James K2020
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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.
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.