The THR 1851/1860 Club

That is one sharp looking trigger guard.

I have an old replica, here is me shooting it circa 1977

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Love the photo!

Looks like something you would find in the kit of an officer with the British East India Company posted to the North-West Frontier!

I've had two for a while now but have yet to shoot either of them. The other is a stainless Pietta.

here is my Colt 1851 made by Colt. very accurate I also have an 1860 army a pietta 1851 a Remington 1858 also made by pietta

oh and one of my favorites a 50cal t/c hawken perfusion rifle

Choctaw said:

With the blessing of 4v50Gary, I bring to you the 1851/1860 club. All styles and calibers are welcome as long as they depict a Colt or reproduction thereof. As with the other clubs, membership is dependent upon posting a picture of your pistola(s).

Here are mine, which are all Piettas. I kind of like half fluted cylinders as you may have guessed.

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stephen cockerham said:

oh and one of my favorites a 50cal t/c hawken perfusion rifle

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What is a perfusion rifle? LOL. It is not pertinent to a Navy revolver. Get your stuff in order.

expat_alaska said:

What is a perfusion rifle? LOL. It is not pertinent to a Navy revolver. Get your stuff in order.

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oops supposed to be percussion using a phone and fat fingers wont fit itty bitty keyboard

ok thought it was on my end have a good day

Hey! Just found this thread. I am a new owner of a Pietta 1851 London model. Do I need to do samething to become an official member?

WilTx said:

Hey! Just found this thread. I am a new owner of a Pietta 1851 London model. Do I need to do samething to become an official member?

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Yes, it requires posting a photo of the gun. [mentioned in the 1st post]

Like arcticap says, with no photo, it didn't happen! That's what this thread is all about: eye-candy!

Regards,

Jim

Sorry. I shoulda looked. Be back in a while ....

Pietta 1851 London

OK, we need particulars as things like the date code. If you dig a bit you will find that there are several variations of Pietta 1851 Navies, depending upon when manufactured. There are at least three gripframe styles. In ~2002 Pietta went to CNC machining for all of their revolvers. Prior to that, Pietta would subcontract parts made by various small Northern Italy manufacturers and would have to hand fit these parts on the production line. If you need internal parts (yeah, they break sometimes) the date code is very relevant when obtaining replacement parts.

I know I have posted some of my Pietta Navy .36 revolvers here, but I don't think I posted this one. It is a Pietta 1851 Navy .36 4-screw CFS (cut for stock) AZ/1990 that I obtained about a year ago in a cased set. It was not as advertised: it was shot and not cleaned long ago, so I had a bunch of work to do. (As an aside, I cannot find one produced by Pietta after they went to CNC machining, and that is why I held onto it and brought it back to life.)

Doing a precursory function check, the cylinder would hang up/not revolve on 4 out of 6 chambers. I took it completely apart and found that some Bubba had modified the the bolt head and the hand. I had a new Pietta CNC bolt and hand in my parts stock, but they were not even close to interchange. Using beaucoup hot water, soap, #0000 steel wool, and a lot of elbow grease I managed to clean it up very well in one afternoon. Even using steel wool on the brass parts, I was amazed at how much patina was preserved.

The before photo:



By a sheer stroke of luck I found a period correct bolt on Ebay, and was able to hammer lengthen the hand to make it functional. The wood had many minor scars, but I managed to refinish it to what I feel is acceptable. The 1990's blond wood was all the rage back then.



Regards,

Jim

Not sure if you were talking to me, expat_alaska. My '51 Navy London was purchased just weeks ago from EMF. I put the order in when none were in stock. I'm sure it's "fresh".

Wil

WilTx said:

Not sure if you were talking to me, expat_alaska. My '51 Navy London was purchased just weeks ago from EMF. I put the order in when none were in stock. I'm sure it's "fresh".

Wil

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Date code needed, please.

Don't know the date code format. There is a "CZ" on the right side of the frame inside a square, and the bottom of the barrel is stamped "2020". Is that it?

Yep, Pietta uses the date two letters and also stamps under the barrel where the loading lever sits on newer barrels starting around mid 2015

WilTx said:

Don't know the date code format. There is a "CZ" on the right side of the frame inside a square, and the bottom of the barrel is stamped "2020". Is that it?

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This is the proof date code chart for all Italian firearms.

I have the identical chart, but I edited it because the date code for 1996 should be BH.

Regards,

Jim

My two, I put the smooth cylinder on my black 1860 (I like them better) I wish I could find one for the old silver.

Got a set of Track of the Wolf nipples delivered today, along with a couple larger flask spouts (20gr and 25gr). Think the '51 and I need to visit the range soon ...

Oh: Anyone have a recommendation for a not-too-expensive straight line capper that will work with a Pietta Navy?