Finally, A Single Action Revolver

Congrats on getting your Uberti. It's a good quality single action and you will enjoy it.

I can't remember right now what the name of the gunshop was, but it was within this past year, and he also had them on gunbroker. He was (and may be still) selling Uberti single actions "MILLENNIUM" finish (matte black) in both .45 colt and .357 magnum. He had ordered them in bulk in both calibers and was selling them for $250.00 each. Which was a steal of a deal for brand new (or even used for that matter). I ordered two of them in .45 Colt and he even was nice enough to agree to provide my two with consecutive serial numbers. I told my cousin about it and he as well as several other friends I told about it also bought two each with consecutive serial numbers. You couldn't beat the quality at that price even though I'm not real nuts about the matte black millennium finish.

They have a supposed "safety" lock out where the cylinder pin can be positioned so that it precludes the hammer from going fully forward until you unlock and pull the cylinder pin forward to its normal position. I guess that system is better than no safety at all, and it would take a pretty hard drop blow on the hammer to break the spring loaded pin holding the cylinder pin in position so the hammer could go forward for an accidental discharge, but I don't use it unless I'm storing the revolver (then I use it) and still out of habit (from the Colt I used to have) just load five and keep the chamber under the hammer empty. Plus if you needed to use the revolver quickly, that cylinder pin safety would take too much time to disengage. But I guess it would be good to have if someone didn't have a safe and had kids around because if a young kid got ahold of it and didn't know how to disengage it, he couldn't shoot it. Otherwise, although it works, it's time consuming to disengage and pretty silly for a "safety". I'd call it more of a "child prevention lock out" moreso than a "safety".

Also without using that cylinder pin safety, with the Uberti you can also pull the hammer back less than 1/4 of an inch and it will stay retracted in that position, but a hard drop blow on the hammer could overcome that and discharge it. So there's no real safety other than to load five rounds and keep the chamber under the hammer empty.

Anybody here remember what the name of that gun shop was and if he is still selling them for that price? That was a heck of a deal for anyone who wanted an Uberti single action in .45 colt or .357.


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Ray Tanner was selling the Uberti Hombre for $250 each but those have been gone for some time. A friend of mine started shooting cowboy about three years ago and I steered him to Tanner's ad on Gunbroker; he bought a pair in .45 Colt. He's been through three rifles and three or four shotguns but he's still shooting the same revolvers. He broke a flat spring in one, replaced it in about 30 minutes.

His had the "two position" base pin that could be pushed back to act as a hammer block. Once in a match he accidentally engaged the "safety" and took five pistol misses. He replaced them with standard base pins.

If I had the extra cash I would have bought a couple of these revolvers as loaners. Oh, well.
 
The first time I got a click instead of a bang I ground the cylinder pin on mine down to where it can't engage. It looks like its supposed to now.

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Thanks Crunchy Frog for recalling my memory on that. Ray Tanner, that's him, of Tanners Gun And Sports Center, in Jamison Pennsylvania. You helped me remember. The guns were called the Uberti "hombre" and were in the "millenium" finish which was a matte black.

Ray was very nice and he was happy to sell me, my cousin and several of my friends his Uberti's with consecutive serial numbers. I don't shoot them as much as I shoot my S&W 1917's but I couldn't pass on a deal like that on two in .45 colt with consecutive serial numbers to boot. Sorry you missed out on getting in on that deal Crunchy Frog.



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I already had a pair of Rugers when I first heard about the deal on the Hombres so I'm good. Those were good deals while they lasted, for sure.
 
Joe .... you've had your new SA a few days now .... So .... How does it SHOOT :D :p . Impatiently waiting for your range report :) . I got out today a put quite a few .22 and .45 Colt downrange with a Single Six and one of my Ruger medium frame Flattops. Was good 'medicine' to a long work week and a nice afternoon for shoot'n!
 
Well, no ammo to run through it just yet. I ordered some 250gr LRNFP from Georgia Arms last night (500 rounds for $265 + shipping) but I don't know when I'll get it.
 
I've had a pair of the Cimarron Arms old style (1896-1940) frame SAAs in .45 Colt. I shot them a lot when I was into CAS and they both had trigger jobs to slick them up a bit. The only way to shoot a lot of those big cowboy calibers is to reload (unless you're rich). They've held up even better than I'd hoped.

I like the original style SAAs far more than the Ruger copies (which aren't even copies other than some styling cues. But when I got started with CAS I wanted to shoot guns as they shot them in the old days. My compromise was the second gen frame. Supposedly a bit stronger.

I never carry a round under the hammer and it was flat out not allowed at any of our matches - five rounds with an empty chamber under the hammer.
 
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