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I just purchased a never fired 48 year old Uberti, solidified packing lube included.
After cleaning a few details come into view, grips are not covered in high gloss coating (good), case color looks real as apposed to the print on new system (good), fit is great and timing is spot on, bolt drops in cylinder notch with no drag (good), cylinder charge holes are tapered, wedge is set perfect when wedge spring snaps in place, as in the moment it clears the opening and hooks onto the barrel, cylinder gap is 3 thou with no end shake (all good), bluing is very good, the bore is perfect and looks like a mirror BUT it's the shallow type rifling running about 4 or 5 thou, when did they change to deep groove ? , my thoughts are it's a well made gun equal to today's manufacture and in some respects better, it will be good for conical shooting, bore may need cleaning more frequently during range sessions than newer guns. Thoughts
P.S. they put the serial number everywhere, wedge, barrel, back of frame, inside back strap, inside trigger guard, rear face of cylinder, inside grips.
After cleaning a few details come into view, grips are not covered in high gloss coating (good), case color looks real as apposed to the print on new system (good), fit is great and timing is spot on, bolt drops in cylinder notch with no drag (good), cylinder charge holes are tapered, wedge is set perfect when wedge spring snaps in place, as in the moment it clears the opening and hooks onto the barrel, cylinder gap is 3 thou with no end shake (all good), bluing is very good, the bore is perfect and looks like a mirror BUT it's the shallow type rifling running about 4 or 5 thou, when did they change to deep groove ? , my thoughts are it's a well made gun equal to today's manufacture and in some respects better, it will be good for conical shooting, bore may need cleaning more frequently during range sessions than newer guns. Thoughts
P.S. they put the serial number everywhere, wedge, barrel, back of frame, inside back strap, inside trigger guard, rear face of cylinder, inside grips.
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