G'Day from Australia, I shot muzzleloaders a few decades ago and owned one of these 1858 Uberti carbines. It was passably accurate at 50 yards but I found it a little off putting firing from the shoulder as the flash was too close to my face. After every firing I always had to dig powder bits out of my face---used correct balls and heavy grease over each loaded chamber. I shot Brown Bess flintlocks and found them much more pleasant to fire. Only came across your channel today.Great work. Cheers, Steve
The filming on this site it bar-none. I've forgotten how many sites I've visited that I find myself turning off after 30 seconds. I will be subscribing to this site. A+ for filming & editing A- for presenting composed, researched material. (You're concise and have a point.)
If I had lived back in the day on the frontier I do believer I'd have preferred the colt. More power, longer range, more stopping power and hunting would have been a necessity rather than a luxury. If hostiles showed up more power just might have saved your life.
I've always thought the Remington 1858 revolver frame looks a bit weak, even for a handgun. Put that long crowbar of a rifle barrel in there and long buttstock extending out the other way and you have a very fragile gun. The topstrap is fine, but the lower part just ahead of the cylinder... it is almost like they were trying to tempt fate on purpose. Just a LITTLE more steel extended just a LITTLE farther forward would have made the frame much more resistant to bending if your horse scratched itself against a tree or whatever while the rifle was in a scabbard. It is no wonder the originals were not popular.
