Unknown Uberti Model???

[Ephraim Kibbey]

This is .36 caliber.
Hidden by the loading lever, on the round part of the barrel, it bears a very clear "U" in the bore of a gun muzzle maker's mark for Uberti.
The barrel is VERY unusual:


https://www.proxibid.com/Guns-Milit...der-Revolver/lotInformation/76360613#topoflot

 

[hawg]

I'd say somebody reworked it. The cylinder flutes are fonky too.

 

[StrawHat]

5 shot cylinder? A copy of the Colt Pocket Navy with a funky barrel. When you tire of it, let me know.
Kevin

 

[Eyrie G. Dogg]

That was unexpected. Never seen the likes of that before. Does the barrel screw in, or what?

Pocket {NY Metro.} Police, SH.

 

[Miguel Loco]

Followed the link to the rest of the pics....that one is strange. The cylinder is just really odd. In the description, it states the cylinder doesn't rotate.....I wonder if it's the correct one for the gun...

 

[Augustus44]

Some very uneven flutes on that pistol.

 

[1KPerDay]

Looks like they forgot to finish the barrel. I wonder if the frame is an original Colt.

 

[Augustus44]

Looks like they forgot to finish the barrel. I wonder if the frame is an original Colt.

If you follow the link it shows Italian markings on the barrel and frame. The date code in the box on the right side of the frame ends with a C. Can't make out the first letter but the C makes the frame 1977 or later.

The fluting on the cylinder kind of looks like the fluting on a Taylor's sheriff model.

 

[Augustus44]

That is a rebated cylinder and frame. Looks like a .44 sheriff.

 

[hawg]

That is a rebated cylinder and frame. Looks like a .44 sheriff.

It's a .36 so it's a police model. I thought at first somebody turned the barrel down but it has a Uberti stamp on the turned down part. It is an odd one indeed.

 

[Jackrabbit1957]

Maybe a very early Uberti. Also noticed the frame and barrel don't match. The barrel is factory or someone had a Uberti stamp. Personally I wouldn't go near it.

 

[hawg]

Maybe a very early Uberti. Also noticed the frame and barrel don't match. The barrel is factory or someone had a Uberti stamp. Personally I wouldn't go near it.

With the last letter in the date code being a C the earliest it could possibly be is 1977.

 

[woodnbow]

Maybe a very early Uberti. Also noticed the frame and barrel don't match. The barrel is factory or someone had a Uberti stamp. Personally I wouldn't go near it.

Very strange, Uberti didn’t normally indulge in the fantasy guns…

 

[hawg]

Very strange, Uberti didn’t normally indulge in the fantasy guns…

All I know about is some early brass .44 navies and Remingtons with adjustable sights.

 

[woodnbow]

All I know about is some early brass .44 navies and Remingtons with adjustable sights.

My 5.5” 1860, made for Navy Arms very early on.

 

[woodnbow]

My 5.5” 1860, made for Navy Arms very early on.

My wife has a 5” barreled 1861 Navy Arms also made by Uberti in the early 1060’s. They did make a few fantasy guns. Just not very many. Actually, now that I think about it I believe Colt did make a few 5.5” Army Models. Very few. I think Pate said less than a dozen.

 

[LonesomePigeon]

I have seen barrels like that, with the weird step, on Gunbroker occasionally. Usually 1860 Army and I think they were Armi San Marco. I think they are just unfinished kit guns or poorly finished guns on which they didn't blend the contours. Just a theory.

 

[hawg]

I have seen barrels like that, with the weird step, on Gunbroker occasionally. Usually 1860 Army and I think they were Armi San Marco. I think they are just unfinished kit guns or poorly finished guns on which they didn't blend the contours. Just a theory.

I've never seen an 1860 with a barrel like that. That barrel is smaller than what an 1860 should be. The only barrels remotely like that are dragoon barrels and Leech & Rigdon and Griswold & Gunnison barrels and those are based off the 1851 not the 1860.

 

[woodnbow]

I've never seen an 1860 with a barrel like that. That barrel is smaller than what an 1860 should be. The only barrels remotely like that are dragoon barrels and Leech & Rigdon and Griswold & Gunnison barrels and those are based off the 1851 not the 1860.

Looks sorta like the transition .44 caliber created prior to the New Army model of 1860.

 

[woodnbow]

 

[Pete453]

That looks to be a 62 Pocket Police, the cylinder is correct for one, but the barrel is a mystery.

Woodenbow,
that's a good looking revolver, is it yours? I'm curious as to the parts combination

 

[hawg]

That looks to be a 62 Pocket Police, the cylinder is correct for one, but the barrel is a mystery.

Well yeah but the flutes are wonky.

 

[woodnbow]

That looks to be a 62 Pocket Police, the cylinder is correct for one, but the barrel is a mystery.

Woodenbow,
that's a good looking revolver, is it yours? I'm curious as to the parts combination

It’s not mine. I’m beginning to assemble the parts to make one. Unfortunately the only 44 caliber frame available sans the shoulder stock cuts is made by Pietta and I’m still allergic to them…

I grabbed the photos from Lodgewood at https://www.lodgewood.com/Colt-Prot...dwards-THE-STORY-OF-COLTS-REVOLVER_c_280.html

 

[Pete453]

That's a good lookin revolver, I wouldn't mind owning one

 

[Pete453]

Ephraim,
The flutes sure look like this Uberti 62 Pocket Police