Uberti Millenium Brass Grip frames and Trigger Guards

[Westerner]

Ok.  I've heard alot about these frames loosening up with shooting.  I been thinking of purchasing steel parts for my two milleniums.  I like to not have to as I'm a bit cash poor and certainly cannot purchase new SAAs with steel frames (would love to though).

So, the question is...how long does it take with cowboy loads or even standard loads?  What can I expect?

[Pettifogger]

If you are talking about the screws loosening even the screws on steel frames will come loose.  Seems to vary gun to gun.  I have some that never come loose and others of the same make and model that come loose with just a few shots.  Real simple solution, just put a dab of purple or blue loctite on them.  The brass frames on your guns may or may not loosen more quickly than steel frames.  No way to know until you install them.  A tube of loctite is a lot cheaper than new trigger-guards and back straps.  Your wooden grips probably won't fit the new grip frame and back strap either since the grips are final sanded on the gun.

[Steel Horse Bailey]

Howdy!

A lot depends on how much you shoot, but unless you're pushing out 500-1000 per month, I don't believe I'd worry about it for quite a while. 

Do what Pettifogger suggests about the frame screws and you'll be set for some time.

Ride Easy!

[Pitspitr]

I have a couple of Milleniums and haven't had any screws loosen up on them but I have on my Cavalry model Uberti. If it were me, I wouldn't spend the money for steel grip frames, I'd just shoot them. If I wanted steel framed guns I'd trade them.

[Skinny Preacher 66418]

Have any of you polished the brass on them? What tool would you use?

[Steel Horse Bailey]

Howdy!

Skinny P, Brasso or Flitz works well.  For true jewelry shine, I use an 8" buffing wheel on my bench grinder with colored rouge.  About ANY color will do, - brass is soft and easy - but I have red, white, black and green.  One of them says on the label that it's formulized for brass (black, I think) but I have a couple pounds of the green and that's what I use most.  The green is what we used in the shop for steel and will OVER polish (in other words, remove too much metal too fast) but since I've been using it since my machinist apprentice days 30 years ago, I'm used to the way it works.  (Unfortunately, I wasn't able to complete my apprenticeship - I got laid off and went into the Army - but I've done a LOT of brass and other metal polishing.)

[Pitspitr]

I've had the one a couple of years, the other I just bought last fall. I can't believe how much smoother the older one is just from my hands rubbing on the frame.

[Curley Cole]

I had brass tg/bs on my old Dakota for about 22 years b4 I just replaced it cuz I hated it. It never did loosen up

To shine it up and even smooth out scratches, use SemiChrome Polish on it. It is great stuff.

curley