Ultra-hi

[Cowboy45j]

I was at Collectors firearms yesterday, gawking at stuff I'll never be able to afford when my good buddy pointed out a flintlock pistol sticking out of a pile of old beat up powder horns.

Seeing as I have been wanting to get into flintlocks for awhile, I asked to see it. It was in good shape externally, 99% bluing, a few dings and nics on the stock, but nothing major. No caliber markings whatsoever and Ultra-hi stamped into the barrel.

Being new to this game, Ultra-hi was not a brand I had ever heard of, but the gun didn't even have a price tag on it. The salesman told me to make an offer, so I did, and he accepted. So now I have this plenty fine pistol sitting on my coffe table.

I mic'ed the barrel at about a .433, so my question is, Is this a .42 caliber gun? And does anyone have any information on this piece that they can tell me?

Hondo did one better and got a steal on a used Uberti 49 pocket revolver in brand new condition. I was quite jelous, which is probably the reason I went home with the flintlock.

 

[R.M.]

It'll be classed as a 43 caliber most likely. I think if I remember right they are made in Japan but don't quote me on either.

 

[bdhutier]

Found this on a forum when I Googled:

captchee:
Ultra Hi was a Japanese company that made muzzleloaders back in the mid 1970’s . they had a full line ranging from pistols to rifles and muskets.
some where very good and still are sought after today, like their brown bess .
Others were not . You just never new about the quality but most were reasonable .
But back then you didn’t know that about many of the muzzleloaders being offered
But to give you some idea , In 1976 the Ultra hi hawkens rifle retailed for 177.96 in kit form . At the same time TC listed their hawkens kit at 130.00

those hawkens rifle i have seen through the years were very much the quality of those made by investment arms

longcaribiner:
Ultra Hi had muzzleloaders made under contract with various companies. A few models were quite well made and many of them were junk. My brother has an old Ultra Hi kentucky style pistol, most of it was pretty good, but the lock was junk. We tinkered with it and were able to fit one of the better CVA locks to the gun. I think Miroku made the Dixie Mountain Rifle, and that was extremely well made, heavy as an anchor, but well made. There was some real manure on the market in the early 1970's and Ultra Hi across the board was just slightly better than manure, however, there were a very few models that are excellent. Sounds like you got a better one. I think Numrich/Gun PArts ended up buying the remnants of the company along with the parts and left over stock. If you need parts, Numrich/Gun Parts might actually have them.