Anyone have a "floating firing pin" Uberti SAA replica?

[Major 2]

here is a concept    buy a pre floating firing pin gun....

[45 Dragoon]

I had one in the shop and made some drop in "safety deletes" for them.  Just remove the pin that holds the spring and plunger in the hammer, remove the spring and plunger, drop in the S.D. and replace the pin to keep it in place. Much cleaner and faster than JB.  It allows you to re-install the safety device if you ever want to sell it or carry it with 6.

Mike

[Cliff Fendley]

here is a concept    buy a pre floating firing pin gun....

Yep

[Coffinmaker]

PLUS ONE to Major 2 and Cliff Fendley

PLUS .... Bear in mind ..... Pietta don't have those Funky Suck Butt floating Firing Pins.  Yes, I know, Pietta do make an SA with a Transfer Bar.

[45 Dragoon]

Um .  .  .  .  foul!!

Mr. CM, you don't like Ubert's anyway!! Lol. So, just a waste of electrons!!

At least it ain't quiet anymore!!   

Mike

At least I gave a solution that only requires local anesthesia! No mixing, no cure time, totally reversible .  .  .

[Hillbilly Drifter]

I have had a couple and used them for a season. They ran just fine. Sure were not very popular when I went to sell them though.....

[Virginia Gentleman]

I have one now from Taylors and Company an engraved white polished metal.  Other than the 3 clicks it seems the same.

[major]

I have several single action revolvers with the floating pin and they all work great.

[Professor Marvel]

I am gratified to hear that

a) they work
2) they can be easily defeated ... thanks Goon!
III) they are pretty.... and work!

penultimatley, they also generate conversation!

prof marvl

Um .  .  .  .  foul!!

Mr. CM, you don't like Ubert's anyway!! Lol. So, just a waste of electrons!!

At least it ain't quiet anymore!!   

Mike

At least I gave a solution that only requires local anesthesia! No mixing, no cure time, totally reversible .  .  .

[45 Dragoon]

Thanks Perfesser!!
  And on second thought, because of the "conversation generation" of the particular subject, I reckon it wasn't a waste of electrons after ALL!!  My apologies Mr. CM !!

Mike

[Coffinmaker]

HA     So There   

[Virginia Gentleman]

Since they work and are safer, is the real objection over the fact that the 4 clicks are missing?

[Professor Marvel]

Since they work and are safer, is the real objection over the fact that the 4 clicks are missing?

I believe, but cannot prove, that the objections are a mix of
?OMG you changed something?
Increased complexity
?It is no longer the 1873 that I know and love?

Yhs
Prof Marvel

[Coffinmaker]

I personally don't like either the idea nor the execution.  Must understand though, Ideas give me headaches and I have never been comfortable around executioners.  Makes me some nervous.

This contraption is simply a solution in desperate search of a problem.  The only driving force I can think of, beyond the lawyers, was/is to make the gun "look" more like a traditional Colt.  I don't see that as a necessity from a personal standpoint.  I'm happy with "Fine from the Freeway" and am not a fan of fixing something that isn't broken or not in need of improvement.

Seems, I am also in full agreement with The Professor of Marvelous fame.  The objections seem to be driven by "OMG ..... YOU'VE CHANGED SOMETHING." and of course "It's no longer MY Colt Clone" without consideration, never was a clone .... was a Replicant.  Heck, a 3rd generation Colt isn't a good clone.  It's also a pretty poor Replicant.  Oh, and the new gizmo is an increase in complexity.  That alone (complexity) will really start conversation.

If you really want to checkout the hand wringing and wailing into the Night, just wait until the "Retro Fit" parts are no longer available.  Uberti has a habit of not supporting previous manufacture when an "Enhancement" is made.  Soon, if you break one of the "older" pattern guns, you will have to buy a complete "kit" inclusive of the "new" hammer, pushrod, trigger, firing pin and other assorted hardware for your repair.  Most similar to what must be procured for their Toggle Link rifles.  Be fun to watch.

[LonesomePigeon]

I wonder if Standard Mfg. might sell hammers & triggers eventually? If Standard is based on the USFA and the USFA was based on Uberti it might not be too difficult to fit a Standard parts into a new Uberti.

[Speedballalice]

I have handled two over the course of the last year in the local gunshop and neither went to full cock reliably. Dont know if it was a fluke or just me.

[yahoody]

I have a few of them..3 or 4 at least may be 5.

I didn't like the extra trigger weight or the feel.  Just me but wasn't happy with  them so I bought 4 click hammers and triggers from Cimarron and they were all dropped in and better feeling triggers IMO.   Timing was still spot on.  CNC machining and engineering at its best     Close to $80 my dealer cost per gun upgrade.

Solved the liability issue but didn't improve the SAA design in any way I can see.   Nothing wrong with simple in a firearm.

USFA hammer won't fit a Uberti.  They will some times fit a 1st or 2nd Gen Colt.

[Rye Miles]

I had one and didn't know what it was until I got it! It worked fine, I shot about 200 rounds from it. I gave it to my son because he wanted one for his house. I figured it would be hard to sell so he's got it now.

[Major 2]

If I had one Id leave it be ....un -defeated

but then again, I would not get one....

[chucksolo1]

To me it is NOT about safety since I think the ultimate safety will always be between your ears! It is all about AUTHENTICITY. That is why I refuse to buy any SAA that has a safety device. Heck, I bristle when someone calls a Ruger Vaquero a Colt SAA clone. I researched quite a bit and called Cimarron AND EMF before I settled on my EMF-Pietta Deluxe Californian .357. Uberti makes a non retractable firing pin model in the Colt BP frame called a pre-war model Frontier, I didn't go for that one because it has a huge cylinder pin screw that IMO detracts from the classic look of the gun. I'm very happy with my EMF-Pietta SAA; it is a very gorgeous piece and the checkered grips feel fantastic.