Shot my new Uberti 1860 today. fouled up at just 6 shots. Couldn't cock it again. (Testing first with no lube in gun like I shoot my colts).
First Reason is the hand spring. Uberti makes it waaaay to stiff for its purpose. Being to stiff holds the cylinder ahead hard against barrel forcing cone when cocking gun. And against any fouling on cyl face.
When loading the gun I noticed the strong spring right away. Difficult to turn the cylinder with 2 fingers of left hand that is holding gun to load it. Only because of the spring.
That spring should be just stiff enough to hold hand against back of cyl. And that's not much.
I don't have a scale to check it with but the weight of a full box of 100 .454 round balls sitting on spring end will just very slightly flex it.
My colt 1851 cyl. spins freely with only a click, click of the hand. The way it should be.
Second reason is that the cyl face needs the machine marks polished off of it to help eliminate fouling sticking to it. Got that done now. Shines like a mirror like my other gun now.
These were the 2 reasons it seized up.
Arbor was clean.
So I need to replace the hand spring with a lighter one. It has to be a light one to make this gun work like it should.
Any one know if thinner lighter springs are available anywhere for a Uberti 1860 army?
Or do i have to make one?
First Reason is the hand spring. Uberti makes it waaaay to stiff for its purpose. Being to stiff holds the cylinder ahead hard against barrel forcing cone when cocking gun. And against any fouling on cyl face.
When loading the gun I noticed the strong spring right away. Difficult to turn the cylinder with 2 fingers of left hand that is holding gun to load it. Only because of the spring.
That spring should be just stiff enough to hold hand against back of cyl. And that's not much.
I don't have a scale to check it with but the weight of a full box of 100 .454 round balls sitting on spring end will just very slightly flex it.
My colt 1851 cyl. spins freely with only a click, click of the hand. The way it should be.
Second reason is that the cyl face needs the machine marks polished off of it to help eliminate fouling sticking to it. Got that done now. Shines like a mirror like my other gun now.
These were the 2 reasons it seized up.
Arbor was clean.
So I need to replace the hand spring with a lighter one. It has to be a light one to make this gun work like it should.
Any one know if thinner lighter springs are available anywhere for a Uberti 1860 army?
Or do i have to make one?