Well, I was able to pick up an Uberti '51 Navy London model as a Wedding Gift (the Missus is a wonderful young woman indeed). And man, I can see why folks held onto their Navies for so long. The gun balances well, points well, and is comfortable in my hands. I replaced the trigger/bolt spring with a wire spring, disassembled and cleaned the gun, smoothed out a few spots, made some BP lube, and waited patiently to take it to the range. Only issues is it is a pain to get that barrel off, but hopefully that'll get better with use.
Now I had ordered some slix-shot nipples, but they haven't arrived quite yet. I had originally planned on not shooting it until after I got those in, but I got impatient and took it to the range today on my lunch break. Loaded up the cylinder, smeared on some lube, capped the nipples, and took two shots. Dead on accurate, hit the target's sternum area (where I was pointing/aiming). Tried to cock the hammer, and discovered that a cap had fallen into the action and jammed it completely! I'll need to do a full disassembly tonight, as I didn't have my tools with me at the range. And now I've just found out that those new nipples are at home right now. If only I had been a bit more patient, today wouldn't have been such a tease.
Shame too, cause it is a heck of a gun.