Bob Wright
Hawkeye
Just for fun, I ordered one of these Open Top revolvers from Cimarron, made by Uberti. The gun came in last week, and Saturday I took the gun to the range. The gun:
The gun is beautifully fitted and finished. Its a handsome little revolver, all parts well match polished, blue is deep and lustrous, case hardening is very colorful. The trigger pull is crisp and goes at most three pounds, maybe less. The grips are colorful walnut, that red color Uberti fancies so much. The gun is a trifle heavy, surprisingly so, this due to the lug under the barrel adding the weight. A little muzzle heavy, but that to my liking. There is only two hammer positions, half cock/loading notch, and full cock. there is a screw on the hammer that activates a hammer block in the face of the hammer, a dang nigh useless device, in my opinion. But it gets the gun into the country.
Indexing the cylinder is easy, using the traditional method of loading five rounds. The lack of the top strap makes checking the empty chamber location very easy, as case rims are clearly visible. The ejector rod takes some getting used to, as you have to swing the ejector rod head around from the left side to the right side of the gun before pushing rearward. The rod is sturdy, that's for sure.
Sights are nigh impossible for me, the tiny "V" notch rear and the inverted "V" front are hard to line up. And sights are not regulated, at least for my loads.
The .38 Specials just sort of make the gun hop slightly when fired. Hopefully I'll settle on a load and then adjust those sights to hit where I'm aiming. Y'all know how I dislike Kentucky windage!
And, just for drools, my two Cimarrons, the Open Top, and a .44 Special:
Bob Wright
P.S. I know they are not Rugers, but they are Single Actions!
The gun is beautifully fitted and finished. Its a handsome little revolver, all parts well match polished, blue is deep and lustrous, case hardening is very colorful. The trigger pull is crisp and goes at most three pounds, maybe less. The grips are colorful walnut, that red color Uberti fancies so much. The gun is a trifle heavy, surprisingly so, this due to the lug under the barrel adding the weight. A little muzzle heavy, but that to my liking. There is only two hammer positions, half cock/loading notch, and full cock. there is a screw on the hammer that activates a hammer block in the face of the hammer, a dang nigh useless device, in my opinion. But it gets the gun into the country.
Indexing the cylinder is easy, using the traditional method of loading five rounds. The lack of the top strap makes checking the empty chamber location very easy, as case rims are clearly visible. The ejector rod takes some getting used to, as you have to swing the ejector rod head around from the left side to the right side of the gun before pushing rearward. The rod is sturdy, that's for sure.
Sights are nigh impossible for me, the tiny "V" notch rear and the inverted "V" front are hard to line up. And sights are not regulated, at least for my loads.
The .38 Specials just sort of make the gun hop slightly when fired. Hopefully I'll settle on a load and then adjust those sights to hit where I'm aiming. Y'all know how I dislike Kentucky windage!
And, just for drools, my two Cimarrons, the Open Top, and a .44 Special:
Bob Wright
P.S. I know they are not Rugers, but they are Single Actions!
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