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Uberti VS. Pietta -Video
45 Dragoon:
--- Quote from: Tronicst1 on January 11, 2024, 10:18:31 AM ---#1 I have an Uberti Dalton in 45 Colt that has a frame on it that looks to be on the slim side but this may be due to the Forging of the frame
making a thicker frame unnecessary.
#2 if your frame is bent what does your cylinder look like.
#3 If you stopped and hesitated after the first +P round got your attention and decided to continue with more +P rounds then I am glad that I
don't stand anywhere near you when you shoot your guns.
#4 if the manual doesn't inform you that you can shoot +P ammunition then why would you shoot it. A manual doesn't have to say " DO NOT USE +P AMMUNITION "
If the Manufacturer doesn't want you to use it. You are supposed to be smart enough to do that for yourself
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Good lord!!! I didn't say it was a pretzel !!!! The frame was moved enough to remove enough headspace to not allow the 45C cyl to move a round into battery. Had I not changed cylinders, I probably wouldn't have even noticed until more, if any, movement occurred with more acp / acp +p ammo fired.
So,
1. Maybe, Mr. Pearce specifically said Uberti's made from 1990 to date.
2. The cylinder is just fine.
3. The context was - if I should shoot that ammo in the converted '60 , not whether I should continue firing in the Pietta '73. (really? See my opening paragraph. )
4. As I stated, if a firearm has a safety margin of 2,000 psi being a "go" / " no go" I'd think the manufacturer wouldn't be around very long. Especially if the norm operating pressure is 21,000 . . .
You wouldn't be one of those risky Ruger folks shooting reloads would ya? The manual says not to . . . Wonder what DA found out you could . . .
Mike
Coffinmaker:
:) Tee Hee Hee ;)
Nope. I are not one of those scofflaws shooting reloads thru a Ruger. At least, not any more. I got too old to go traipsing thru the bushes, over hill and over dale hunting the elusive lunch meat. I did at one time though, shoot those nasty reloads in my Ruger. Totally ignored the manufacturers warnings I did.
Thru a Chrono owned by a friend, my 265Gr, Cast, Keith Type Semi-Wadcutters were scooting along about 1580 FPS. It were not fun to shoot, even with oversized stocks. I still have the oversized stocks.
PS: I twern't as metallurgically learned and knowledgable as I are now neither. I certainly wouldn't do it again.
Oregon Bill:
Fun discussion fellers. I have been re-reading Pearce on the Uberti SAA strengths recently. Thinking about their Model P, but in .44 Special.
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Cholla Hill Tirador:
--- Quote from: Oregon Bill on January 14, 2024, 11:10:00 AM ---Fun discussion fellers. I have been re-reading Pearce on the Uberti SAA strengths recently. Thinking about their Model P, but in .44 Special.
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I have one of those very .44 Special's in 5 1/2". It came with the tiny v rear sight groove and the tapered front sight. An acquaintance who owns a machine shop milled the groove to .125" in width and a local 'smith charged me $25 to solder a new .10" thick front sight on. MUCH better , and much easier for my 60 year old eyes to see!
It's a darn good shooting revolver too!
Oregon Bill:
Cholla, those sight modifications sound like just the ticket, as my eyes are a decade older than yours. I ordered the "prewar" Second Generation Uberti/Cimarron with the transverse cylinder pin latch and the medallions in the grips, barrel 4 3/4. While I was at it I ordered supplies to load some .44 Russian seeing that Starline brass in that caliber is currently available. I am well fixed with .44 Special dies and brass.
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