Uberti Birshead

[ftlupton]

Thinking real hard about the Uberti Birdshead in .45 Colt with 3.5" barrel. Anybody have experience with one? I plan to reload but stay fairly mild, this is just for woods walkin and paper punchin! What loads do you use in similar gun?

[shaner]

i really liked mine i recently sold it to fund other  projects,  they shot great and are a ball to  plink around with ,

[Kal52]

Nice gun there!

I dont own the birds head, but I do have a cimarron lightning in .38, and am Planning on getting the thunderer in .45 as soon as I can get the cash.
 
I prefer the lightning grips, they are not rounded like a birds head, they have a ledge and contoured similar to an older smith or security six.

Check them out, I think uberti makes them for cimarron, I just think they feel better, should go and handle one.

Good luck

Dave

[44 Man]

I love the three and a half inch barrels!  But I do agree also that I like the 'thunderer' grips better.  I have not owned one, but I fully intend to at some point.  44 Man

[Howdy Schutem]

  I've had a 3 1/2" Uberti Thunderer in .45 Colt for several years, and it is one of my favorite handguns. I think the company called it the "New Thunderer" when it first came out in the 1990s, about the time I bought mine. I also held out for the checkered grips. The Birds head style grip, combined with the "ledge" as others have mentioned, plus the checkering all help to keep recoil down.
  I replaced the base pin with a Belt Mountain pin, and had a trusted local gunsmith do an action job that at the time cost $45. I ordered a custom El Paso Saddlery Cross Draw holster for it as well, something I probably could not afford to do today. The revolver shoots 255 grain Oregon Trail SWC bullets behind 7 grains of Unique into wonderful little groups.
  One day a few years back I landed belly down in a cold, cold stream near the Continental Divide while hiking way up high in the mountains with my wife west of Leadville, Colorado while wearing the revolver and holster.
  When we got back to the jeep the only thing useful I could find was a can of WD-40. I took the grips off and sprayed half the bottle into the inside of the gun and then wrapped the gun up in some Wd-40 treated newspapers. I wrapped old dry socks into and around the hoslter.
   When we got home the next day and I was able to take everything apart, there was just a few bits of rust remaining on the inside of the gun. The gun and holster cleaned up very well and are back in use.
   I think you will enjoy just such a gun.

  

[ftlupton]

Thanks everyone, I am going to consider the Thunderer after checking more. I, too, roam the Colorado hills, have all my life. Used to carry just a .22 but where I go there are more and more bear and mountain lion. I really like the look and feel of the 3 1/2" barrel in the  .45.