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I took my Uberti 1860 to the range yesterday and when I went to lever in the first round the lifter arm won’t raise the shell up to the barrel. Any ideas?

Have not had that issue, wish I could offer more.

sounds like a linkage failure .... have you disassembled it and taken a look ..

Yep. You might want to remove the side covers and take a look.
Here you go! https://44henryrifle.webs.com/disassemblingthehenry.htm

If you have never had the side covers off...they are RAZOR sharp. Watch out.
To clean I just loosen the lever screw, back it out a little then tap the right side cover out.

Was this factory ammo or your own loads? This type of rifle action is somewhat sensitive to cartridge length. When you cycle the action with no ammo in the rifle does the lifter block raise?

Before I took the side covers off I thought I would try the easiest fix first so I sprayed Hoppe’d gun repair on the lifter let it set 5 minutes. Tried the lever and it cycled perfectly, I then loaded up 10 shells and they all cycled perfectly, tomorrow the range.

Back in business.

Took the Uberti to the range today, shot nice groups was ringing the gong. Shot 49 times and had one left in the tube, went to cycle it and it was jammed. Looked and the shell was bn in backwards, any help on how to fix this?

Nope, but another reason why the tube load sucks.
It would never happen with a side gate .
Good luck

RP

Hnmm...not sure on that one. Sorry.

So 49 loaded, elevator worked fine, torpedo in the barrel fine, ejected fine. Then the last round came up in elevator backwards? Or in mag tube wrong way? Or casing backwards trying to eject? Just trying to picture it.

I didn’t load the tube so it could have been in tube backwards, it is stuck in the lifter, it is right at the barrel. I can move it little bit horizontally but not vertically.

As I've never owned one, but does the lever come out like the newer models and the Marlins?


RP

A picture here would be worth a 1000 words

Agreed, a photo maybe so we can see what's going on.

Shell is in backwards

Had to have been backwards in the mag tube??? That's a weird one for sure. Looks wedged in there pretty good. I have never done it but does the elevator block come out the bottom so you can get at it?

Can’t get at it, it is covered

Is that a 45LC round or 44-40...looks long.