What? Say it ain't so. I just bought a Cimarron/Uberti 1876 and wanted to use my Bertram brass in it. Why the heck does the Uberti have a diff chamber? And where the heck does one buy 45-75 Uberti
No worries!
The first time you shoot it, it will be "Uberti."
I
suspect that what we are seeing here is the same thing we see in all of these bottle necked Winchester cases. I have noted that my reloads look just like the original factory round, but once fired in my original 1876, they appear a bit different. ( Maybe a bit prettier!
) And yes,
if I don't FL resize the case, the capacity is greater! It is not the chamber - it is the nature of the beast!
For Example:
Check out the difference in these two 38WCF rounds" (Ok, I will get around to posting pics of 45-75 examples as well, but trust me, they show the same.
What we are dealing with here is a "familly" of cartridges that share common characteristics. )
The one on the right is a factory load. On the left is a reload. Note the difference! That is the way all 38WCF reloads look, unless you have a custom set of dies made to reset the shoulder like the factory round. (By the way, the same is true of the 44WCF.) Now, if one was not familiar with reloading for the 38WCF, you might conclude that the chamber was different.
In addition, if you check the case capacity, you will find the reload has a greater capacity.
The original chambers don't fireform to the same shape as the original load unfired. Why? Because the chamber in these calibers does NOT match the dimensions of the case. It is not a flaw, it is the way they are made.
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or those that may be interested, check out the article on the subject by Dave Scovill in
Rifle magazine's Legacy of Leverguns. I have no idea what Buffalo Arms is doing, but I am going to give them a call! Seech! This has been the story of these rifles since day one! It's not easy reconstructing a lost technology!
Let me be clear. I mean NO disrespect for anyone, but the purpose of this forum is to develop the knowledge base for the Model of 1876. Most of the folks who were truly knowledgeable are
dead! We are rebuilding a knowledge base. I would suggest that the
paradigm we are working with may not fit the mold we are accustomed to.
I am off the the New Mexico Championships tomorrow at first light! I really hate early mornings! God bless.