I have a Cimarron Artillery Model SAA in .45 Colt, which is basically a Uberti Model P. This revolver has a problem, and I wondered if other Uberti owners have encountered the same difficulty.
The true Colt SAA has a bushing, called a recoil plate, in the frame where the frame-mounted firing pin enters a fitted hole and comes through the frame to strike the primer. On my revolver, however, there is no bushing but just a drilled hole in the frame. On two occasions, after about 40 rounds, the firing pin has pushed frame metal up to build a raised rim around the hole, which prevents the case rims from moving freely and jams the cylinder. The excellent gunsmith at Lock & Load in Edmonton has already machined the frame once in 2003 to get rid of the raised metal, and I'll be taking the revolver to him again with this recurring problem.
Has anyone else run up against this problem? The revolver is otherwise excellent, and a real Colt SAA is way out of my price range.
All info appreciated!
The true Colt SAA has a bushing, called a recoil plate, in the frame where the frame-mounted firing pin enters a fitted hole and comes through the frame to strike the primer. On my revolver, however, there is no bushing but just a drilled hole in the frame. On two occasions, after about 40 rounds, the firing pin has pushed frame metal up to build a raised rim around the hole, which prevents the case rims from moving freely and jams the cylinder. The excellent gunsmith at Lock & Load in Edmonton has already machined the frame once in 2003 to get rid of the raised metal, and I'll be taking the revolver to him again with this recurring problem.
Has anyone else run up against this problem? The revolver is otherwise excellent, and a real Colt SAA is way out of my price range.
All info appreciated!
