Festus
36 Cl.
Just received a new Uberti 1861 Colt. Was a little disappointed at first. When I went to take the barrel off the arbor, it took a little force. After I got it off and went to put it back together, I couldn’t get even close to sliding together again. I ended up polishing up the end of the arbor with emery cloth and honed the bore a little before I could get it to slide back on. So I loaded it up and went to shoot it and only one cylinder would fire. The nipples were a little short, so I screwed in some slix-shots and it works good now. The cylinder has a slight bit of end play and seems to foul up the end of the cylinder a bit so as to make it difficult to cock it. Anyone else have similar problems? This is the fifth Uberti I have had and the first one I had to fiddle with to make it work.