the_snowman1
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I've been thinking about getting a pietta model 1860 cap and ball revolver has anybody had any experience with these
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the_snowman1
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Whys that does the brass warp or just dis color
I have a brass frame pietta 1860 army, that I purchased from Marstar. Well made, shoots well, easy to take down for cleaning. No regrets.
Screw heads are kind of on the soft side, so make sure to use the proper bit when tightening them.
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Screw heads are kind of on the soft side, so make sure to use the proper bit when tightening them.
M
Brass in .36cal is fine. Brass in .44Cal requires reduced loads to avoid shooting the frame lose over time. The brass simply doesn't spring back like steel does.
So if you want the bigger boomer caliber stick with steel.
Back in the day Pietta was second fiddle to Uberti for quality, fit and finish. But anything made in the last 7 or 8 years is right up there and you will NOT be at all dissapointed.
With a .44cal loaded with 30gns of proper black the recoil is like a stout but soft .38Spl out of a S&W. And you get a BIG cloud of smoke....
You'll need to mess around with the front sight to get it to shoot to POA at anything less than 20 yards. Unless they "fixed" this issue. Hard to say but they USED to come with a short front sight that was intended for zero at out somewhere around 50 yards. Apparently they didn't like to get too close to each other back in the old days and everyone just copied the originals. So a lot of folks with these guns have gone with a taller front blade. Then to fine tune the aim the correct method is to file off a little at a time from the edge of the cocked hammer. And for windage changes to file the V slot in the hammer a little this way or that.
Having said all this once you get a Pietta or Uberti 1860 shooting well they can sure deliver the goods. I was getting 1.5 inch groups at 15 yards free standing from my .44Cal Navy Arms (pre Uberti) 1860. But the aim point is still high. I gotta do the front sight thing yet.
All in all if you're looking for the black powder experience you will end up smiling a lot. And the best thing is that when shooting with them with proper black powder they really do feel a whole lot different from anything modern.
So if you want the bigger boomer caliber stick with steel.
Back in the day Pietta was second fiddle to Uberti for quality, fit and finish. But anything made in the last 7 or 8 years is right up there and you will NOT be at all dissapointed.
With a .44cal loaded with 30gns of proper black the recoil is like a stout but soft .38Spl out of a S&W. And you get a BIG cloud of smoke....
You'll need to mess around with the front sight to get it to shoot to POA at anything less than 20 yards. Unless they "fixed" this issue. Hard to say but they USED to come with a short front sight that was intended for zero at out somewhere around 50 yards. Apparently they didn't like to get too close to each other back in the old days and everyone just copied the originals. So a lot of folks with these guns have gone with a taller front blade. Then to fine tune the aim the correct method is to file off a little at a time from the edge of the cocked hammer. And for windage changes to file the V slot in the hammer a little this way or that.Having said all this once you get a Pietta or Uberti 1860 shooting well they can sure deliver the goods. I was getting 1.5 inch groups at 15 yards free standing from my .44Cal Navy Arms (pre Uberti) 1860. But the aim point is still high. I gotta do the front sight thing yet.
All in all if you're looking for the black powder experience you will end up smiling a lot. And the best thing is that when shooting with them with proper black powder they really do feel a whole lot different from anything modern.
I had these three guns out at the range today, the top one is an 1860 Army.44 cal..steel frame the maker is unknown but it is very well made and a good shooter. I agree that Pietta has really improved their fit and finish so you won't be disappointed with one.
