Uberti Walker

[lukegilly13]

Anyone have any experience working with Uberti Walker's? I have one that is in perfect working order with one exception. When the cylinder is placed on the frame, the barrel will not go on entirely. Without the cylinder the barrel goes on perfectly and the wedge goes in effortlessly. With the cylinder in place, the barrel goes on fine, but then the wedge will not go in. There's a slight bit of clearance (a small gap) where the frame meets the barrel at the bottom (where the two small pegs insert into the frame).
I had it checked by a gun smith and the frame is not bent, wharped, nothing. It is almost as if the cylinder is too large for the gun. Has anyone ever had this problem?

The cylinder has some rough places on the face. It looks like someone either got rough with it pulling balls or they dropped it. Should a gunsmith be able to turn that cylinder and fix it if that is the problem?

[CMHouchins]

Re: Uberti Walker

Hello, without actually seeing it I am guessing. Did this problem just start occuring or did you buy it taken apart? While the cylinder could be turned down a bit on the overall length you would then have to worry about having to much of a gap between the barrel and the cylinder. Perhaps have someone with a lathe chuck up the cylinder and put a dial idicator on it to see if all the sides of the cylinder are true (all the same length). Do you know anyone with another Uberti Walker? You could try their cylinder in your revolver etc......... Or you could buy this one..........going to auction tonight ;)

[Curt Schmidt]

Re: Uberti Walker

Hallo!

It is hard to "diagnose" without gun in hand...

Have you tried sliding the cylinder onto the arbor with the trigger pulled and held back, and/or the hammer at half or full cock before adding the barrel?

Curt

[lukegilly13]

Re: Uberti Walker

Thank you guys for the reply. The gun was together when I got it and the wedge was all the way through. It came apart very easily.
I purchased the gun at a local gun shop. He had taken it as a trade-in on another piece. The cylinder was loaded. I brought it home, broke it down (as I have my '51 Navy 1000000 times) and pulled the balls. I cleaned it up a little and noticed that the cylinder had some marks on the face. It didn't make sense that pulling balls by hand somehow made the cylinder not fit back in correctly. That's why I wondered if there was some trick to getting the Walker back together different from the other colts.

I will try to find someone with a Walker and use their cylinder to see if it goes back together correctly (actually may take it to Bass Pro and put in a new one).

With the gun put together and the wedge half way in...two of the chambers feel tight. You can work the action and 4 stops feel good but two are noticebly tighter than the others. Again, it's strange that it did not feel this way in the shop.

Even with purchasing a new cylinder...I still have significanly less invested than a new one haha.

[lukegilly13]

Re: Uberti Walker

Okay. Can anyone recommend a good gunsmith for these? I took it to the guy locally that everyone recomends. He quickly went to work. He had several customers come in. He took my number and said he would call me when he was finished (within the next 2 hours). Four hours later I went by to see if he had been able to look at it. HE HANDED IT TO ME IN A BUCKET IN SEVERAL LITTLE PIECES. He told me that I was going to need two pieces one of which was a cylinder stop. This does not make sense because the action of the pistol worked GREAT! I think he got it appart and does not know how to put it back together. It looks as if he didn't put the spring in correctly and then forced the hammer back...maybe by tapping it with a hammer. Of course I did not pay the bill. However, at this point, I want someone I trust that knows their revolvers to look at it and tell me if it is salvageable. Any names/companies out there known for their abilities with revolvers?