Hi folks

I own two Uberti made Remington 1858's. One black powder model from 1978 and a modern nitro conversion. Check out the pics I've linked to further down the post.

The 1978 one was owned by a relative of mine from new before I transferred it to my certificate a couple of years ago. It's had a busy life being shot about once a week for a good twenty years or so at least. It was cleaned and oiled between sessions, so he tells me!
The 2014 one is a brand new nitro conversion from Anvil Conversions. Apart from having a Nitro proofed cylider it's a stock Uberti 1858. I've put around 400 rounds through it in two years.
What you might find interesting is the difference in quality between a pre-CNC machine era Uberti and a modern one, - check the cylinder close-ups - and how little rifling is present on the old one.
To be fair the 1978 one has had a busy life and is thoroughly worn-out. It still shoots surprisingly well, considering it's condition. (Bit like me!) I'll be scrapping it for a new one at some point.

I was wondering if the shallow rifling was typical of Uberti's of this age? Or is it that mine is just plain worn out?

For interest I took some measurements with a Lyman dial caliper;

  • Black Powder cylinder chamber dimensions 0.445
  • Black Powder barrel dimensions 0.430 on the grooves, 0.437 on what's left of the the lands, best as I could measure
  • Nitro conversion cylinder chamber dimensions 0.447
  • Nitro conversion barrel dimensions 0.430 on the grooves, 0.455 on the lands.


I'm including a pic of a 0.457 ball I slugged the 1978 era barrel with, you can barely make out the rifling marks.

Anyway I though this might be interesting for someone. Maybe Tac can comment on the rifling question?

Thanks - Paul M.

And the pics ;
Two revolvers together
http://i633.photobucket.com/albums/u...psidisekhy.jpg
Barrel close-ups showing the rifling
http://i633.photobucket.com/albums/u...psfq8z8uf8.jpg
1978 Cylinder
http://i633.photobucket.com/albums/u...psv6oa6vaa.jpg
2014 Nitro conversion cylinder
http://i633.photobucket.com/albums/u...psgjirwb1p.jpg
Slugged 0.457 ball from the 1978 barrel
http://i633.photobucket.com/albums/u...psaaqt3yhs.jpg