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This week I ordered this revolver from MidwayUSA and it was delivered the next day (I live about 90 miles from their MO store). Came with no warranty info and Midway doesn't accept returns on guns.
Initial operation was very rough. Hammer sticky when pulled back. Cylinder did not rotate correctly and had to be manually adjusted to get the firing position. Took pistol apart and reassembled to fix those problems. Operation then seemed OK.
At the range, I loaded about 8gr 777 and used CCI #10 caps on the OEM nipples. Hard to find the proper size lead balls (Uberti recommends .330"). Turns out that 00 buckshot is .330". I had some 00 shotshells and removed the balls from a couple of them until I could find some. Caps seemed to fit reasonably well. 00 balls seated OK. Didn't have any .31 wads and .36 wads wouldn't fit. So I seated the ball on top of the powder and then lubed the cylinders well with Bore Butter. Test firing was not good. Only 2 caps fired out of the five I loaded. Cylinders fired OK on those. Tried CCI #10 and #11 and Remington #10 caps. No improvement. However, when the gun did fire, it was pretty accurate. Very little recoil, nice smoke!!
Returned home to change out the nipples. Had some SliXshot nipples for a Uberti 1861 Navy 36 caliber. Those fit perfectly. Put Remington #10 caps on (needed a firm push to seat all the way). All five cylinders then test fired OK.
I know that SliXshot says that their Uberti nipples are not for this model but I have since read that this caution was for older model pocket revolvers. I wasn't able to match any of the proof marks to serial number info on the 'net.
This gun is small but I can still hold it comfortably. My little finger sits below the bottom of the grip. Cocking operation using a two-handed grip is normal.
I ordered a hammer spring based on YouTube info that suggested the reason for the caps not firing may be inadequate hammer striking force. At about $7, no big deal. I won't install it if the gun continues to perform as it did today with the new nipples.
One other note. Once disassembled, many of the frame and parts edges were quite sharp. I ran a piece of emery paper along those edges to 'soften' them up a little. No metal removal, just a bit of dulling an unnecessarily sharp edge.
Initial operation was very rough. Hammer sticky when pulled back. Cylinder did not rotate correctly and had to be manually adjusted to get the firing position. Took pistol apart and reassembled to fix those problems. Operation then seemed OK.
At the range, I loaded about 8gr 777 and used CCI #10 caps on the OEM nipples. Hard to find the proper size lead balls (Uberti recommends .330"). Turns out that 00 buckshot is .330". I had some 00 shotshells and removed the balls from a couple of them until I could find some. Caps seemed to fit reasonably well. 00 balls seated OK. Didn't have any .31 wads and .36 wads wouldn't fit. So I seated the ball on top of the powder and then lubed the cylinders well with Bore Butter. Test firing was not good. Only 2 caps fired out of the five I loaded. Cylinders fired OK on those. Tried CCI #10 and #11 and Remington #10 caps. No improvement. However, when the gun did fire, it was pretty accurate. Very little recoil, nice smoke!!
Returned home to change out the nipples. Had some SliXshot nipples for a Uberti 1861 Navy 36 caliber. Those fit perfectly. Put Remington #10 caps on (needed a firm push to seat all the way). All five cylinders then test fired OK.
I know that SliXshot says that their Uberti nipples are not for this model but I have since read that this caution was for older model pocket revolvers. I wasn't able to match any of the proof marks to serial number info on the 'net.
This gun is small but I can still hold it comfortably. My little finger sits below the bottom of the grip. Cocking operation using a two-handed grip is normal.
I ordered a hammer spring based on YouTube info that suggested the reason for the caps not firing may be inadequate hammer striking force. At about $7, no big deal. I won't install it if the gun continues to perform as it did today with the new nipples.
One other note. Once disassembled, many of the frame and parts edges were quite sharp. I ran a piece of emery paper along those edges to 'soften' them up a little. No metal removal, just a bit of dulling an unnecessarily sharp edge.