Piettia went oo far this time!

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Malachi Leviticus Blue said:
The Pietta Pepperbox was $199.99 at Cabela's back in November.
When you are ready to buy, start by picking up $200 worth of discount gift cards. It is usually pretty easy to find them 15% t0 20% off. That could save you $40 right there.
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Very good point, MLB. I will start to look at it in that vein. I learn something new every day.

As long as Cabela's lasts as an entity of its former self, maybe.

Jim
 
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Those rebates are usually 20 off 150 or such. Never see one that will save you 40 bucks on that purchase but it will cover shipping or maybe sales tax.
 
Cowhide Cliff said:
Those rebates are usually 20 off 150 or such. Never see one that will save you 40 bucks on that purchase but it will cover shipping or maybe sales tax.
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Im not referring to
rebates at all. I'm referring to purchasing discount gift cards. e.g., buy a $100 gift card for $85 or $80 times two. Then you have $200 to spend but it only cost you $160 to $170. By the way you can still use those $20 off coupon codes on top of that, and if you are near one of the Cabela's locations you can have it shipped to the store for free too.
 
Malachi Leviticus Blue said:
Im not referring to
rebates at all. I'm referring to purchasing discount gift cards. e.g., buy a $100 gift card for $85 or $80 times two. Then you have $200 to spend but it only cost you $160 to $170. By the way you can still use those $20 off coupon codes on top of that, and if you are near one of the Cabela's locations you can have it shipped to the store for free too.
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Thanks I'll have to check in to that. I wasn't aware they did that. I always have shipped to the store now that I have one just a few minutes from my house.
 
Very interesting, but not a "factory" produced item like the Pietta.

The homemade RH hammer shows the skill level of the smith. I wonder when it was replaced? It would be interesting to know the provenance of this gun as Walch pistols seem to be rare as hens' teeth.

Jim
 
Wow! I'm not the only one here who watches forgotten weapons!

How does one find these mythical discounted Cabelas gift cards? I want a Pietta!

Out of curiosity, does anyone carry a cap and ball pistol as a ccw piece? Not planning on it myself, just curious.
 
Mauser lover said:
...How does one find these mythical discounted Cabelas gift cards? I want a Pietta!...
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Here is the Ebay seller where I have purchased most of my discounted Cabela's Gift Cards, right now they are $85 for a $100 card aka, 15% Off...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/100-Cabelas...il-Delivery-/291997710805?hash=item43fc6b79d5

I have no association other than being a satisfied customer.
These cards tend to sell out quick sometimes, but become available on a regular basis, usually discounted 15% to 20%

Also my local Sams Club has them all the time at 10% off in a pinch.

There is also the numerous gift card reselling sites like GIFTCARDGRANNY, but I've never used those
 
Kaeto said:
Well for those of you who claim that the Pietta Pepperbox is a fanasy piece and that style of pepperbox never existed. Here's your comeuppance.

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But it is a fantasy piece still... I think 95% of the people here already knew pepperbox's existed. The one in that video looks nothing like Piettas as do none other, which makes it a fictional gun.
 
jmar said:
But it is a fantasy piece still... I think 95% of the people here already knew pepperbox's existed. The one in that video looks nothing like Piettas as do none other, which makes it a fictional gun.
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Yep. Still a joke of an attempt by Pietta.
 
But a 1851 Navy in .44 cal is ok? Pietta is looking for sales, not period correct. Some people think that if it shoots black powder, it has to be a replica of something, but that is not the case at all. I know beer and wine snobs too.
 
What makes you BP guys think you have a monopoly on historical accuracy, anyway? What, like there's no purpose for BP apart from sanctioned Cowboy Action Shooting stuff (itself an even bigger joke of TV fantasy masquerading as historical accuracy; yup, dual-rig six-gun showdowns at dawn, pardner!) Maybe, just perhaps, it's really more about a firearms reproduction company making cool/interesting items that interest their customers --including fairly close facsimiles of period arms, as well as stuff that's just plain cool.

I'm fairly sure folks back when would think a similarly-customized Single Action would also be cool (but would largely not seek one out on the market because it's somewhat impractical absent a double-action lockwork and the ability to more easily eject or load chambers). So in a way, it's probably as historically accurate as anything (and probably more so than big-loop lever guns or Mare's Laigs)

This seemed relevant;
pepperboxrevolver.jpg
 
EK,

I can understand why that item has not sold at that price! Very interesting piece!

I wonder how well that worked out. That would have to be mounted in some sort of frame as all barrels fired at one time and could not imagine one firing it handheld. So why the buttstock if it as volley gun aboard a ship? I am guessing just to guide the gunner to the target, but...

Awaiting your response. I have not seen you here in quite a while, sir.

Jim
 
If nothing else, marketing seems to give a rebirth to firearms design.

The early Nock Volley Gun were rifled but the later ones weren't. You can see a Nock at the Charleston City (South Carolina, near Fort Sumter) Museum.
 
Agree with the OP. This abomination is a disgrace. Ugly, stupid, and useless for anything but making noise and smoke. The depths to which Pietta will sink to make money...

Oh, wait. They can do whatever they want within the law and we can reward or punish their decisions with our purchasing behavior. That seems...reasonable.
 
Hi Jim, I'm still around!

According to the Richard Sharpe Novels (by Bernard Cornwell) story line, the British Navy bought 50 or so of them and when the marines tried to use them from the rigging they got broken shoulders.

Some captains refused to use them fearing that they would set the sails on fire.

The rest of the 600 and some made got sold off as surplus and the Sharpe character bought one for his giant Irish Sergeant.

"The only rifle that kills on one end and maims on the other end" to quote a curator at the National Firearms Museum.

They have the one used by Richard Widmark in the "Alamo" movie with John Wayne in their Hollywood collection.
 
You're obviously missing an important point -- in that they are not copying history, they are merely copying contemporary U.S. politics.

What that gun is............

Is.........

An Alternative Fact-based Pepperbox

Tight groups!

( Although it will likely "group" best if you only fire one shot... ) :)

Old No7
 
I don't necessarily care about these guns being historically accurate. I do like the history and appreciate it.

If it floats your boat buy it. If it doesn't then keep on going.

Me personally I don't care much for it as I don't see it being all that useful, though it might work ok as a snake gun. But then I'd prefer a .44 cal for more pellets. But then I've never used a gun to kill rattlers with...
 
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