Guess what I just ordered...

[RanchRoper]

Wood is not bad. Uberti is not known for fancy walnut. But not bad.

[RanchRoper]

Off to the range tomorrow am, 50 rounds of 200 gr LFN with 7.5 gn Universal. Anticipating fun. No shooting sticks, bench rest or sandbags. Just me and the rifle. Stay tuned.

[RetiredSeabee]

Glad to see you finally got that beauty in hand. I was afraid for a while that this would be a never ending thread of disappointment. Looking forward to seeing range reports.

[fortyshooter]

Well today is the BIG day for RR this morning with his very rare and prized new High Wall rifle.
Now me being wayyy over here on the East coast I hope to hear a faint sound of a .45 Colt load zinging off in the distant Northwest around noon my time!

[RanchRoper]

Took my high wall to the range tonight. First shot the casing would not eject. Again. This has been an intermittent problem since day one. Issue is the little ejector is supposed to grab the rim of the empty brass and pull it out. However as soon as it makes contact it puts pressure on one side of the case and the straight wall brass is a tight fit so it jams. I usually carry a wooden dowel to push the case out from muzzle to breech (sort of a muzzle unloader). Tonight I forgot it so 1 round and back home. Starting to think of how much black powder and caps this rifle would buy if I sold it. Seriously.

[markiver54]

Bummer!

[RanchRoper]

I’m not losing sleep over it. Tomorrow I will make smoke for my friends south of the border. Salute!

[BigAl52]

Took my high wall to the range tonight. First shot the casing would not eject. Again. This has been an intermittent problem since day one. Issue is the little ejector is supposed to grab the rim of the empty brass and pull it out. However as soon as it makes contact it puts pressure on one side of the case and the straight wall brass is a tight fit so it jams. I usually carry a wooden dowel to push the case out from muzzle to breech (sort of a muzzle unloader). Tonight I forgot it so 1 round and back home. Starting to think of how much black powder and caps this rifle would buy if I sold it. Seriously.

Any chance there is a smith around there that would be able to check it out for you.

[RanchRoper]

The guy I bought it from. Might let him have a look. Or find it a good home and replace it with a flintlock.

[BigAl52]

Hmmm seems to me that there is a serious disease of Black Powder Manic shooting taking over in Alberta. I have it to

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[RanchRoper]

Sad part is the high wall shoots pretty good.

[JEBar]

nice .... no way beyond nice .... looking forward to following your saga

[RanchRoper]

This was 100 yds off hand for the 1 shot I got before it jammed up. Rear tang up. Like I say, it shoots ok but I don't like the ejector issue at all.

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[markiver54]

This was 100 yds off hand for the 1 shot I got before it jammed up. Rear tang up. Like I say, it shoots ok but I don't like the ejector issue at all.


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At least that one was excellent! Hope you get the ejector issue resolved.

[Hatchdog]

I’m not losing sleep over it. Tomorrow I will make smoke for my friends south of the border. Salute!

Thanks for the smoke salute. We like your type of smoke much better than the smoke your neighbors in BC are sending us.

[BigAl52]

Maybe I asked this before and you tried it but dont remember. Does it hang with a certain brand of brass or all of it?

[RanchRoper]

Doesn’t seem to matter on the brass. I have read some others have issues as well with 45 Colt brass in theirs. Let’s face it the rifle is not designed for pistol cartridge so it might just be how it is.
So live with it or turn it into cash for lead/caps/powder.

[BigAl52]

Im guessing you are like me. If its supposed to work a certain way thats the way I want it to work. If it doesnt I either try to get it fixed or get rid of it. I want it to work like its supposed to.

[fortyshooter]

How about a slight taper ream to the chamber? 45-70 ejects easy due to the slight taper of the case. Couple degree of taper in chamber should help.

[RanchRoper]

I took the emery paper to it last night but think it would take more than that so maybe a ream would do it, don't know. Al and I think alike; work like it's supposed to or bye-bye....