Uberti Walker

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straight-shooter

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+1 for santacaferacer who sold me this Uberti Walker in the classifieds here on TFL. He advertised this as NIB a couple of months ago and he's a man of his word! Still had the tags and factory grease on it. Beautiful revolver!

A couple of years back I sold off my BP revolvers and a few went to members here. This was all due to some medical issues of my spouse and we have since recovered from those hard times. So again, Thank You TFL! your awesome!

I have since purchased two Hawken rifles, Kentucky Long rifle and a Traditions Trapper. This will be my first BP revolver to again start a small collection.

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maillemaker

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Looks good!

Mine is a great shooter. Highly accurate with 45 grains 3F Shuetzen + Cream of Wheat filler under a .457 ball.

Steve
 
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bn12gg

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StraightShooter -- You say a small collection of BP revolvers is a goal. fwiw, keep an eye on Cabela's offerings -- they often have sales, coupons and pretty good deals on Uberti revolvers. They carry revolvers produced by other manufacturers as well.

I picked up my Uberti Walker thru Cabela's. I've been pleased with the gun. I happen to use 777 in the Walker. It certainly draws a crowd if I shoot it on weekends at the range.

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David :)
 
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Hellgate

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My Walker load was 44grs FFg Goex+lube wad+.454 ball+lube+#10 Remington cap. I called it my 44/44. It was like shooting a rifle. If I missed it was my fault. They are very accurate. The FFg was less snappy than FFFg and the rammer would not fall. I shot 50grs FFFg+wad+ball in a Cowboy Action match and managed to crush the wedges on my two Walkers so my advice is to not over load them. Stay away from full charges of 777. I heard of one Walker sending the barrel assembly down range. It came apart at the wedge cutout. Hopefully, YMMV.

If you can't stop your rammer from falling you can email me for a simple fix.
 
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Model12Win

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So it isn't safe to use 60 grain loads in the Uberti Walker?

If so, I'd rather have a Dragoon, and heck if 50 grain charges will wreck the wedge in short order I'll stick with an 1860 Army.
 
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bn12gg

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fwiw -- I use 25 grains of 777 in my Walker. It is quite abit hotter than real BP. I like it -- the Walker does quite nicely with it. Also, I use 777 in my Jonathon Browning Mountain Rifle -- performs quite nicely. Clean up is a snap with these two percussion firearms.

With my custom Lancaster flintlock I use 3f real BP. The flintlock performs well with 3f under the ball as well as in the pan. Clean up is far dirtier than with the 777 used in the percussion guns ^^.

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David :)

ps -- I have no problem with the rammer falling on the Walker. A little strap of real leather should take care of the issue should it arise. I carry it with the pistol
 
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maillemaker

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I shot 60 grains of 3F powder in my Walker 6 times, but maximum accuracy was at 45 grains 3F.

I did not try 44 grains as Hellgate uses - I went in 5 grain jumps and 45 was making clover leaf holes off a bench so I went with that. :)

Steve
 
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straight-shooter

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It sounds like 40 - 45 grains is where I'll be using Goex FFF, lubed wad and .457 round ball. I appreciate all the great information.

I don't plan on anything over this even though the cylinder will accommodate it. I don't want to put any undue wear on this nice pistol as it sounds like the wedge may take a beating.
 
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bn12gg

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Skrump -- I suspect the wedge was not inserted into the Walker or sort of slopped part way into the slot. The Uberti Walker is built tougher than the originals by a long shot !

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David :)

ps --Going to the club tomorrow in the a.m. -- Walker, JBMR, and Flintlock all set to go.
 
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45 Dragoon

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Since the arbor is ill fit, the wedges take a beating. Once that issue is corrected, the gun takes on a diff. feel. As long as there can be movement of the arbor in the barrel, it will act like a jack hammer and chew the wedge up. This will happen depending on the tightness of each gun.
It's much the same with all modern open tops.
 
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