Uberti Cattleman Question

[SFC]

I am looking at a new .45lc Uberti Cattleman with the brass backstrap and trigger guard at a local gunshop.  I was told by a friend that the brass backstrap and trigger guard are weak and will stretch overtime.  I know the brass framed black powder revolvers will stretch overtime.  Is the brass back strap and trigger guard a problem? 

[Arcey]

No........

If the frame itself is steel the backstrap and trigger guard doesn't much matter.  They're just something to hang onto when you shoot it.

I have one such as you mention in .357 Magnum.

[Flint]

As Arcey said, there isn't enough force on the gripframe to stretch anything. . Maybe if you clamped the gun in a crane and hung a car from it, it might move a bit....  The Ruger Super Blackhawk (Old,Old Model) 44 Magnum was available with a brass gripframe. 

What stretches on a (Colt) brass frame revolver is the threads of the frame where the cylinder arbor is screwed in, from the bullets hitting the barrel's forcing cone, over time and heavy loads.  That's quite different from the gripframe which is locked to the receiver with 6 screws and rolling in your hand.

The Military 1860 Army had an iron or steel backstrap to hold up to the clamp from the accessory shoulder stock, but a brass frame on the Civilian model.

[dogngun]

On the brass frame: I owned a brass frame .44 caliber revolver similar to a '51 Navy Colt. I shot it long and hard, found it to be very accurate, just as tight when I sold it as it was when I bought it. I think you have to do an awful lot to stretch a modern brass frame black powder gun...I think this is one of those things people read and repeat without really experiencing.
Mine was a Pieta, and I'd recommend them.

FWIW.

Mark