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Welcomes and General Information => Welcome Wagon => Topic started by: brownie on March 14, 2022, 07:07:48 PM
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New member Brownie here,...thanks again for the response re: the Uberti 1860 Army that I missed.
Presently I have two Colts, '51 Navy, and a '62 Police, both second generation guns. The '51 has had the "Pettifogger arbor operation", and the barrel / cylinder gap reduced. Both have stainless steel nipples from Track of the Wolf which are far superior to the o.e.m. versions. Haven't bothered with the arbor operation on the '62 as the arbor fits tightly into its bore. Both have dovetailed replacement front sights.
I also have a Uberti '58 Remington Navy .36. It's only mods are new S.S. nipples and a better front sight.
Tried to post a photo, but didn't work.
Thanks,
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Welcome but I betcha the arbor on the 62 is short.
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Since this is actually your 3rd post,
1. Welcome!
2. Welcome!
3. Welcome!
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Welcome from Colorado.
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New member Brownie here,...thanks again for the response re: the Uberti 1860 Army that I missed.
Presently I have two Colts, '51 Navy, and a '62 Police, both second generation guns. The '51 has had the "Pettifogger arbor operation", and the barrel / cylinder gap reduced. Both have stainless steel nipples from Track of the Wolf which are far superior to the o.e.m. versions. Haven't bothered with the arbor operation on the '62 as the arbor fits tightly into its bore. Both have dovetailed replacement front sights.
I also have a Uberti '58 Remington Navy .36. It's only mods are new S.S. nipples and a better front sight.
Tried to post a photo, but didn't work.
Thanks,
brownie, Welcome aboard. Are you using a phone to upload photos? Try and keep your photos below 1mgb. Phones take some large sized files as you may know and if you are using the phone that is probably why. Bottom line is, keep them 1mg and below and see if that works for you. Thanks for your posts on the 1860. Sorry you missed that one but there will be more right? :-) thanks, Z
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Welcome again Brownie! Like I said before, you'll find friendly, helpful people here. Glad to have you here with us!
Look forward to seeing your wares, once you get the picture thing figured out.
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Z...No Phone, I tried to load the photos from a laptop. This time I compressed the file to try that...
That didn't work either.
Got an Error message, file too big.
O.K. I'll try again...
Thanks,
Brownie
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Welcome to Colt Country, brownie!
Very nice Remmy there. Tell me more...
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brownie.. success!!! Great! Those revolvers are Fantastic!! Beautiful 👍👍
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Lookin' good, Brownie. Very nice leather, too.
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That's quite the entrance Brownie! Nice little collection you've put together. I really like that little Police model. I second Marshal's observation, very nice leather. Did you make it? There are several of us here that make leather.
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Good looking trio.
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Thanks for the complements.
Yes, I make all my leather.
The Remington was purchased in '18 from DGW when they were on sale. Other than replacement nipples, I made a new front sight for it from stock brass for the base and an .074 (about 1/16 ") wide scrap of steel for the blade. I think wider is a little better, and I made it a bit high to file down as needed. I was a bit surprised, and very pleased with the fit, and finish of the Uberti Remington. Hard to see much daylight between the barrel and cylinder, yet that does not seem to cause any undue fowling issues after a half dozen or so full cylinder discharges. The mechanicals seemed adequately smooth right out of the box, although I did spend some time polishing parts, and cleaning the interior spaces of "scrap metal".
As mentioned, the O.E.M. nipples were too small to reasonably hold caps, so they were replaced.
I did have some trouble with occasional misfires that I attribute to a rather weak main spring. I made a brass shim that I slipped between the main spring and the frame that puts more bend into it over, and above what the adjustment screw does. This seemed to help. One of these days, I'll order another main spring in the hope that it will be stiffer than the o.e.m. spring. I think the hammer is getting sufficiently close to the nipple to crush the cap, it just needs a little more power behind.
The Remingtons are a bit larger and heavier than comparable Colt, so they would be just about perfect if they were more on the scale of a '51 Navy or even the '60 Army. But never the less, they're all great fun to shoot, better than their later cartridge offspring,....I.M.O.!
Brownie
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Welcome to the club….
Looks like your getting some good advice already!!!!
AG
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Well your leatherwork is first rate. Very nicely done. And it looks like you know your way around a single action pistol. You'll fit right in here. Glad to have you.