Uberti Cattleman Feedback?

by Bob Hatfield , Monday, September 05, 2016, 06:40 (3004 days ago) @ Sarge

I have an Uberti Millenium in 45 Colt that I bought back in 2000 from Cabelas.

Here is my story. Gun shot left about 6 inches at 25 yards. So I bent the front sight back over to the left to correct. Looked like a banana. Should have rotated the barrel maybe. I should have not messed with the sight until I had several hundred rounds through it because the gun started shooting to the right so I bent it back straight and broke it off. So I soldered a new one back in the factory position and all was well except for buggering up the finish.

After a while my load of 8 grains of 231 and a 255 grain 3D RNFP (super accurate in my 45 guns) started battering the firing pin area on the breech (no bushing) to where primer material was flowing back into the firing pin hole locking the gun up. Had to help turn the cylinder sort of like a gobbed off percussion revolver LOL to shear the primer material to shoot the next shot.

So I had the firing pin hole tig welded up and tried to file it flat and couldn't. Had to grind it as the tig weld was harder than the file. Did a nice job. Had to drill a new firing pin hole in from the rear.

I reduced my standard 45 load down to 7.1 grains of 231.

Overall I am satisfied with the gun as the problems I had were ME and I only paid IIRC $219? in the year 2000 It still shoots great and timing is perfect. Looks a little worn though

Bob