Lotsa Arabs
We have a lot of Arabs here in SE Michigan, not sure if theyr'e the same kind. I do like their food though. One pastry shop in Dearborn, Shatillas, is known even in the Mid-East for its wonderful concoctions, minimum 5000 calories each.
I do have a gun problem, with a Uberti 1860 Colt. I had a similar problem years ago with a Ruger, a.k.a. Rooger on this forum. Not Bill's fault. Had some reloads I was very happy with, my Oh my they did shoot flat in silhouette matches. Then my SS .357 Blackhawk froze up, could not get cylinder to rotate. Disassembled, unloaded. . . then I thought some more about just how I had loaded those rounds. Yeah. Dissassembled all the cartridges next. Thats about when I realized that handloading smokless ammunition might not be my forte. Gun has worked just fine ever since, with factory whatever.
Now for the Uberti. Loaded moderately, shot quite high at 25 yds. Which is the convenient distance for me to shoot on Holy Tuesday. A little nervous about controlling that Dremel to cut the hammer notch/sight deeper, so thought I'd modify POI by increasing the load, forget exactly what but in the high 20's of FFFg Swiss. POI got better but the gun froze up, pretty much, had to rotate the cylinder by hand. No, the balls were not interfering, nor were cap fragments this problem. Home in my shop I saw little burs on each ratchet. Don't think Mr. Uberti put them there. I think the hand dug into the ratchet from recoil of the max loads I was using. Removed burrs, thought about it some more & put Uberti away. Unless I change something seems to me the same thing would happen again.
Don't know what to change.
Meanwhile, my SS ROA is a pleasure to shoot. 35 gr loads no problem & the odd cap fragment that gets caught is only a minor nuisance.
Except.
Except, I do prefer the appearance of something more authentic, which for me is specifically an 1860 Army. If I can get it to shoot, I'd be inclined to doll it up with faux ivory grips as a Western gun. Heard too much from Grampa about the Civil War & effects on his Dad to be seriously enthused about the military stuff.
Anyone have similar problems with their Colt replica seizing up under heavy loads? (Remingtons have a different style ratchet, might not have same problem)