I have a really nice Uberti, 8" barreled '58 NA Rem. in .44 caliber I got for a wedding anniversary gift from my wife back in '03. I still have the invoice in the original box, and with shipping back then, the cost was $183 bucks (from Midway). I don't shoot it much at all, but from time to time I just take it out of the drawer and mess with it because it's such a nice piece. I usually have it in my lap when watching, "Gettysburg." I do need to blow the cobwebs out one of these days...
I don't know a whole lot about perc. revolvers, but I do know this piece I have is a wonderful thing. Everything on it, mechanically speaking, when cocking it is nice, crisp and solid. The timing, lock-up and trigger pull, out of the box, is superb. Yup, it shoots really well, too. There's one thing though, and it's the barrel alignment. It looks as though it needs to be turned to the right just shy of a 16th of an inch; very little, indeed. Everyone I've shown and pointed this out to, agrees with what I just mentioned here as far as the alignment thing.
so,
My question is, does this barrel have left or right hand threads? Seems obvious that truing up the barrel to the frame correctly would be either tightening or loosening the threads. If tightening (right hand), would this cause a concern with the forcing cone and cylinder gap? The gap at present is very slight, and I haven't done any measurement with a feeler guage. Again, it hasn't been shot much at all; less than 100 times for sure. I know I could just bump the front sight dovetail to bring it center, but it still bugs me that it's out of alignment. When I sight down the barrel, I always see it, and only because I know it's there. Most anyone else probably wouldn't even notice.
And, if it's threaded left-hand, it would be loosening the threads a bit. Maybe not enough to matter, but was wondering nonetheless. "Righty-tighty, lefty-loosey" is in question for me on this one. If and when I actually do address the issue, I'd have my go-to gunsmith guy do the work. Yeah, I suppose I could just ask him what I'm askin ya'll, but maybe there's somebody else out in TFL black-powder country and wondering the same thing. I do appreciate any comments here.
Thanks a bunch
I don't know a whole lot about perc. revolvers, but I do know this piece I have is a wonderful thing. Everything on it, mechanically speaking, when cocking it is nice, crisp and solid. The timing, lock-up and trigger pull, out of the box, is superb. Yup, it shoots really well, too. There's one thing though, and it's the barrel alignment. It looks as though it needs to be turned to the right just shy of a 16th of an inch; very little, indeed. Everyone I've shown and pointed this out to, agrees with what I just mentioned here as far as the alignment thing.
so,
My question is, does this barrel have left or right hand threads? Seems obvious that truing up the barrel to the frame correctly would be either tightening or loosening the threads. If tightening (right hand), would this cause a concern with the forcing cone and cylinder gap? The gap at present is very slight, and I haven't done any measurement with a feeler guage. Again, it hasn't been shot much at all; less than 100 times for sure. I know I could just bump the front sight dovetail to bring it center, but it still bugs me that it's out of alignment. When I sight down the barrel, I always see it, and only because I know it's there. Most anyone else probably wouldn't even notice.
And, if it's threaded left-hand, it would be loosening the threads a bit. Maybe not enough to matter, but was wondering nonetheless. "Righty-tighty, lefty-loosey" is in question for me on this one. If and when I actually do address the issue, I'd have my go-to gunsmith guy do the work. Yeah, I suppose I could just ask him what I'm askin ya'll, but maybe there's somebody else out in TFL black-powder country and wondering the same thing. I do appreciate any comments here.
Thanks a bunch