The Uberti Schofield

[Rodan]

I've been eyeing these for some time, and yesterday one showed up at the LGS.... 5" barrel and stag stocks, in .45 Colt, so I brought it home.

Not sure who made the stocks, but they are real and not plastic.

Unfortunately, it didn't come with the original stocks, but I was able to find a set on eBay, and they are on the way. Not sure if I will take the stags off, but I wanted to have a set of the originals in hand.

If anyone has an idea where the stag stocks may have originated, I'd love to hear it.

Looking forward to getting it out to the range, but realistically it may be after the holidays.

 

[TheTinMan]

I had one of the Uberti 7.5" .45 Colt versions. No issues with the barrel/cylinder gap or throats but the trigger was absolutely atrocious. Heavy with a lot of creep. Others reported their triggers were fine.

From reading the comments in this thread it seems that the quality varies from one gun to the next. I would certainly want to have some plug gauges and a feeler gauge handy before buying another.

+1 on this observation. I would not buy one of these without laying hands on it and doing a thorough inspection.

Cimarron received my #3 with excessive endshake in early March. Last week I was told they finally have the barrel, cylinder and other parts needed to fix it. Ugh. The maddening thing is the gun is just gorgeous.

 

[.357magger]

I've been eyeing these for some time, and yesterday one showed up at the LGS.... 5" barrel and stag stocks, in .45 Colt, so I brought it home.

Not sure who made the stocks, but they are real and not plastic.

Unfortunately, it didn't come with the original stocks, but I was able to find a set on eBay, and they are on the way. Not sure if I will take the stags off, but I wanted to have a set of the originals in hand.

If anyone has an idea where the stag stocks may have originated, I'd love to hear it.

Looking forward to getting it out to the range, but realistically it may be after the holidays.

Don't know what made those stags, but they look fantastic on your Schofield. Congratulations and thanks for sharing yours.

P.S. I don't know the wood Uberti uses for the OEM grips with the cartouche, but every one I've seen has really great grain, almost like curly maple.

 

[ladder13]

Charlie likes em'

 

[BC38]

I tend to like shiny cowboy guns for SASS
Saw a 3 1/2" come into the shop and had to have it, it being 400.00 helped
I also got a 45 Colt converted BP to go with it
Picked up a few of the Barra airgun versions also, much cheaper to practice with, you can get them in 5" and 7

Yeah, I'd buy an Uberti for $400 too!

Until I find one (not likely) I have a Umarex replica to play with.

 

[smoothshooter]

Barrel-cylinder gap and cylinder throats have kept me from buying one. No easy fix for the problem either.

I have been tempted to get one of those for years. They are beautiful guns.
But they look like a somewhat delicate design that few gunsmiths are familiar with, and would be a problem when something breaks, or needs tweaking. Replacement parts could also a problem.

 

[Baltimoreed11754]

I have one and it's pretty cool and I love webley top breaks too but for me the Schofield is a very slow gun to shoot. I can run my vaqueros tons faster.

 

[bbqncigars]

Seller's pic of the one that got my wallet throbbing. Very pleasant to shoot with moderately loaded .45 rounds.

 

[MG34/bar]

Have two Uberti Schofields, 1 is 5" barrel and one is 7". New from the factory the 5" has some end-shake (007-009) but locks up well and doesn't shave lead when fired. The 7" has no end-shake and measures .004; shoots perfectly. Guess it is the luck of the draw.

 

[Glenn R. McMannly]

I've heard these Ubertis bind up with black powder (design differed from originals).

Any truth to this?

That combined with all the horror stories of awful customer service (I've had bad from Uberti myself in fact) plus lousy QC make this a hard ask for the $$$ these command.

But they're nifty and pretty for sure. I imagine they're much faster to get back into the fight than a SAA for reloading.

 

[03hemi]

On my list, was just looking at those the other night.
I love my Uberti's, here's my meager collection of SAA's so far.
T to B:
Rare Baretta Uberti, smoaked nickle.
Uberti Cattlemen, case hardened, brass and blued.
Ruger Vaquero, bright stainless.
Uberti Cimarron, case hardened and blued.
A common misconception is Uberti uses a chemical case hardening, but they don't, in fact, they use heat treated hardening.
The Cimarron Uberti's has the nicest action of the bunch, it still retains the 4 click Colt style hammer new Ubertis abandoned.
All 45LC

 

[Warren Sear]

Are you certain that Uberti uses actual color case hardening? I assumed everyone has been using the fake colors.

I have two Uberti SAAs, one in 45 Colt, the other in 44 WCF. Both have the 4 click hammers. I'll try to post pictures later.

 

[03hemi]

Are you certain that Uberti uses actual color case hardening? I assumed everyone has been using the fake colors.

I have two Uberti SAAs, one in 45 Colt, the other in 44 WCF. Both have the 4 click hammers. I'll try to post pictures later.

Yep, watched a special on Uberti and how they were made. I assumed the same because my brother told me, but he was wrong.

 

[TheTinMan]

I've heard these Ubertis bind up with black powder (design differed from originals).

Any truth to this?

That combined with all the horror stories of awful customer service (I've had bad from Uberti myself in fact) plus lousy QC make this a hard ask for the $$$ these command.

But they're nifty and pretty for sure. I imagine they're much faster to get back into the fight than a SAA for reloading.

I would ask on the CAS City forum. (I've heard the same thing about black powder but have zero experience with it.)

 

[Warren Sear]

Here are pictures of my two Uberti revolvers I mentioned my post #52.

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

Black Powder rounds in Uberti revolvers? My pair of No 3 Russians do fine with my loads. Use FFFg and a lube cookie. Have gone 4 cylinders of 5 shots straight in each gun without any problems!

I have friends that shoot BP in SAA clones, a typical match is 30rounds in each handgun. Their load was 357 mag brass, 15 grains FFFg, a 1/4" thick paraffine cookie. and a 158 grain LRN bullet. Firing 5 of these had exhalent accuracy and paraffine dripping from the bore. Go a whole match with not one bit of cleaning or malfunction.

Ivan

 

[CajunBass]

Anyone else own one? Or Two? Any of the other variants of Number 3?

Well, you did ask.

I've wanted one of them for years, but just not bad enough to actually spend the money for one. Still, I liked the look and the feel.

Then a couple of years ago, during the Covid shutdown, I found one I was willing to spring for. It came from Pyramyd Air, and shoots BB pellets and CO2 cartridges. I was bored when I ordered it, and it helped that it could be shipped right to me at home. The CO2 cartridge goes under the grips, the BB's load into a brass cartridge. The gun works just like the real thing. Opening the action slowly lifts the "spent" cartridges. A good snap, will eject them.

Made by Barra it's all metal (of some kind) except for the stocks. Weight is about 2 pounds. The trigger is surprisingly good. I've never actually fired it though, having bought it simply as a "prop"; a gun I'd like to have but knew I'd never actually buy.

They're also available with a 7" barrel, and with a "nickel" finish. Sort of fun for a 100-130.00 depending on barrel length and finish. If I still lived "up nawth" out in the country, it would be one of my "bumming around guns."

 

[BC38]

Well, you did ask.

I've wanted one of them for years, but just not bad enough to actually spend the money for one. Still, I liked the look and the feel.

Then a couple of years ago, during the Covid shutdown, I found one I was willing to spring for. It came from Pyramyd Air, and shoots BB pellets and CO2 cartridges. I was bored when I ordered it, and it helped that it could be shipped right to me at home. The CO2 cartridge goes under the grips, the BB's load into a brass cartridge. The gun works just like the real thing. Opening the action slowly lifts the "spent" cartridges. A good snap, will eject them.

Made by Barra it's all metal (of some kind) except for the stocks. Weight is about 2 pounds. The trigger is surprisingly good. I've never actually fired it though, having bought it simply as a "prop"; a gun I'd like to have but knew I'd never actually buy.

They're also available with a 7" barrel, and with a "nickel" finish. Sort of fun for a 100-130.00 depending on barrel length and finish. If I still lived "up nawth" out in the country, it would be one of my "bumming around guns."

Your pictures and description fits my Umarex exactly.
Do your brass cartridges have a silicon-rubber nose (bullet) that you insert the BBs into?
If so it sounds like we both have the same toy.
FWIW, it seems to shoot flatter and more accurately (maybe higher FPS) than my Sig P365 replica.

 

[CajunBass]

Yep. Same deal on the "bullets". I suspect they're the same gun, no matter what name is on them.

I've got a half dozen of these things and have never fired any of them. I've got a Colt SAA, an M&P semi, a 45 auto, and a Thompson M1A1. Might be one or two more around. Oh...Duhhhhh Two "Model 29's. An 8 3/8", and a 3 1/2".

A cheap "collection."

 

[Rodan]

Update pic with factory stocks...