Ok, so this is probably a stupid question, but I have sent it to Uberti through their website 3 times and never heard back.
I bought a NIB Uberti Stallion a while back. I love the way it looks but I have not shot it yet because I am slightly worried about the timing. I bought the Uberti as an upgrade over a heritage rough rider because I wanted a nice single action revolver that would be nice enough to hand down one day. I told you all that to provide some context for my question. My concern may just be a slight difference in the function of the two revolvers but if it isn't then i don't want to wreck the gun.
On the Uberti, with the hammer at the second stop (loading position) the cylinder stops do not align with the ejector rod. On the rough rider, with the hammer in the second position, rotating the cylinder till there was an audible "click" would align one of the chambers to the ejector rod.
ON the Uberti I have to twist the cylinder and make sure to stop it just before it would make the "click" then I can eject rounds from the chamber. The ejector rod works, the casings come out so its not jamming or anything. However, compared to the rough rider its extremely easy to over rotate the cylinder while unloading, which then means you have to "go all the way around again" if you know what I mean.
I have tried watching videos of people shooting and loading the stallion to see if it seemed like they had the same issue but I just cannot tell. I have a cousin who has an heirloom nickle plated colt single action army in .45 colt. the chamber borings on that pistol are so large compared to the cylinder that stop postions don't even matter when loading and unloading because the rod is going to be pushing on some part of the casing. So we couldn't figure out if it was ok or not by looking at that gun either.
Is this just an annoyance or even another instance of the Uberti being more "authentic" than the rough rider or should I have a gunsmith look at it before shooting it?
Thanks for answering a novice question.
I bought a NIB Uberti Stallion a while back. I love the way it looks but I have not shot it yet because I am slightly worried about the timing. I bought the Uberti as an upgrade over a heritage rough rider because I wanted a nice single action revolver that would be nice enough to hand down one day. I told you all that to provide some context for my question. My concern may just be a slight difference in the function of the two revolvers but if it isn't then i don't want to wreck the gun.
On the Uberti, with the hammer at the second stop (loading position) the cylinder stops do not align with the ejector rod. On the rough rider, with the hammer in the second position, rotating the cylinder till there was an audible "click" would align one of the chambers to the ejector rod.
ON the Uberti I have to twist the cylinder and make sure to stop it just before it would make the "click" then I can eject rounds from the chamber. The ejector rod works, the casings come out so its not jamming or anything. However, compared to the rough rider its extremely easy to over rotate the cylinder while unloading, which then means you have to "go all the way around again" if you know what I mean.
I have tried watching videos of people shooting and loading the stallion to see if it seemed like they had the same issue but I just cannot tell. I have a cousin who has an heirloom nickle plated colt single action army in .45 colt. the chamber borings on that pistol are so large compared to the cylinder that stop postions don't even matter when loading and unloading because the rod is going to be pushing on some part of the casing. So we couldn't figure out if it was ok or not by looking at that gun either.
Is this just an annoyance or even another instance of the Uberti being more "authentic" than the rough rider or should I have a gunsmith look at it before shooting it?
Thanks for answering a novice question.