The '62 is a tiny gun....

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Since the wife bought a puppy, I bought a Uberti '62, and still got in trouble, and the '62 didn't cost anywhere near, not even close, to the price of a puppy. Go figure.

This thing is miniscule. The '60 totally dwarfs it. !!!

There it is next to my 1860, I didn't realize how small the '62 is. Not complaining, I wanted a much lighter .36 for times when I'm trying to minimize weight, and don't really need the power of the 1860 or the Remington Navy. Kind of like when you might carry a .22LR, instead of the .357. And, I don't think a hungry and bold wolf will like getting shot with it. That's the plan anyhow, as long as she proves to be small-game capable. To my mind, that's a tight group at 15 yards, or hitting a pop can at that distance consistently. When in the woods, that's the average distance that I see grouse or rabbits on the ground.

It sure is a beautiful pistola, with the 1860 type barrel, and the heavily fluted cylinder. Hardly any visible markings on it. She's very pretty. And tiny. Can't get over how small it is, have never handled one before. I may call it "Mighty Mite" if she proves worthy. :)
 
Absolutely stunning.

There are some people who really dislike this gun. I really don't know why. These things are a gem when they are in working order.

The one I handled, a current production model had timing problems and a loose wedge as well as cylinder binding against the forcing cone when the wedge was pushed all the way in. The fit of the arbor and cylinder was a little more loose than other cap and ball guns but in my opinion still within acceptable tolerances. The timing problems most likely was fixed by shortening the hand a small bit with a file, but in order to fix the loose wedge and cylinder binding problem, the arbor needed bottoming out after which all the problems went away and everything improved. A little work was done on the hammer mounted locking latch cam and the leg of the locking latch to smooth things out a little more. Now it all looks, works, and feels normal.

Fixing the arbor first before moving on to anything else is in my opinion the way to go. I have not fired it so I can't comment on whether it's prone to cap jams or not.

I think these represent Colt's vision of what his goals were in making cap and ball revolvers. That was to make a small, lightweight, practical and useful revolver. I would guess due to the booming sales of his earlier anemic pocket .31 that the boat anchor guns were not the first choice of most people.
 
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Thanks. Yeah, what is there not to like? Perhaps some don't like it because it's not a 1861, or an 1860....but it's not supposed to be.

It's funny, the Uberti's are really beautiful, really finished nice, but it does seem they all come with some timing or other issues. It does seem like working the action over and tuning is a must, I can't imagine just taking one out of the box and shooting it. This one I got certainly needs some minor "attention".

One real positive is that they (the 1862's) seem to have in common is great accuracy, which is important to me. As mentioned, the purpose of this revolver, for me, is a small game gun in a wilderness survival situation, but light weight. Rabbits, grouse, or squirrels at 15 yards. And, and again, it should have enough poop to discourage an aggressive wolf with a ball or two, if the rifle is leaning up against a tree twenty feet away. !!!! :) My Remington Navy will certainly out perform the '62, and do all them things better, but at almost twice the weight. Will just depend on the "mission", and what long-gun I'm packing.
 
I believe that may be the best of the Colt percussion revolvers. It certainly is one of my favorites, and while it is small by percussion standards, I find that they handle more like modern revolvers than do any of the previous designs. I have had terrible luck with repros, though. It seems to me they tend to need more work out of the box than the more common models, and I am not surprised that you have some work to do. It will be a wonderful gun for you, though!
 
Until the Italians decide to make a repro of the Remington New Model Police, the 62 repros are the only .36 caliber percussion revolvers worth buying. I have the Pietta steel frame 51 Navy in .36 and the gun feels like a brick and shoots about as good as one too. I think I'm more accurate with a Hi Point.

The 62 is the perfect size and weight for a .36, even a .31 as it was built off the frame of the 49 Pocket.
 
What puzzles me is that making sure the pistols are timed right, and work right out of the box should not increase the price that much. I'm pretty sure people would be glad to pay an extra $100 to know the pistol is timed and tuned. I think it would be to Uberti's advantage to have that reputation. After a little research, is was obvious to me that the gun wasn't going to be ready to rock, right out of the box. Or perhaps a 50/50 chance. They spend quite a bit of time it seems on the bluing, fit and finish, but then neglect perfect functioning. ??

This one had a little over-rotation, and felt "gritty". So, I just got back from the garage, I just de-burred everything, polished all the moving surfaces, and now it feels "tuned", and the timing is perfect. There was nothing wrong with the hand, not too long, it seemed to be that the bolt just wasn't dropping soon enough, and that the bolt wasn't dropping all the way into the bolt-slot in the frame. Some burs or interference there. Anyhow, action functions and feels really great. Not like the Kid performed his magic on it, but pretty nice and way better than how it came out of the box!

Also put a tall silver front sight on it. Looks a little odd, but she's going to have to shoot point-of-aim, or she won't be of much use to me. On the other hand, it looks kind of cool, a heart-shaped deal that I got for my Bess a long time ago, but never used. And of course when I get it sighted in, it will get much smaller, kind of sticking up there into outer space right now.

I'm getting used to the feel of it, and really like it. First time I picked it up, felt so small and light compared to the Remington Navy and the 1860, felt so "different". But...small and light is what I wanted. !!! And she is light, came in/comes in at 25 ounces. Feather weight!
 
I have 3 2nd Gen pocket 36's, 2 Navies and a police along with an Uberti pocket Police. One Navy was Goonerized and I put Treso nipples on the rest and they all shoot fine.
 
Thanks. I ordered the 11-50-305's, which since they come in a "five-pak", I'm assuming they "must" be for the '62. !!! Didn't realize until yesterday when I was working on the pistol, that it has tiny "windows" on the cylinder, of which my nipple wrench would not fit. ! Strange but the nipples were all loose, so I was able to remove then with a "tiny" screwdriver. Then re-install with a "tiny" nail which fit in the nipple-hole. Whole lot of tiny going on here. As the nipples are not in there snug (never tight) I'll be waiting on the new nipples and nipple wrench before I get to shoot it.

The '62 feels better in the hand all the time, but now my 1860 feels like a Dragoon. !!!!
 
Ugly Sauce

Look at it this way your wife's puppy will someday grow up to be a dog and cost you lots of money (doggy maintenance, vet bills, dog food, etc.), whereas your Model 1862 will never grow up to be a Model 1860, be lots of fun to play with (and being a .36 caliber be more economical to shoot), and still be worth something if you ever decide to sell it.

I think you definitely came out ahead with this round!
 
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Ugly Sauce

Look at it this way your wife's puppy will someday grow up to be a dog and cost you lots of money (doggy maintenance, vet bills, dog food, etc.), whereas your Model 1862 will never grow up to be a Model 1860, be lots of fun to play with (and being a .36 caliber be more economical to shoot), and still be worth something if you ever decide to sell it.

I think you definitely came out ahead with this round!
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Not to mention, it doesn't poop in the house, it's bite is worse than it's bark, only barks when I want it to speak, don't have to feed it as much, or every day, doesn't need shots, but has shots, only walk it when I want to. And it will outlive me, so I don't have to watch something I love die. Yep I came out ahead, just had to take a beating, until my morale improved. ;)
 
Nice - you need to put some mmdka away for when the next bug bites so you dont have to take the beating.

The 62 Police with 4.5 barrel is on my short list, been looking but lately out of stock everywhere I have looked.

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When I was looking around lately, seemed like some had the 4.5", but out of the 5.5" which I was looking for. ? I couldn't find a 5.5" until Articap directed me to "The Gun Works". They had that sucker at my door in three days, and one day earlier than what tracking said.

Well, apparently the problem wasn't money, it was the "we didn't discuss it" factor. !! Women. But I do long for the days when one actually got one's check at work, went to the bank, took out whatever one wanted, and deposited the rest.
 
Yeah, I get the we didnt discuss it thing occasionally also, but it is usually a bit more emphasized when it comes with a large withdrawal :)

I found a 6.5" but nothing shorter, I would be ok with the 5.5 too Ill check the gun works.
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I kind of think the 5.5" looks nice, or "best" and gives me a little more sight radius than the 4.5" Could live with the 6.5", but really the 5.5" just looks "right" to me. Also kind of thought the rammer is getting a little on the short side on the 4.5", but I like to over-think things. The 4.5 looks great too, but the 6.5" looks a little too long to me, on such a small pistol. I really like 6" barrels on most any pistol, and almost all mine are in that range now. I think my longest pistol barrel at the moment is on my Lyman Plains Pistol, which is 8" or 9", I forget.
 
Cool pics. I like that silver back-strap. I did not know the '62 was made with the octagon barrel. ?? But it's only been on my radar recently.
 
TTv2 said:
Until the Italians decide to make a repro of the Remington New Model Police, the 62 repros are the only .36 caliber percussion revolvers worth buying. I have the Pietta steel frame 51 Navy in .36 and the gun feels like a brick and shoots about as good as one too. I think I'm more accurate with a Hi Point.

The 62 is the perfect size and weight for a .36, even a .31 as it was built off the frame of the 49 Pocket.
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A while back someone posted a picture of an original Remington 36 New Police and it sure made me want one. It was the perfect size for the caliber. Sort of like how a 32 mag is the perfect size for a Ruger Single Six revolver.
 
The last picture of the 1862 Police and both of the Navies are 2nd Gen colts and have silver plated grip frames. The other Police is an Uberti I picked up somewhere.
 
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