This is a project I completed in August 2021. Maybe someone will be interested in reading about it?
I had purchased a used Uberti Cattleman II, birds head grip, 3.5" barrel, in .45 Colt. Looks like new, shoots great, but shoots low, as kind of expected.
I have some .45 ACP ammo that needs shooting up. I ordered a .45 ACP cylinder from VTI Parts. Very, very, prompt service. Cylinder didn't come close to fitting. Short story . . . removed .006 off of ratchets and .012 off of the cylinder pin. Used 360 sandpaper, on quarter inch piece of glass. The glass offered a very flat surface. Polished sanded surfaces with 800 grit. All sanding done with circular motions, switching grip on the pin and cylinder, often. I kept sanding, fitting, sanding, fitting, sanding, fitting, under I got fitment, to suit me. .004 cylinder to barrel gap and no cylinder end shake
Loaded six rounds of cartridges, with no binding when rotating the cylinder. Cold blued the sanded surfaces. I now have a .45 Colt/.45 ACP convertible revolver!
200 grain X-Treme bullets over 5.2 grains of HP-38 is accurate and has low recoil. I love this revolver. The .45 Colt cylinder is in the box. It will be a while before it is needed again!
The .45 Colt cylinder fit pretty good. I measured it, and then measured the new .45 AP cylinder. I did a little math and came up with the following:
I had to remove another .002 from the head of the cylinder pin. Bingo! Cylinder then closed nicely. Wound up with 004 cylinder to barrel gap and no cylinder end shake.
The first picture is of the .45 ACP cylinder and cylinder bushing, after fitting. The second picture is the revolver with the .45 ACP cylinder installed. The third picture is the revolver in a DeSantis cross draw holster.
I had purchased a used Uberti Cattleman II, birds head grip, 3.5" barrel, in .45 Colt. Looks like new, shoots great, but shoots low, as kind of expected.
I have some .45 ACP ammo that needs shooting up. I ordered a .45 ACP cylinder from VTI Parts. Very, very, prompt service. Cylinder didn't come close to fitting. Short story . . . removed .006 off of ratchets and .012 off of the cylinder pin. Used 360 sandpaper, on quarter inch piece of glass. The glass offered a very flat surface. Polished sanded surfaces with 800 grit. All sanding done with circular motions, switching grip on the pin and cylinder, often. I kept sanding, fitting, sanding, fitting, sanding, fitting, under I got fitment, to suit me. .004 cylinder to barrel gap and no cylinder end shake
Loaded six rounds of cartridges, with no binding when rotating the cylinder. Cold blued the sanded surfaces. I now have a .45 Colt/.45 ACP convertible revolver!
200 grain X-Treme bullets over 5.2 grains of HP-38 is accurate and has low recoil. I love this revolver. The .45 Colt cylinder is in the box. It will be a while before it is needed again!
The .45 Colt cylinder fit pretty good. I measured it, and then measured the new .45 AP cylinder. I did a little math and came up with the following:
I had to remove another .002 from the head of the cylinder pin. Bingo! Cylinder then closed nicely. Wound up with 004 cylinder to barrel gap and no cylinder end shake.
The first picture is of the .45 ACP cylinder and cylinder bushing, after fitting. The second picture is the revolver with the .45 ACP cylinder installed. The third picture is the revolver in a DeSantis cross draw holster.
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