So I went to the Post Office (Uberti story)

And an older gentlemen received a package from Midway. He complained that it was a large box for just a trigger. The post office clerk laughed about it and apparently knew the old gent was a shooter.

I mailed my package and went to my car and the old gent was outside by his truck. We started talking and he's a life member of Whittington Center. Anyway, he told me he had a cap 'n ball Colt that had a brass bullet mould, caps, balls, almost one lb of holy black and two shoulder stocks (one for Colt, one for Remington) that he wanted to sell for $200. He said he wished he could find someone to buy it.

I volunteered immediately and he met me at school where we conducted the transaction out in the street.

The gun is missing the wedge screw, but that's no big deal. It's a round barrel, brass frame Colt 44. It came with a holster and he's supposed to bring me the brass bullet mould tomorrow. The gun will need to be modified so it can take the shoulder stock. That should be easy on the milling machine and I hope to be able to do it next year. I'll see if I can post pics later this week.

So here's the image

Here's the Uberti with the two (non-fitting) shoulder stocks, holster, bullet mould, ball, powder, caps, capper, reloading stand. Enjoy.

(Thank you Mal for the sticky that taught me how to post pics)

25schaefer - sure I'll trade, but only if it has a picatinny rail that was hand forged by you.

Michaels of Oregon made the spare nipples and the nipple wrench that are still in the plastic bags. The gun actually came with two other wrenches (so three in all) and they may be seen in the plastic box that has the power measure (a 45 ACP case with silver solder wire), balls, patching material? and the wrenches. The mould casts both conical and RB.

As to the holster, there's no markings that could be discerned.