I picked up a used uberti 73 saddle gun in 44-40 about 2 years ago. I figured for the price I paid for it, my 1st question was - whats wrong with it? Anyway, I had to replace the extractor. Man what a pain that was. I try to do my own on things I have enough confidenance to do or try. After that, no problems.
So, I figured if the gun was good, why not make it better? I bought a short stroke kit for giggles and grins. It fit in with out much problems. Took it to the range and it worked just fine.
1st match, during the 3rd stage, it started jamming up on me like my rounds were loaded too long. So I switched to my 45 colt 73. When I got the rifle back to the garage, I found that fore some reason, the bolt wasnt retreating all the way back into the reciever and the elevator was hanging up on it. Took the rifle apart and put back in the original parts.
On my 7th match with it afterwards, and flawless function. So, my short stroke kit is in my spare parts bag.........