Taylor & Company Uberti Cattleman SAA at the range

[David LaPell]

I got my Uberti .32-20 to the range yesterday, I found out that the tolerances are really tight, when I went to use Winchester factory ammo, some of them would bind up the cylinder. Not all of them, some of them. I tried some handloads, 115 grain Lyman cast SWC with a light load of 2400.
When I got home, I checked and found that Remington factory ammo seemed to work just fine except one or two. Then I checked out the Winchester rounds versus the cases that did work, the rim thickness between the two was .007-.010".
Still, the action on the Uberti is like glass, and it shoots to point of aim with my handloads. With some case selection, and buying Remington factory ammo I think, it should be fine.

 

[Heliman]

Very nice! I like the Uberti reproductions. Quality firearms at an attractive price.

Dave

 

[David LaPell]

I decided to further prove that if it was the gun or the case, and I went through a bag of brand new Winchester .32-20 brass and checked each and every one of them to see if they would work. I had one that would not let the cylinder rotate at all, so I took a picture of it with a case that would. You can see it on the left, and you can see how thick the rim is. No wonder it wouldn't work, again, a brand new case.

 

[Mus408]

Very nice revolver! Was it offered with Taylor's slicked up action?
I have on in .45 Colt with the Uberti action job and it is VERY sweet to shoot!

As far as the tight head space issue...I had same troubles with my Magnum Research BFR .45-70 revolver.
After talking with the tech guy he suggested I could take a sharp fine tooth file and carefully remove .005 from the back of the frame area or I could send it in and they would do same.
Being a toolmaker I did it myself and now it will run all .45-70 cases.
However yours being case hardened colored might be a problem.

 

[Beaver Creek]

About 20 years ago I bought some Remington 44-40 primed brass that was the same way. The cylinder would not rotate with about 80% of them. I was shooting a Vaquero.

 

[Cholo]

That simply looks like bad brass on the left.

 

[WendyZXZ]

That is a nice looking SA and fine shooting!