My long awaited Uberti '71 Open Top in .38 Spl. arrived yesterday, along with an 'as new' Uberti/Cimarron '51 Navy conversion, also in .38 Spl.; both with 7-1/2" barrels.
It was 18*F/-6*C and the roads were icey, but I had to go shooting .....
First up was the '71 and it put 10 rds into 3" at 12 yds, Duellist-style, 3" high of the POA. Perfect! Then I fired 15 rds at the 50 yd 10"x12" gong with both hands, using a centre hold and hitting every time! Load was 3.5 Red Dot/158 SWC. That's minute-of-steel Cowboy and more I couldn't reasonably expect.
The Uberti/Cimmaron '51 was a disappointment. A previous owner had lightened the hammer spring to the point where 3 out of 5 rds failed to fire. Hits were dead centre on the primer, but too light to ignite. Primers were Winchester small pistol, not Federal.
I'm going to order a new hammer spring, but in the meantime, is there something I can do to re-tension the old spring?
The two rds that did fire did not print anywhere near POA and I suspect that had something to do with less than ideal ignition due to the light hammer fall. Am I right?