The Uberti Schofield

[Doris J]

Schofield Speed Loaders

The HKS 25-5 (for 45 Colt) and HKS 45 (for 45 auto rim) speed loaders both work perfectly with 45 Colt in current Schofields. Too bad they did not have them in the day. 45 S&W (Schofield brass will not fit,however, rims are too big) DJ

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

I have a pair of Uberti Number 3 Russians (in 44 Russian). I have friends with Schofields in both 45 S&W and 45 Colt. The longer cylinder really changes the balance.

I traded into about 750 45 S&W reloads, they won't work ib SAA recessed chambers, but work fine in exposed rim guns like my Vaqueros. They also feed and extract fine in my 92 and Marlin 1894 45 Colt lever guns. But 44 Russian is just too short to work in 92's & 1894's.

Ivan

 

[TIMETRIPPER]

I too have admired the Schofields and other large frame S&W top breaks but could never afford one, original or reproduction. But a few months ago I found a nice Taylor/Uberti Frontier on a local classified site. Its a 6.5" barreled, 44 Special and I'm not complaining. Nice trigger and very accurate with the two boxes of 200 and 240 grain HSM Cowboy action ammo that came with it. Now to find a nice holster rig...

John

 

[.357magger]

I too have admired the Schofields and other large frame S&W top breaks but could never afford one, original or reproduction. But a few months ago I found a nice Taylor/Uberti Frontier on a local classified site. Its a 6.5" barreled, 44 Special and I'm not complaining. Nice trigger and very accurate with the two boxes of 200 and 240 grain HSM Cowboy action ammo that came with it. Now to find a nice holster rig...

John

I'm jealous, a little bit anyway.

Not that I'm complaining about mine, far from it, but I lost an auction in the month prior to my purchase for a New Model #3 like yours, but in 45 Colt.

So I'm happy with mine, but I want yours too.

And like you, I'm looking at leather. "The addiction that never ends".

 

[.357magger]

I just bought an Uberti 1875. I haven't had a chance to shoot it yet. What do y'all think of your's?

Schofield or Remington?

They both use the date in their product description.

 

[VoodooSan]

I've been Cowboy Shooting two Uberti 5.5" Schofields for the last 14 years, and have never had a lick of trouble with them. I've got 5 different pairs of cowboy guns, so they only get shot every fifth match, but that still amounts to a LOT of shooting over the years. I've personally never found them to be any different to handle than Colt clones or Rugers, nor any less accurate. As someone said above, that seems to vary from gun to gun. I obviously got lucky, twice.

 

[TIMETRIPPER]

Finding it was a bit of serendipity. I had just sold my last two S&W top breaks, a 32 and 38 SA. They provided 100% of the funds for the #3. Timing is everything!

John

 

[chwats]

I keep ding the same as you, pick it up, put it back but I really want one. I'm going to have to pull the trigger so to speak on one, you have convinced me!

 

[.357magger]

I've been Cowboy Shooting two Uberti 5.5" Schofields for the last 14 years, and have never had a lick of trouble with them. I've got 5 different pairs of cowboy guns, so they only get shot every fifth match, but that still amounts to a LOT of shooting over the years. I've personally never found them to be any different to handle than Colt clones or Rugers, nor any less accurate. As someone said above, that seems to vary from gun to gun. I obviously got lucky, twice.

Your pics of the rig makes me wish there was a giant thumbs up or something other than just a "Like" button.

 

[.357magger]

I had two of the pro center guns in my sample kit, when I was a RSM for S&W, shot a couple match's with them.
I had found a little out of the way gun shop in the mountains of NC that I called on, that had a couple of cases of 45 Schofield on his shelf, that he had had forever, traded him a case of S&W coffee mugs for them.
Wish I would have kept those guns. I think I might still have some of the paper "Promo kits" on them in a box ,,somewhere.
Holster was made in or around 1938 by "Eubanks leather" in Idaho
(Guns in the holster now are Berra Schofield Co2 bb guns)

Yours too.

 

[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...