Gunruner
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Hello Folks, Took my new Uberti[BU] 1858 Remington to the range yesterday. Found that 451 round balls are TOO small for the cylinder as they would fall in. Used 3F GOEX and loaded the first cylinder at home using my scale, 28 grains and 454 round ball. I had #10 and #11 Remington caps. The #10's fit perfect and the #11 wasn't far off. I used the #11's for several cylinders full and they stayed on and functioned 100% but I'd use #10 in the field. First 6 round group with the weighed 28 gr. charge was 5-6" low and windage was perfect. It grouped 2-2.5" at 25 yaerds from the bench! That's outstanding for any revolver, IMO. I'm cheap so I used a cartridge case that throws 30 gr.+- for the remainder of my shooting. The 30 gr. charge brought the group up to approx. 4" below POA and group spread to 3-4" but stayed perfectly centered. This revolver is very tight and I had to wipe clean between 12 shot runs as it really tightened up. I didn't use wads as I don't have any and used my homemade lube over the ball. My homemade is harder and thicker than crisco or bore butter. I was thinking of purchasing a conversion cylinder but with the $ I'd save I could shoot 1500+ round ball. This was my first time shooting a 1858 Uberti but I've shot the 1860 Colt Pietta copies alot. I think, just my opinion, that the Remington copy is harder to clean at home than the Colt type. That full frame requires alot of scrubbing to get all the nooks and crannies clean of the black soot. Anyway, I just wanted to give some info on the new(after 2002) Uberti; Forged frame, #10 sized nipples, light 3# trigger pull, 454 or larger diameter ball required, front sight dovetailed to adjust for windage although mine was perfect for me, dark black blueing with high polish and excellent fitted grips. This was a Taylors import that I picked up on Gunbroker NIB....................Mike