Thanks to all who helped answer my questions in my other post. All VERY helpful info.
Well, my new toy arrived today and overall I'm pleased, the quality is a little less than I expected but not much.
Question #1 Are Uberti's visibily better quality than Pietta's or are they comparable?
Question #2 When in the half-cock position is the plunger supposed to line up with a chamber? Because on mine it is off by just a hair. The cylinder locks into position a little bit past where it needs to to let the plunger enter the chamber. (see Photo)
if I rotate the cylinder until it clicks, it's too far and won't back up, I have to go all the way around and turn it really slowly to a point just before it clicks, once it clicks it's too far, and this promises to be an area of frustration when loading because its right on the cusp of the click.
My question is this, would filing down the 'ratchet thing' (I don't know the proper name) that turns the cylinder and also prevents it from turning backwards in half cock, if I file that down a hair it seems the cylinder would line up with the plunger. (See Photo)
Would this have an adverse affect on the rotation of the cylinder when fully cocking?
Or is this a normal condition for this gun? It seems to be kind of an awkward design if it is a normal function.
Question #3
I think I'll order a conversion cylinder in the near future and I know that you are not supposed to load these guns with smokeless powder and I have seen .45 LC 'Cowboy ammo' in black powder and smokless. I have read that the smokless cowboy ammo is okay to fire in these guns as it is a lighter load than standard .45 LC therefore doesn't produce the higher pressures and is within the tolerances of the gun.
Is this correct? Is smokeless cowboy ammo okay to use in the conversion cylinder?
Question #4
This one I'm sure is a no brainer but I can't seem to find any clear instruction on this and the manual that came with the gun is pretty useless...'treat every gun as if it's loaded...yada yada...'never use smokless powder...yada yada, it is pretty lacking when it comes to specific info. Anyway, the balls that came in the starter kit have a small 'nub' on them. Now that nub must need to face certain way, i.e facing down (toward the powder) or up (facing out the barrel) but for the life of me I can't find any specifc info on this.
Which way does the nub go? (I'm sure there's a more technical term other than nub, but I don't know what it is). I appreciate your patience in giving this green horn some help.
I have owned guns my whole life but this is a new realm for me, I know now how a person who has never owned or fired a gun before feels around modern centerfire weapons..."uh, what's this do?"
Anyone with experience with any of these issuses please feel free to share your knowledge with a 'greenhorn' BP shooter.
Thanks again!
Steve
Well, my new toy arrived today and overall I'm pleased, the quality is a little less than I expected but not much.
Question #1 Are Uberti's visibily better quality than Pietta's or are they comparable?
Question #2 When in the half-cock position is the plunger supposed to line up with a chamber? Because on mine it is off by just a hair. The cylinder locks into position a little bit past where it needs to to let the plunger enter the chamber. (see Photo)
if I rotate the cylinder until it clicks, it's too far and won't back up, I have to go all the way around and turn it really slowly to a point just before it clicks, once it clicks it's too far, and this promises to be an area of frustration when loading because its right on the cusp of the click.
My question is this, would filing down the 'ratchet thing' (I don't know the proper name) that turns the cylinder and also prevents it from turning backwards in half cock, if I file that down a hair it seems the cylinder would line up with the plunger. (See Photo)
Would this have an adverse affect on the rotation of the cylinder when fully cocking?
Or is this a normal condition for this gun? It seems to be kind of an awkward design if it is a normal function.
Question #3
I think I'll order a conversion cylinder in the near future and I know that you are not supposed to load these guns with smokeless powder and I have seen .45 LC 'Cowboy ammo' in black powder and smokless. I have read that the smokless cowboy ammo is okay to fire in these guns as it is a lighter load than standard .45 LC therefore doesn't produce the higher pressures and is within the tolerances of the gun.
Is this correct? Is smokeless cowboy ammo okay to use in the conversion cylinder?
Question #4
This one I'm sure is a no brainer but I can't seem to find any clear instruction on this and the manual that came with the gun is pretty useless...'treat every gun as if it's loaded...yada yada...'never use smokless powder...yada yada, it is pretty lacking when it comes to specific info. Anyway, the balls that came in the starter kit have a small 'nub' on them. Now that nub must need to face certain way, i.e facing down (toward the powder) or up (facing out the barrel) but for the life of me I can't find any specifc info on this.
Which way does the nub go? (I'm sure there's a more technical term other than nub, but I don't know what it is). I appreciate your patience in giving this green horn some help.
I have owned guns my whole life but this is a new realm for me, I know now how a person who has never owned or fired a gun before feels around modern centerfire weapons..."uh, what's this do?"
Anyone with experience with any of these issuses please feel free to share your knowledge with a 'greenhorn' BP shooter.
Thanks again!
Steve
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