why are they still selling them?

I may get egged but I personally do not regard the Pietta as a "quality" firearm. You get what you pay for and to me the Pietta is Bargain bin gun. Rugers are about the best bang for the buck in single action guns today. Unlike the Pietta, the Ruger is worth the time and expense to upgrade too.
 
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As soon as Ruger brings out the Vaquero in .22lr, or even better yet, as a .22lr/.22 Mag convertible I'll be all over one like the proverbial fat kid on a smartie. :p

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No firearm ever shot anything. Firearms are inanimate objects and can't do anything by themselves except collect dust.
People buy Piettas because of the price. You get what you pay for.
 
I was going to take a dremel to my front sight, but while figuring out exactly where to shave it down too I learned the sight picture and it's no problem now. No point shaving the sight down at all.

I did dremel down the corners on the hammer though. That's a must! They slice your hand up if you're shooting fast from the hip. A little cold blue and you can't tell I did anything at all
 
I suspect that the probability of a fixed sight firearm being correctly zeroed for any and all shooters is pretty slim.
Hitting lower than point of aim is a good problem to have. By adjusting the front sight, a really good zero can be obtained.
 
caramel said:
Was on the Pietta road once, i wont go there no more... JP.
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Really? I put a 45 Colt conversion cylinder on my 1860 Army sheriffs model and love it. It shoots approx. 8" high at 25yr which is a bit of a PITA, but groups like a damned.

Tried making a front sight for it, but that experiment was a dismal failure.

I would get another Pietta 1860 full size without hesitation.

Had an Uberti open top in 38spl that did not impress me at all.

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