Single Action question... Re-barreling?

[BoneDigger]

I saw an interesting gun at thye local shop today. It's a single action chambered for the .45LC and it's barrel was marked as a Colt barrel. The rest of the gun was a Uberti or some other Italian clone. Is this common?

Todd

 

[Majic]

Was the word Colt part of the name of the chambering?

 

[Jim Watson]

Yes, does it just say ".45 Colt" which is just the caliber and cartridge or does it say "Colt's Pt.F.A. Mfg Co. Hartford, Ct. USA? If the latter, it is a real Colt barrel on an Italian frame. Some clones use Colt 1st and 2nd generation threads.

 

[rcmodel]

I have a Uberti .45 LC I rebuilt that is now a .32-20.
(UberColt, or ColtBert?)



A first or second generation Colt barrel has the exact same threads.
A first or second generation Colt cylinder will drop right in.

Third gen. Colt SA parts will not fit a Uberti frame.

Of course, the problem is that a good Colt barrel & cylinder is worth way more then a whole Uberto SA to begin with!


rcmodel

 

[rcmodel]

What?


rcmodel

 

[Old Fuff]

Da.......

Is it too much to inquire what (or which) Single Action you have in mind?

For example, they don't all have the same barrel thread...

 

[rcmodel]

It was a blank thread, now it appears to have moved to this thread.

Old fuff & I aren't completely crazy yet, are we?
Or just talking to ourselves?


rcmodel

 

[Old Fuff]

Da...

Well O.K.

Now you see it, then you don't...

Anyway, at one time (and maybe now) EMF was selling 7 1/2"-.44 Special Colt barrels, which they pointed out would fit their current Italian import Single Action. While fitting a Colt barrel to a revolver made by someone else isn't usually illegal, it can become so quickly if a seller represents the gun to be a genuine Colt.

In another case of obvious fraud that I'm aware of an individual screwed a Remington barrel (with the correct markings) into an Italian New Army reproduction and sold it to a less-then-knowledgeable buyer as the real thing. Such folks should be given an opportunity to spend some time in the Graybar Hotel.

 

[BoneDigger]

Sorry for the late reply guys. I've been away from the computer for a few hours. The barrel did say Colt Manufacturing Co. hartford Connecticut, or something along those lines. Yes, it was a .45 Colt gun, but the barrel was specifically marked as a Colt mnfg barrel. I was just wondering if this is a strange combination.

The gun shop said exactly what Old Fluff just stated, that they thought the seller was trying to pull a fast one by passing it off as a real Colt. They were asking $185 for the gun since it was a hodge podge of parts. The action was actually pretty smooth for a Uberti (or similar).

Todd

 

[TallPine]

Maybe it used to belong to Johnny Cash, and he got it one piece at a time