Brass receiver on uberti 1866

[william]

I have just bought a 1866 sporting rifle and it is beautiful, i am really happy with it. Im getting different stories of poeple thow about what loads the brass receiver can take. Some one told me the receiver is solid brass and some say its not. Ive been told because of the brass receiver im limited to down loads onlyand that if i shoot hot loads through it for a length of time, that the receiver will stretch and there for the rifle will be no good anymore and other people say that thats a load of rubbish. Can some one set me straght, i dont know what to beleive, is this true. Is it solid brass and am i limited to down loads. Im useing 6 grains of winchester 231 at the moment, i would like to go up to about 8-5 to 9 grains will this be okay to do with out damaging the receiver. Look foward to hearing from you soon THANKS. Will Munny.

[smokin_gun]

Originally posted by william:
I have just bought a 1866 sporting rifle and it is beautiful, i am really happy with it. Im getting different stories of poeple thow about what loads the brass receiver can take. Some one told me the receiver is solid brass and some say its not. Ive been told because of the brass receiver im limited to down loads onlyand that if i shoot hot loads through it for a length of time, that the receiver will stretch and there for the rifle will be no good anymore and other people say that thats a load of rubbish. Can some one set me straght, i dont know what to beleive, is this true. Is it solid brass and am i limited to down loads. Im useing 6 grains of winchester 231 at the moment, i would like to go up to about 8-5 to 9 grains will this be okay to do with out damaging the receiver. Look foward to hearing from you soon THANKS. Will Munny.

[smokin_gun]

Will, I don't have any numbers for you on powder measurements, but I do know that hot loads over a period of time will mess up a brass receiver. The "Hery also has a brss frame and most people I know only use "Black Powder" or the 777alternate. Check with manufacturer or place of purchase for recommended safe pressure loads. Then shoot it and have fun. It's a really nice rifle.

[william]

thanks for the reply Smokin-gun and i will have fun.

[william]

Originally posted by william:
I have just bought a 1866 sporting rifle and it is beautiful, i am really happy with it. Im getting different stories of poeple thow about what loads the brass receiver can take. Some one told me the receiver is solid brass and some say its not. Ive been told because of the brass receiver im limited to down loads onlyand that if i shoot hot loads through it for a length of time, that the receiver will stretch and there for the rifle will be no good anymore and other people say that thats a load of rubbish. Can some one set me straght, i dont know what to beleive, is this true. Is it solid brass and am i limited to down loads. Im useing 6 grains of winchester 231 at the moment, i would like to go up to about 8-5 to 9 grains will this be okay to do with out damaging the receiver. Look foward to hearing from you soon THANKS. Will Munny.

[rimfires]

Hi, Will
I have a Uberti Henry and shoot around 8 grains of Unique with a 200gr RNFP with no problems - same load I used in my Armi San Marco revolvers before they were banned!

[smokin_gun]

Rim when did they ban Cartridge Handguns in England? I ask cause I have an 1873 BLACK POWDER Colt/ Uberti. I was told that Uberti made these for England to Import. This one is geat and the price was right. But I don't find these imported by Uberti to the States anywhere.

[rimfires]

The ban was annouced in 1996 and came into force in mid-1997. The original plan from the Conservative party - which was in power at the time of the announcement - was to ban all centre fire handguns. When the Labour party was elected into office they decided to ban ALL cartridge handguns including .22. So now all we have - unless you want to shoot something with a long barrel and wrist brace to make the overall length acceptable - is percussion. The idea was to "take the guns off the streets" but as you would expect now only the criminals have handguns!