Uberti cartridge cylinder soft as mush

obviously someone didnt know what a wedge pin was as they questioned it in a post.

But now you can see what a stripped out hammer and trigger look like. That more than likely was soft steel but other than the internal problems with the pistols, the first one shot extremely accurate.
 
Gander,

Nah,

It ain't called a "wedge pin", it is called a "wedge", period. It is wedge shaped, it is not pin shaped in any way.

It does look like your hammer and sear are both too hard, glassy. OR, you have and I don't accuse you of it, although IF I WANTED TO, I could jump all over your ass for abusing your, actually abused it. Slipshooting, in other words.
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If the pistol in question is under warranty, call and ask them to send you replacements. If it is out of warranty, you have to spend about 15 bucks.

Cheers,

George
 
its been 10+ years since i owned it. i kept those parts figuring i could somehow make them work on my cannon. I ended up using some else on it and threw this in the ammo box. The 3 replacements though were horrible right out of the box. Cabelas admitted that they have problems with this revolver but they still choose to sell it.
 
Okay, I will jump in here now, as I have a question to help with diagnosis.

Gander, terminology nothwithstanding, did you take the gun apart when you first got it and do anything with it or have somebody do a trigger job on it?

I'll admit, I had a problem with the 'stripping hammer' wondering what in the world that was, but the photo shows the half-cock notch broken off and the trigger bashed or broken.

You got this about ten years ago, and from Cabellas, which I think was selling Pietta's at that time. I got a Pietta Remington from them, which has mainspring issues still and tool marks on the gun. At the time, I was not impressed. It is why I have not ordered another Pietta.

Was your gun a Pietta? That might be the main problem right there.

On the other hand, word is that the new Pietta's are on a par with Uberti. I have not seen one yet to know the difference.

The Doc is out now. :cool:
 
I was questioning the stripped hammer (htf do you do that?), wedge pin???? and cylinder shaft?
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"wedge pin" is just called a "wedge"

"cylinder shaft", on a open top Colt it is called an "arbor", on a top strap revolver like a Remington it is called a "cylinder pin".

"stripped bolt". You can strip the threads off a bolt, but from the looks of your hammer and trigger I would say you broke the half cock notch and the trigger nose/sear. This happens from improper handling of the revolver, mainly lowering the hammer from half cock. When in half cock and you want to lower the hammer you need to go to full cock first, then lower the hammer. You hammer and trigger may have been brittle from improper heat treat.

Correct terminology helps.
 
Smith & Wesson didn't start heat treating for extra strength the cylinders on its .38 and .32 Hand Ejectors until the 1920 or so.

There are many that are still in daily, or near daily use (I have several).

As long as you don't push them with either hot hand loads or with +P ammo and stick with the original ballistics for the rounds they should last indefinitely.
 
yes it they were Pietta's. The half cock notch did break off a little. the trigger itself actually wore in sideways and that too did break a small potion off. Even the full cock on position wore in at an angle.

When i first got the pistol it took it apart and cleaned it. everything looked great until parts started to break within the first 3 weeks. Once cabelas sent me the replacment parts i had a great time with it until the barrel wedge started coming out again after each shot. I acutally bent it slightly but the next outing was worse as the shaft that the cylinder rotates on, was pinned to the frame. Well that tiny pin broke and i called cabelas for an replacement and they said that never should have broke and that i need to send it to them ASAP and they will get me an replacement pistol. They ended up sending me three.
 
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