Update on my Uberti "El Patron" in .45 Colt

[guzzijohn]

I have fired just under 200 rounds since buying it. The timing is so good that there are still not any drag marks on the cylinder. My reload that appears to be working well is a 230gr cast RN with 8.0 of Unique. In the 20-25 yard range it shoots dead on to POA. Using a two hand hold at this range I am fairly consistently getting 2-3" five shot groups. For some reason I am still hitting about two inches to the left when using a rest and my groups are only slightly smaller. Now I am going to start practicing a one hand hold more often. This is to much fun!   This really is a nice gun for the money. I couldn't be more pleased. Next I will need to obtain proper leather for it.
GuzziJohn

[Brett]

Congratulations.  I just love it when you hit a home run with a new toy like that.  Can't wipe that s--- eating grin off your face can you?   

[guzzijohn]

Especially when you are concerned that you may well get a SA that shoots several inches off POA. I don't like having to rely on Kentucky windage.
GuzziJohn

[tacklebury]

I believe you should have enough play to rotate your barrel slightly to regain center hit.  I haven't had to do it as mine all have adj. sights, but have read of many who rotate their barrels to get good poi. 

[Glanceblamm]

Now I am going to start practicing a one hand hold more often. This is to much fun

While it is hardly John Wayne like, the classic dueling stance is excellent for pulling off a one hand shot. Body is sideways to the target, and yes, the four fingers of the off hand are resting just inside the pants pocket. This position is a tack driver plain and simple.
 
I shoot the two hand hold for the most part with the elbows creating an Iso triangle and the index & middle finger of the off hand pointing straight forward, or parallel to the cylinder from the standing positiion. I will usually shoot less than a cylinder full at 25 yd-35 yds and then move to the steel plates at 50 yd then 60 yds with the 2" steel being doable.
 
I do shoot at other novelty or plinking targets and it you like that target, chances are good that you will do well. After a spring and summer of this hunting season comes around and the two hand hold from the sitting position is almost like having a bench rest!

[ratdog]

i have two uberti's they are nice shooting guns for the price i like them as much as the rugers.

[Bitterroot Bob]

Howdy,
While "perfect" timing is a wonderful thing cosmetically, it may develop into over-rotating once the gun is broken-in. One of my Hartfords pulled this stunt at a major match at the end of the first season of use. With one loaded chamber left in the gun, the weight of that last bullet would carry the cylinder past the cylinder stop and would index where the firing pin would dent the head stamp.
Hence, the reason that Rugers always leave drag marks. A properly timed revolver has a cylinder stop waiting for the notch, instead of popping in when it shows up. Nothing wrong with drag marks in my book.
Bitterroot