Barrel Wedge on my new Uberti 1851 Navy is locking up the cylinder

[VMass]

If inserted too far, the barrel wedge on my new Cimarron/Uberti 1851 Navy prevents the cylinder from cycling. It has to be backed out almost to the edge of the spring clip before I can cock the gun. My first Uberti 1851 cycles perfectly with the wedge inserted in any position. Any suggestions on what needs to be adjusted/trimmed? Thanks.

 

[Jimster]

Short arbor?

 

[armoredman]

Send the whole thing to @Jackrabbit1957 . He does wonders with guns like that.

 

[44 Dave]

Uberti "short arbor", does not bottom in the barrel and allows the barrel to pull too close to the cylinder.

 

[hawg]

Yep short arbor. All Uberti open tops have that problem.

 

[Jackrabbit1957]

Arbor or cylinder pin doesn't bottom in the hole in the barrel. It's a very common thing with Ubert and a lot of the older and now out of business makers as well. If it's not corrected eventually it will cause problems. This is especially true with the big horse pistols. It's an easy fix in most case's, shim the hole until the arbor seats. I have used several methods to fix it from shims to building up the end of the arbor with a weld and refitting it. The main thing is to have the same gun each time you put it together. Uberti used to have slip of paper in the box that stated that you adjusted the barrel/ cylinder gap with the wedge. It's 100% wrong! Uberti has never properly fixed the problem. If you would like it fixed and tuned send me a PM and we can discuss it. Thanks @armoredman for the mention!

 

[Captain*kirk]

Short arbor.