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Awhile back I picked up an old Uberti .45 Colt. It had been rode hard and put away wet. The bore is pretty well pitted. It was missing a hammer and some internal parts.
I have a few single action parts on hand and eventually found a hammer that worked, though I did have to fit it to the Uberti frame. But it is now timed and running pretty smoothly.
I am gonna play with it a bit before I pass it along. I enjoy getting the old ones going again.
If it had the old "D" cam hammer, they bolt leg had a tendency to cut a grove in the actuating cam throwing the timing out. Owner could have taken the parts out trying to find replacements.
My Iver Johnsons Cattleman was like that. NKJ fixed it up for me some years back. Glad you found a hammer and the parts to fix it up, I love old guns with character.
Joe
***Be sneaky, get closer, bust the cap on him when you can put the ball where it counts .***
I'm glad you got that old reprobate running again JimT. I just have a terrible time not trying to salvage every old SAA I come across. The last few years I've managed to contain myself to Colts although I have tackled a couple of 1877 pistols. Never again.
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Not bad at all Jimbo! Looks like an old Colt with a "Fast first look". Probably someone's cowboy action gun that they antiqued as I can't see a modern revolver getting that much finish wear.--6
For a while Uberti offered an "antique" finish that looked very much like that. I believe some Cowboy Action shooters wanted a gun that looked well-worn, like a gun that had been rode hard and put up wet by some cowhand for years on the range. Personally, I always felt that real cowboys were probably delighted to get a shiny, brand-new gun -- and then put the wear on it themselves.
M. M. Wright wrote: ↑Thu Apr 04, 2019 11:50 pm
I'm glad you got that old reprobate running again JimT. I just have a terrible time not trying to salvage every old SAA I come across. The last few years I've managed to contain myself to Colts although I have tackled a couple of 1877 pistols. Never again.
I know how you feel. I have salvaged a couple SAA Colts and love doing it.
gamekeeper wrote: ↑Thu Apr 04, 2019 12:47 pm
Nice job, I can never understand how anyone can let a gun get in such a condition, I even cringe when I see guns thrown on the ground in movies..
Every time my father sees the Lone Ranger throw his Colt's on the ground he gripes about it.
JimT wrote: ↑Thu Apr 04, 2019 12:25 pm
Awhile back I picked up an old Uberti .45 Colt. It had been rode hard and put away wet. The bore is pretty well pitted. It was missing a hammer and some internal parts.
I have a few single action parts on hand and eventually found a hammer that worked, though I did have to fit it to the Uberti frame. But it is now timed and running pretty smoothly.
I am gonna play with it a bit before I pass it along. I enjoy getting the old ones going again.
I think it's got great character Jim! Just looks like a working gun that saw a lot more use than we expect from a newer Uberti. But something about it appeals to me anyway!
marlinman93 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2019 9:01 am
I think it's got great character Jim! Just looks like a working gun that saw a lot more use than we expect from a newer Uberti. But something about it appeals to me anyway!
Yeah. Me too. I like the looks of a gun that hasn't spent it's life not being used and kept in a protected environment.
I like the looks of a gun that hasn't spent it's life not being used and kept in a protected environment.