Ninety Caliber Al, 50218 Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 (edited) Do either Pietta or Uberti make an Army grip frame that would fit a USFA? Edited July 13 by Ninety Caliber Al, 50218 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 Early USFAs were made from parts supplied by Uberti. A lot of Uberti parts were used as they were transitioning to American made parts. To ensure parts interchangeability even the American made USFAs were supposedly built to Uberti specs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninety Caliber Al, 50218 Posted July 5 Author Share Posted July 5 3 minutes ago, Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 said: Early USFAs were made from parts supplied by Uberti. A lot of Uberti parts were used as they were transitioning to American made parts. To ensure parts interchangeability even the American made USFAs were supposedly built to Uberti specs. So maybe……..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 Enough of a maybe that if I were wondering I would buy one set and see. Remember you need the triggerguard, backstrap and grips. Most new grips and frames require some fitting. The critical dimension is the screw hole spacing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene, SASS # 27489 Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 Prairie Dawg has one Uberti Army assembly right now in the classifieds. Buying as a set is best because it usually came off a gun and so the grip is fitted to the straps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninety Caliber Al, 50218 Posted July 5 Author Share Posted July 5 17 minutes ago, Abilene, SASS # 27489 said: Prairie Dawg has one Uberti Army assembly right now in the classifieds. Buying as a set is best because it usually came off a gun and so the grip is fitted to the straps. Thx! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Creek,5759 Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 Look at Texas Grips Maker. He makes a grip that is longer. I purchased a pair for my old model Vaquero's. Fit and feel is great. I take a xx large glove. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninety Caliber Al, 50218 Posted July 5 Author Share Posted July 5 10 minutes ago, Bailey Creek,5759 said: Look at Texas Grips Maker. He makes a grip that is longer. I purchased a pair for my old model Vaquero's. Fit and feel is great. I take a xx large glove. Visited his website it would appear he only makes that extended grip for Rugers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Creek,5759 Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 He makes for other Revolvers also. Colt, Uberti. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Coffinmaker Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 Pietta Grip grames WILL NOT fit a Uberti without some work. Uberti grip sets WILL fit USFA. That Uberti Army pattern grip set by Prairie Dawg on the Classifieds is a Smoking Good deal. Your existing screws will work just fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninety Caliber Al, 50218 Posted July 5 Author Share Posted July 5 35 minutes ago, Colorado Coffinmaker said: Pietta Grip grames WILL NOT fit a Uberti without some work. Uberti grip sets WILL fit USFA. That Uberti Army pattern grip set by Prairie Dawg on the Classifieds is a Smoking Good deal. Your existing screws will work just fine. Too bad he only has one. Any idea where I might track down another? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 VTI, Taylor, Cimarron. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninety Caliber Al, 50218 Posted July 5 Author Share Posted July 5 28 minutes ago, Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 said: VTI, Taylor, Cimarron. Thx! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prairie Dawg, SASS #50329 Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 Ninety Caliber Al: I can look and see if I have another. I had two at one time, cuz I swapped out the army grips on two guns, but I don't know if I sold one or not. --Dawg 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninety Caliber Al, 50218 Posted July 5 Author Share Posted July 5 3 minutes ago, Prairie Dawg, SASS #50329 said: Ninety Caliber Al: I can look and see if I have another. I had two at one time, cuz I swapped out the army grips on two guns, but I don't know if I sold one or not. --Dawg That would be greatly appreciated Dawg! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prairie Dawg, SASS #50329 Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 Hi Al: Looked in all the "usual" places, and did not find it -- Must've sold it. If yer interested, I'll ship it to you & you can try it on your USFA. If you don't like the way it fits, send it back. If you like the way it fits and feels, send me the $$. Meanwhile, if I run into the other one as I'm going thru stuff, I'll let you know Let me know if you are interested in doing that. Thanks --Dawg 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 post some photos of how this worked out for ya , thanks and good luck , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninety Caliber Al, 50218 Posted July 6 Author Share Posted July 6 6 hours ago, watab kid said: post some photos of how this worked out for ya , thanks and good luck , Howdy Kid, Gonna give it a try, will post results.. Thanks to all who responded! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tex Jones, SASS 2263 Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 I bought two Uberti Army grip sets from VTI a few years ago and put them on my pair of USFA China Camps. They worked fine. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninety Caliber Al, 50218 Posted July 6 Author Share Posted July 6 (edited) 13 minutes ago, Tex Jones, SASS 2263 said: I bought two Uberti Army grip sets from VTI a few years ago and put them on my pair of USFA China Camps. They worked fine. Good to know, thx! Where did you source the grips you used? Edited July 6 by Ninety Caliber Al, 50218 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tex Jones, SASS 2263 Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 5 hours ago, Ninety Caliber Al, 50218 said: Good to know, thx! Where did you source the grips you used? They came with the grip frames. Actually got them a little bit cheaper than list since the wood was marred, but not that it could be noticed. The parts were purchased while VTI was still in CT and before it was sold to the present owner. The frames on mine were brass as they didn't have any of the steel frames at the time. Subsequently sold them to another pard and they fit his Ubertis as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninety Caliber Al, 50218 Posted July 13 Author Share Posted July 13 UPDATE!! Thanks Praire Dawg for the “Free Trial” . The Uberti grip frame fits! Now for my question; There is a (Ruger-like) plunger and spring in a small hole above the left upper grip frame screw(next to the hammer). I was under the impression that only Rugers had that part. My USFA’s were worked on by Long Hunter before I had them, is that a modification that gets done or am I having a”senior” moment lol? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 Uberti and Pietta both use the plunger and spring. USFA used Uberti parts in a lot of its guns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninety Caliber Al, 50218 Posted July 13 Author Share Posted July 13 21 minutes ago, Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 said: Uberti and Pietta both use the plunger and spring. USFA used Uberti parts in a lot of its guns. Thx Larsen. I’ve had my Uberti Open Tops apart a couple of times and don’t remember seeing that plunger…..it HAS been a couple of years since though lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 Open Tops are not Single Action Armies. They use the old style leaf spring on their hands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choctaw Jack Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 Sounds like the plunger and spring is a coil spring conversion for the hand spring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninety Caliber Al, 50218 Posted July 13 Author Share Posted July 13 1 minute ago, Choctaw Jack said: Sounds like the plunger and spring is a coil spring conversion for the hand spring. That’s what I was thinking……. But maybe all SAA’s have it? I thought USFA’s were really close to Colt’s?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prairie Dawg, SASS #50329 Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 It's a modification that Long Hunter routinely does on USFAs that are sent to him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Coffinmaker Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 PLUS ONE for Prairie Dawg. USFA never made the switch to Coil Spring and Plunger. Tis a routine Long Hunter modification. Works a treat too. PLUS PLUS ONE for Pettifogger. Uberti Open Tops were never produced with Coil Spring and Plunger. Pettifogger's tutorials show how to do it thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninety Caliber Al, 50218 Posted July 13 Author Share Posted July 13 Ok so now I just need to find ANOTHER set. Anyone have one to sell? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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