What did I buy?

[user 56894]

Thank you.

It is a well done pistol. Kinda good lookin. I just wish that I could comfirm anything about it. I can not find anything on all the web sites that I have seen.

 

[Loyalist Dave]

It is a well done pistol. Kinda good lookin. I just wish that I could comfirm anything about it. I can not find anything on all the web sites that I have seen.

How about you call Stoeger in Maryland, which owns Uberti, and ask them?
It's a limited edition commemorative, but not a "custom run" because the engraving reads "One of 250" not "1 of 250" or "1/250", so the sequence of whether that was the very first or the 250th didn't matter.

Customer Service at (301) 283-6981 (option 1) or (800) 264-4962 (option 2), 8 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST, Monday through Friday.

LD

 

[wiscoaster]

... Trouble is I want to shoot it, and I know not to.

I think it looks OK in your second set of pictures. I'd shoot it. Guns are made to be shot. Not to hang on the wall*. Probably with a half load for the first few shots? But I don't have any experience with cap and ball. Yet. So my usual procedure with another old milsurp addition to my collection maybe doesn't translate.

* THIS gun CAN'T shoot. So it's hanging on the wall:

 

[jefair1]

Bicentennial commemorative. I was thinking the same thing. A date of around 1976 might indicate that.

It could also be a 150th Civil War commemorative. Union as indicated by the US on the side.

 

[user 56894]

How about you call Stoeger in Maryland, which owns Uberti, and ask them?
It's a limited edition commemorative, but not a "custom run" because the engraving reads "One of 250" not "1 of 250" or "1/250", so the sequence of whether that was the very first or the 250th didn't matter.

Customer Service at (301) 283-6981 (option 1) or (800) 264-4962 (option 2), 8 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST, Monday through Friday.

LD

Thank you so much for the info. I will be calling them.

 

[Loyalist Dave]

Thank you so much for the info. I will be calling them.

AND THEN PLEASE if they can fill you in, fill us in, as it's a mystery gun, and IT'S DRIVING ME CRAZAAAY not knowing....

LD

 

[springfield art]

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I purchased what I thought was a great looking Dragoon by Uberti. Now that I have received it my questions grew. I have loved and worked with guns for close to 70 years. I need help to find out what I have. I have exhausted every source that I have, so I am hoping that some one can tell me what this really is. It is engraved with 70% coverage, it says Uberti on the top flat where Colts address would normally be. It is a 3rd model, it says "one of 250" it has a mirror finish beyond anything that I have ever seen. I am trying to put a picture on this in hopes someone can tell me what I really have. It has never been shot, but it is tempting me daily to load it up and see just what it can do.

Probably one of the many commemoratives that some marketers sold; American Historical Society, etc. It may have had a case & accessories but got 'separtated'. Let us know what you find out. I have a beautiful 1860 Army "Gettysburg" commemorative that is separated from it's case, etc. Good photo, BTW. Good luck.

 

[springfield art]

Thank you so much for the info. I will be calling them.

Uberti is owned now by the Beretta group. I think maybe Beretta owns Stoeger, too? Hard to keep track of all the corporate unions!

 

[wiscoaster]

....I think maybe Beretta owns Stoeger, too? ....

Stoeger is a subsidiary of Benelli, which is a subsidiary of Beretta, so yes, in an indirect way.

 

[Hawk54]

It could also be a 150th Civil War commemorative. Union as indicated by the US on the side.

All the civil war commemoratives I have seen have been marked as to what the pistol is commemorating w/wo dates. I have an 1860 Army commemorative that commemorates the battle of Gettysburg and is marked Gettysburg with the dates on the barrel. The OP's pistol doesn't have anything on it referencing the bicentennial but with the US and emblem engraved on it the only thing that comes to mind is the bicentennial.

 

[user 56894]

Uberti is owned now by the Beretta group. I think maybe Beretta owns Stoeger, too? Hard to keep track of all the corporate unions!

I know. The address on top is "Uberti U>S>A< Lakeville Ct. I tried to find it through them. Looking at what they had. No luck.

 

[user 56894]

AND THEN PLEASE if they can fill you in, fill us in, as it's a mystery gun, and IT'S DRIVING ME CRAZAAAY not knowing....

LD

Hi Dave, It is a mystery for sure. I have searched every site that I could find. The person that I bought it from had no idea. It says Uberti U.S.A. Lakeville Ct. where Colt normally has their address. You would think that if there was 250 of them you could find something, but as of now I have no idea. I will post it as soon as I feel that I have the correct information. Thank you for you interest and pushing me to keep searching.

 

[user 56894]

AND THEN PLEASE if they can fill you in, fill us in, as it's a mystery gun, and IT'S DRIVING ME CRAZAAAY not knowing....

LD

Me too! I will let you know as soon as I feel that I have the correct info.

 

[Appowner]

And please have some definitive measurments taken to verify the barrel to cylinder alignment. To me they look several degrees out of sync.

 

[user 56894]

And please have some definitive measurments taken to verify the barrel to cylinder alignment. To me they look several degrees out of sync.

I will check it, but the first gun posted is not the gun that I have. Mine looks to be perfect.

 

[user 56894]

All the civil war commemoratives I have seen have been marked as to what the pistol is commemorating w/wo dates. I have an 1860 Army commemorative that commemorates the battle of Gettysburg and is marked Gettysburg with the dates on the barrel. The OP's pistol doesn't have anything on it referencing the bicentennial but with the US and emblem engraved on it the only thing that comes to mind is the bicentennial.

Thank you. That will give me one more way to look for it. As soon as I can confirm what it is I will post it. Thanks again