Couldn't Help Myself, Again

James K2020

James K2020

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Costa Mesa, CA
I'm a sucker for western revolvers even if the Italian ones sometimes need extra attention. This Open Top Uberti appeared in my Proxibid search notifications, so I put in a reasonable bid of $550 and won. MSRP is $900+ if you can find one. Even after fees, shipping, and FFL transfer it still came in under $900.
I've never seen "The Cavalier" in person, only seen them on Taylor's website. It's still there but like most of their items, "out-of-stock-backorder" usually means you're not going to get one unless a retail outlet has it. Normally I'm not drawn to nickel but have a Cattleman in nickel and I really do like the looks. This one with the faux bison horn grips is pretty striking if a little girly.

Have to wait the good ole 10 days here in CA but did handle it yesterday and everything looked and operated nice. Tight, firm clicks, timing seemed correct, bolt hit the cylinder slot before hammer was fully cocked. This model is supposed to have some extra tuning and QA and it looks and feels like it. Looking forward to the range.

A couple of the auction pics.

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JamesK2020, great looking pistol. When you get it in hand try tapping the wedge in with a mallet and see if the cylinder gap closes up or even binds. If this happens the arbor is short and should be corrected. I am assuming this is made by Uberti. Taylors does do some tuning but I have yet to see one from Taylors that has had the arbor fixed. The arbor fix is relatively easy to fix if you haven't done it before.
 
Great love to see when somebody gets what interests them, I like the looks as well. secretly hating the "cooling off" period for you.
(at least it is shorter than the NFA processing time that I wind up in though, in a effort to be positive)
 
Just got exactly the same gun from a local shop; ended up swapping an older Richards/Mason conversion. These things are flat gorgeous.
Mine would periodically bind up, even before leaving the shop. It would cock smoothly, and then it wouldn't. Figured I could fix it, so I took it anyway.
After a really grand time getting the barrel off the arbor (a hardwood wedge driven between the cylinder face and the barrel assembly), and filing the arbor (yeah, I know, I should have run a drill up the barrel assembly), but it's now reassembled, not too tightly. Works great, feels great, looks beautiful. Puts a stupid look on my face, just picking it up.
Enjoy.
Moon
 
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