Uberti Schofield

[TMan]

I was at Sportsman's Warehouse in Lewisville this afternoon to pick up some more .22 WMR for next week, and I was looking at a Uberti chambered in .22LR. Another salesperson, who I'd talked to previously, walked by and said: "Hey, did you see the Schofields"? My face must have lit up like a 10 year old on Christmas morning seeing a new bicycle under the tree.

He had two of them, both chambered in .45 Long Colt.

In case you haven't seen one of these beauties: there is a hinge in front of the cylinder. You pull back on the rear sight and pull down on the barrel. It folds open exposing the rear of the cylinder and the ejector automatically moves out to remove the empties.

I asked if I could try the trigger, and he said to go ahead. Hmmm, I couldn't pull it back all the way, and I didn't want to force it. I picked up the second gun, and easily pulled back the hammer. After bringing it to his attention he looked at it and said that the timing was off and it needed to be sent back to Uberti.

So much for Uberti quality control. I still want the Navy Arms Founders Schofield model when it becomes available. You can go to the range with the most expensive 1911 and never get a second glance, but I bet showing up with a Schofield everyone will want to try it - I know I sure would.

["DoubleAction"]

TMan; I've seen some Uberti's with flaws, especially if the dealer has alot of the guns; Seems like they are seconds. I've met the people with Navy Arms and they have a real sweet Scholfield; It too probably originates from a Uberti Armory, but very refined. Navy Arms made such a sucess with their Schofield, it prompted Smith & Wesson to begin offering their own reproduction.

[TMan]

Seconds!!! That is kind of scary DA. Do we have dealerships like Sam's Club that gets "special merchandise"? I had the opportunity to visit a large maple syrup farm this spring. Really neat operation. As we were leaving, my brother asked the owner what all the 55 gallon drums were for. He replied: "that is the stuff for Sam's Club. It isn't as high a quality. I sell the good stuff under my own label". Let the buyer beware.

["DoubleAction"]

TMan; Seems alot of that is going on in the manufacturing industry these days; Like one saying, "You can't tell the quality of the product by it's label". There might be a dozen different labels for the same product, with one costing four times the amount of another.
A good idea with the cowboys clones is to do a little research and look for Aldo Uberti somewhere on the bottom of the barrel, next to the frame. If the price difference is equal to the refinements, your in.

[thor]

Navy Arms has an engraved model with the fancy Ivory polymer grips; looks alot like the one on the show "Dead Man's Gun".