Would libraries have those catalogs?

Spencer cartridge availability in the 20th century update - Remington UMC 1911-1912 and 1918-1919 catalogs have 56-50, 56-52 and 56-56 cartridges for sale.  Winchester 1916 catalog has 56-50, 56-52 and 56-56 cartridges for sale.  Montgomery Ward 1918 and 1922 catalogs have no Spencer cartridges for sale.  I do not know anyone with a Sears catalog between 1916 to 1920 and I cannot justify buying an expensive original for work.

Hi Royce - nice looking flat top. I'm guessing you took that picture before upgrading (downgrading?    ) it to 4-clicks, right?  That's nice that you now have a .44 convertible.  I added a 44-40 cylinder to my 44 Spcl Thunderer to make a convertible as well.  Lucked out as it was a drop in fit.

      Greetings!

   Many Moons Ago, I used an RCBS .44 S&W American 3-Die Set, and an RCBS .44 American bullet Mould to make ".44Long CF" cartridges for my Frank Wesson Old Model single shot Rifle. I recall that the heel of the bullet was .419"/.420" diameter, and the bearing surface was .425"; another mould that I'd acquired from, I believe, OW Moulds, was about .435" in extremis. I do not recall the alloy, but it was probably wheelweight.
   The Ideal # 419180 Mould designed for the .44S&W American, strangely, wasn't a heeled bullet; it was the same diameter along its "bearing surface". This was noted by the author of an article chronicling the loading of BP .44 S&W American cartridges; he found that these bullets would more or less fall through the barrel. Why Ideal designed the bullet mould this way is, to me, paradoxical.

            M.T.Marfield
              10-08-24

I signed up years ago for emails from Antiqueguns.com - around +/- once a month I get an email from them listing their current auctions (or occasionally "buy me now' prices).  I've never bought anything from them but I just enjoy eyeballing all the old guns.  They do occasionally have '76's, although I just checked their site and none right now.

  thanks 

Not to defend lawyers, but it keeps being repeated that the Uberti Retractible firing pin was brought on by the lawyers....actually the GCA '68 mandates that imported revolvers must pass a drop test, where a hammer is set in it's "safe" position over a cartridge, and a weight, equal to the weight of the loaded revolver is dropped on the hammer from 3 feet ( I think).....if the revolver fires, it's denied importation, if it passes, they repeat it......the first 1871-72 Uberti was sent to ATF Technology for testing, when we got it back, it had passed, but the hammer spur was past vertical! They dropped the weight on it several times!

I have one of the newer guns, and yes I've replaced the hammer/trigger with more conventional parts. I never had a misfire, but did notice you could feel the sear trip and there was a lot of overtravel in the trigger, if you didn't keep pulling the trigger, it would have a light strike......it constantly was misfiring when my son used it, and I could easily duplicate it by stopping the trigger pull when the sear broke.....didn't let trigger go forward, just held it after the break. 

The Pocket Conversions, though you need a big pocket for that 6.5" barrel(!), have the retractable firing pin. My oldest son has one (cut back to 3.5"! ), it hasn't misfired but it still has quite a bit of overtravel....the firing pin system allows it to be a five shooter, instead of a four shooter. While mentioning that model, again thanks politicians and ATF as the little gun has to have the barrel length to make up enough "points" to be imported.

You could sell one to help cover the new OT, keep the other one and shoot it when the spirit moves you.....I love mine, but shoot the Colt pattern better.

Quote from: Johnny McCrae on October 08, 2024, 06:37:41 PMMy son was asked to take one of his companies planes out of harm's way. He flew my wife, myself and his family to Jasper, Alabama. This is the first time I've ever flown with him. He's one helluva good pilot. We will be safe and sound but I'm praying for my neighbors.
 

So very happy for you, you were starring right down the bore of a very big storm.
 
 

So I visited my local gunsmith shortly after making my last post. My Uberti now has the "four click" (unsafe according to lawyers) action and the firing pin is no longer retractable on the hammer. I take it to the range for the first time tomorrow. Oh and also while he was at it the gun now has a 44 Special cylinder fitted. It was previously a 44 WCF revolver - now it has both cylinders.

So it is now a little less safe but works like the old Model 1873's did.