Army did buy some but they were not popular with the troops.

 

[aeatwood]

+1 to what Zonie said.

Have fun. You have one of the most accurate and pleasant shooting sixguns around. My '61's even shoot close to PoA, but the '51's I have fired (like yours) tend to hit a bit high for me. Easily fixed.


Alan