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Are you sure that the ramrod is original to the gun? Jason

Looks great! Jason

So, how do you secure the shim in the bottom of the barrel? I started with the shim-in-the-barrel approach, but couldn't figure out how to keep it in place. Jason

Indeed it is common knowledge that the Ubertis have short arbors. Here's my fix to the short-arbor problem.

If anyone is interested, the subject presentation case is up for auction on eBay with a starting bid of USD 50. Jason

Thank you. I did indeed think about covering the dividers with material and making a seal-strip but was concerned I wouldn't be able to trim the material precisely enough. Following is a picture of a real Colt and presentation case with the dividers covered with a blue felt-like material, which...

Thank you all so much for the compliments! Jason

We've had quite a few rainy days here recently in Houston, Texas which has forced me to seek indoor activities. So, I built a wooden storage case for three of my torque wrenches and then I built a wall cabinet that holds ten sets of steel-point darts and also serves as a beverage shelf...

Is the article in the November/December issue of Backwoodsman, or...?

Do you have a link that particular article?

Indeed, the arbor on Uberti Walkers has proven to be too short in many instances. There are two ways to fix the problem: make the arbor hole shallower, or make the arbor longer. I decided on the later and used my little 110V MIG welder to build up the end of the arbor to a length greater than...

Me too. It's not right in my mind. Jason

Ubertis typically come with an arbor hole that is too deep. Even if you think that the arbor is bottoming out in the hole in the barrel, it's probably not. Instead, the end of the arbor probably jammed toward the bottom of the arbor hole without bottoming out. Measure the depth of the hole and...

Thank you for the explanation. So for the above example (41-13/16") it would be equivalent to a 13.3" diameter, which is pretty tight considering the distance?

So what does the string measurement technique mean?