Back in December I had been watching the 1849 Wells Fargo (Uberti) that was on sale for $233.00 & free shipping. When I saw that they were down to 3 left, I could not pass it up any longer.
I did not have high hopes for it to shoot great out of the box and I was not supprised. 2nd round, was a cap jam.I stopped right there.
I had success with the "penny" style cap rake that I put on my 1862 PP.
This time I used a real penny instead of the brass washer. I wasn't as afraid to take a grinding disk to one this time.
While test firing I kept getting some drag from the caps when the cylinder would rotate. So I took frame from my 1862 and put the barrel and cylinder on it. (BOTH have the same frames) Bam.. it shot perfect.
I took a small grinding stone and used the Dremmel to take some more off of the sheild.Wow with another big smile.
I forgot to mention. The nipples that came with it had to much taper and the #11 Remington caps were falling off. I took the TOW nipples off of the 1862 and put them on the 1849. THAT did the trick. Now I have a good shooter.
For me I use:
.330 round ball (I pour them myself using the 18 cavity mold but I only used the top cavities)
11 Grains Pyrodex
#11 Remington caps
Replaced the factory nipples with TOW 5.5.9mm part# PTC-PS.
Awhile back I took one of those 14 dollar loading tools and took the center stud out, used a small brass fitting to replace the original rod and this is what I used to load the 1849 Wells Fargo and the pocket Remington.
I have to thank J- Bar, for his original post.. that really helped reel me back in. I WAS REALLY dispointed with CAP JAMS... !!!
Life is good in Texas
I did not have high hopes for it to shoot great out of the box and I was not supprised. 2nd round, was a cap jam.I stopped right there.
I had success with the "penny" style cap rake that I put on my 1862 PP.
This time I used a real penny instead of the brass washer. I wasn't as afraid to take a grinding disk to one this time.
While test firing I kept getting some drag from the caps when the cylinder would rotate. So I took frame from my 1862 and put the barrel and cylinder on it. (BOTH have the same frames) Bam.. it shot perfect.
I took a small grinding stone and used the Dremmel to take some more off of the sheild.Wow with another big smile.
I forgot to mention. The nipples that came with it had to much taper and the #11 Remington caps were falling off. I took the TOW nipples off of the 1862 and put them on the 1849. THAT did the trick. Now I have a good shooter.
For me I use:
.330 round ball (I pour them myself using the 18 cavity mold but I only used the top cavities)
11 Grains Pyrodex
#11 Remington caps
Replaced the factory nipples with TOW 5.5.9mm part# PTC-PS.
Awhile back I took one of those 14 dollar loading tools and took the center stud out, used a small brass fitting to replace the original rod and this is what I used to load the 1849 Wells Fargo and the pocket Remington.
I have to thank J- Bar, for his original post.. that really helped reel me back in. I WAS REALLY dispointed with CAP JAMS... !!!
Life is good in Texas
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