Uberti Navy 1861

[Klaus]

Hi Gent`s,

like to share some pics of my Navy 1861 with a bit of accoutrements...


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Klaus:razz:

[kungfustyle]

Beautiful. How does it shoot?

[docone31]

Its an Army. Navy is a square barrel.

[docone31]

Its an Army. Navy is a square barrel. Still a great shooter.

[hhilljr]

Its an Army. Navy is a square barrel. Still a great shooter.
I must clarify, the 1861 Navy does indeed have the sculpted streamlined barrel. The 1851 is square.

[Klaus]

Beautiful. How does it shoot?

ist shoots great, a little bit high but center
Action run smooth it was a lucky good buy:smile::smile::smile:

@docone 31
it`s not a Army 1860 it is a Navy 1861
you are meaning a 1851 Navy, they have got a square barrel

cheers Klaus

[doc1876]

you better count the flats on the 1851again 8 is in octagon

[Omnivore]

It's beautiful. I'd say possibly the most beautiful handgun ever made. Is that a plated finish, stainless steel, or what? I have an Uberti '61 Navy with a blued finish and it's one of my favorites.

Did you make those cartridges? I'd like to know about the red "tape" near the bullet. What can you tell us about those, how they were made, etc.?

docone31; You can distinguish the '60 Army from the '61 Navy very easily. Aside from having a slightly different grip, the Army has a rebated cylinder and the Navy does not.

The '61 Navy was the last full-sized percussion revolver designed by Colt's, and it is, along with the '60 Army, thus the pinnacle of their percussion development. They designed their pocket models, '62 "Navy" and '62 "Police" after that, using the same rebated cylinder concept, and those were the very last before they went to metal cartridge guns. I've read that they continued to make the percussion guns into the 1870s though, as they were still popular.

Interestingly, although today we regard the Remington as being superior due to its fully enclosed frame, Colt's made fully enclosed frame revolvers starting in 1855 in the form of their Root models, i.e. Colt's had an enclosed frame revolver, being made concurrent with the '51 Navy and the Dragoon models, and then abandoned the concept for many years.

[Bent Ramrod]

The 1861 Navy looks like the 1861 Army but is in .36 caliber.

[bedbugbilly]

Very nice! I have a '61 Navy made by ASM for CVA. Can't bring myself to shoot it! I have always shot '51 Navies and sort of bought the ASM as a "back up" sort of "just in case". :-) The '61 you have is a truly "handsome" model and I love the accouterments!

I had a '62 Pocket Police at one time - .36 and sort of the "little brother" to the '61 Navy but smaller and a 5 shot. It was a nice little revolver but still I preferred the Navy model Enjoy that Klaus - and have fun! You could always make that front sight a little taller to bring it down or just use "Kentucky Windage" on it and aim lower.

[Tar Heel]

Nice looking revolver! I have several of the Uberti's and really enjoy shooting them. They are all VERY accurate shooters.