Howdy, this is my first post here.
I had purchased the last pair of Uberti '51 .38 specials with 7.5" barrels that Traditional Effects had at the beginning of the year and had them at TE also do action jobs on the navies. They are pure pleasure to shoot and have a couple of CAS matches using them with blackpowder loads.
I did the same thing a couple years ago with the Anvil plans and pretty much wrecked a new '51 Uberti Navy and recently ordered a Kirst Convertor for another Navy, but still have the Navy that I used with the Anvil plans. Actually I had good luck with reading and following Anvil's plans, tilll I broke the main Arbor pin and had to buy a replacement part, then made the back plate OK and able to fasten it to the frame as directed in the plans. then turned down the cylinder to accomodate the .38 Long Colt cases, so far so good, hammer got trimmed down to fit as needed with no problems, but apparently some were along the process I wore enough of the hammer cam that catches the bolt and won't drop far enough to let the cylinder release at half cock, so now have purchased more new parts, new hammer, new hand and still more parts like Wolfs main spring for lightened hammer and same with a bolt spring. It's kinda sad I have this many hours in the almost new gun, not counting the dollars I spent for parts and mics. proper size drill bits and end mill bits. However I don't blame Anvil for my mistakes and did learn a heck of a lot on how six guns really work. Forgot to mention the firning pin is to be completed and is ready for installation in the back plate ring. This gun project did get put on hold for almost 2 years due to moving to another state, but have recently gotten interested in it again. Have some pictures some where if I can find them. Thanks, ...now I feel better about wrecking a perfectly good '51 Navy and still trying to make it shoot.
