Spring kit for Uberti '62 Navy open-top (I mean '72)

[Slo' Poke Pete]

I'm needing to find a couple of spring kits for Uberti '62 Navy open-tops.  I would have thought that the spring kits for regular SAA' s would have worked but the tech guys at Brownell's said no.

Please help.

[Major 2]

VTI

vtigunparts.com

[Pettifogger]

Every time a question on the "62" comes up the first thing we have to do is make sure what you are talking about.  There is no such thing as a 62 Navy.  There is a 61 round barrel Navy, but no 62 Navy.  The 61 is built on the 51 Navy frame and has a six shot cylinder.   The 62 Pocket Police is built on the 49 frame and has a five shot cylinder.  What makes matters more confusing is that Pietta makes a "62" but it is actually a 61 full size revolver.  Also, are you talking about a cap and ball revolver?

Bottom line bad news is there are no aftermarket lightened spring kits for the little Uberti 62s.  Not really a problem because if you have the cap and ball revolver you really can't put a lighter spring in and get reliable ignition.  (Believe me, I've tried.)  If you are making it into a cartridge conversion, you can grind and polish your stock springs.

[Graveyard Jack]

There is no such thing as a 62 Navy.

Except the Pocket Navy.

[Pettifogger]

Except the Pocket Navy.

That's not a 62.  Let's not confuse things even more than they are.  However, same action so same answer.  No after market spring sets.

[Slo' Poke Pete]

My bad, it's been a REALLY long week.  It's a Uberti '72 open top. 

Please forgive the slip and thanks for replying.

Rob

[Pettifogger]

Same springs as a Uberti SAA.  Lots of spring choices.

[Major 2]

Pettifogger is right... there is still VTI with both lightened & OEM springs , Lee Gun Fighter & Wolf springs a to name some...

If it's an army griped 72, an SAA main won't fit ( to short )

[Slo' Poke Pete]

Both of mine have the Navy grip, will the SAA kit fit?

Thanks,

Rob

[Major 2]

should .... may be a very minor adjustment 

I broke a trigger bolt spring in my 2nd Gen. 1860 , the Gun shop only had some OEM Colt SAA springs in house , it dropped in though I had to trim about 1/64Th. off the longer leg.

It broke again about 9 years later.... and has Wolf SAA Spring in it now...

[Graveyard Jack]

Yes, the SAA spring kits work for the 1871-1872 Open Top model.

That's not a 62.  Let's not confuse things even more than they are.  However, same action so same answer.  No after market spring sets.

The Pocket Navy is an 1862. Let's not confuse things even more with even more erroneous information.

[MJN77]

Wiki: (yeah I know) Between 1862 and 1873, Colt records document production of 19,000 of the Pocket Navies and over 20,000 Pocket Police revolvers.

1862 police


1862 pocket navy

[Pettifogger]

Yes, the SAA spring kits work for the 1871-1872 Open Top model.

The Pocket Navy is an 1862. Let's not confuse things even more with even more erroneous information.

Yep, left out a word, should have said "not a 62 Police."  The point was not to introduce a different model and confuse things more.  Turns out to be a moot point as he wasn't even talking about a 62 or a cap and ball revolver, which was my entire point.  To clarify what he was talking about.

Heck when I started collecting and shooting C&Bs fifty years ago they called it the 1853 Pocket Navy.  Of course, back then the Brontosaurus was still a dinosaur and Pluto was still a planet.

[Abilene]

...If it's an army griped 72, an SAA main won't fit ( to short )

Actually, the main spring for the Army and Navy grip are the same, at least on the Ubertis.  It just screws to the Army frontstrap a little higher up than the Navy.

[Major 2]

From VTI's page...

UB:000020

Uberti Main Spring (1851, 1860, 1861, 1873SA)


By golly, Abilene ...you are right ....  It never occurred to me...makes since though.... Doh !