Been waiting for weeks to get out and shoot my Uberti 1861 Navy today.
I was surprised to find that it did not like .375 RB. They were much too small for it and did not shave off a ring of lead. In fact, one was partially retracted as I pulled up the loading lever. I'll have to find some .380 balls. Surprising because my 1862 Uberti pocket police does fine with .375.
I also encountered a few issues with the lock bolt engaging at half cock. No worries, I can fix that.
I won't report accuracy findings because I know the RB's were too small, and I didnt bother worrying about accuracy because of that. Great fun to shoot though, and a beautiful gun with low recoil.
I tried some Buffalo Bullets .375 conicals with it, and found that they were difficult to load because the loading recess in the barrel frame is so small it's hard to get them to seat straight. I have also found that with well fitting conicals that the pressure required on the loading lever is quite excessive in other guns. Not so with this one, which is another indication that the chambers are bored for .380.
Overall, it was somewhat disappointing, but these are all problems that are easy to solve and I am expecting the gun to shoot well. Besides that, I also had my 1871 Open Top .45 Colt with 250 gr big lube bullets and black powder cartridges and managed to to shoot a Gatorade bottle all over the place.
Great day overall!
I was surprised to find that it did not like .375 RB. They were much too small for it and did not shave off a ring of lead. In fact, one was partially retracted as I pulled up the loading lever. I'll have to find some .380 balls. Surprising because my 1862 Uberti pocket police does fine with .375.
I also encountered a few issues with the lock bolt engaging at half cock. No worries, I can fix that.
I won't report accuracy findings because I know the RB's were too small, and I didnt bother worrying about accuracy because of that. Great fun to shoot though, and a beautiful gun with low recoil.
I tried some Buffalo Bullets .375 conicals with it, and found that they were difficult to load because the loading recess in the barrel frame is so small it's hard to get them to seat straight. I have also found that with well fitting conicals that the pressure required on the loading lever is quite excessive in other guns. Not so with this one, which is another indication that the chambers are bored for .380.
Overall, it was somewhat disappointing, but these are all problems that are easy to solve and I am expecting the gun to shoot well. Besides that, I also had my 1871 Open Top .45 Colt with 250 gr big lube bullets and black powder cartridges and managed to to shoot a Gatorade bottle all over the place.
Great day overall!