I recently purchased a Uberti Cattleman II, birds bead grip, 3.5" barrel, in .45 Colt, from another forum member. Looks like new shoots great, but shoots low. As expected.
I have some .45 ACP ammo that needs shooting up. I ordered a .45 ACP cylinder from VTI Parts. Very, very prompt service. Cylinder didn't come close to fitting. Short story . . . removed .006 off of ratchets and .012 off of the cylinder pin. Used 360 sandpaper, on quarter inch piece of glass. Very flat. Polished with 800 grit. All sanding done with circular motions, switching grip on the pin and cylinder, often. I kept sanding, fitting, sanding, fitting, sanding, fitting, under I got fitment, to suit me. .004 cylinder to barrel gap and no cylinder end shake. Loaded six rounds of cartridges, with no binding when rotating the cylinder. Cold blued the sanded surfaces. I hope to shoot soon, to see if more work needs to be done.
1st pic is of the .45 ACP cylinder and cylinder bushing. 2nd pic is revolver with the .45 ACP cylinder installed. 3rd pic is revolver in DeSantis cross draw holster.
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I have some .45 ACP ammo that needs shooting up. I ordered a .45 ACP cylinder from VTI Parts. Very, very prompt service. Cylinder didn't come close to fitting. Short story . . . removed .006 off of ratchets and .012 off of the cylinder pin. Used 360 sandpaper, on quarter inch piece of glass. Very flat. Polished with 800 grit. All sanding done with circular motions, switching grip on the pin and cylinder, often. I kept sanding, fitting, sanding, fitting, sanding, fitting, under I got fitment, to suit me. .004 cylinder to barrel gap and no cylinder end shake. Loaded six rounds of cartridges, with no binding when rotating the cylinder. Cold blued the sanded surfaces. I hope to shoot soon, to see if more work needs to be done.
1st pic is of the .45 ACP cylinder and cylinder bushing. 2nd pic is revolver with the .45 ACP cylinder installed. 3rd pic is revolver in DeSantis cross draw holster.
