Anyone own a New York Metro. Police pistol?

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If so. How do you like it.
Since I have this .36 bullet mold and everyone now seems to think I need a .36 pistol to go with it. I have been doing some looking and I like the looks of the 1862 NYMP pistol.
So...
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That's Pietta's version. While a nice gun it is not really a true repro of the N.Y. Metro pistol. It's basically a short barrel 1861 Navy with partial flutes cut on the cylinder.

The original was built on the smaller .31 sized frame, with a rebate watertable and cylinder to handle .36 caliber, and it was a 5-shooter..
Uberti makes a more accurate repro.
 
That's Pietta's version. While a nice gun it is not really a true repro of the N.Y. Metro pistol. It's basically a short barrel 1861 Navy with partial flutes cut on the cylinder.

The original was built on the smaller .31 sized frame, with a rebate watertable and cylinder to handle .36 caliber, and it was a 5-shooter..
Uberti makes a more accurate repro.

Could that mean that it's the Uberti that needs the modification and not the Pietta version?
Or do you think that they're both potential candidates?
All of the folks in the thread had Ubertis with at least one mentioning that his needed the mod.
 
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I have a Pietta on order, the cap cut out is larger and a bigger trough than my Uberti one. I think both are same 31 frame tho. The Pietta I intend to shoot alot. My Uberti works OK the few times I shot it, but it is too pretty to shoot regularly.
 
I see what you mean. eng_pl_Black-Powder-Revolvers-Colt-Police-1862-36-4-5-878_3.jpg To be truthful. I had to look up rebate and water table. I am kinda new to all of this, and so I learned a few things today!
Thanks! They are both very nice looking revolvers. I was looking for the smallest .36 revolver I could get for the most part.

I assume then that the Uberti would be somewhat smaller overall than the Pietta would be if it is built on a .31 frame?
 
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I don't know what modification you're talking about.

The modification mentioned in the thread in Post #2:

I learned a few things about the Pocket Police by reading this thread. --->>> https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/who-loves-the-1862-pocket-police.347292/

It appears that there's a modification that was recommended by mec, a THR member who wrote an informative book about many C&B models.

I have a Pietta on order, the cap cut out is larger and a bigger trough than my Uberti one. I think both are same 31 frame tho. The Pietta I intend to shoot alot. My Uberti works OK the few times I shot it, but it is too pretty to shoot regularly.

Thank you Gordon!
 
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The current Ubertis are only skin deep.

They spend all their time on the exterior finish and none inside the action where it’s important. The last two pocket models from Uberti I bought were both train wrecks. Pietta has much better internal quality these days, that wasn’t always the case.
 
Pietta picture, looks odd , looks like they reengineered to work better.
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It certainly is on the larger 1851 Navy frame tho , Might as well have it in .44 snub then .
 
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Duelist1954 reviewed the Uberti Police in March, 2020 and didn't note any problem with cap jams.
He fired both balls and Era's Gone bullets, with the balls printing 6" high @ 7 yards and the bullets printing 1" higher.
Perhaps Uberti solved the cycling problem with some of the earlier Uberti models, or the problem is hit and miss.

 
Very interesting. Seems as though they’ve addressed some function issues, though I’m not sure what slicking up he did that he mentioned in the beginning.
 
I have the Uberti Pocket Police, it is a lot smaller frame than the 1851 Navy frame. It also has a lot smaller front sight. For me the 1851 Navy shoots a couple inches high whereas the Pocket Police shoots a good foot or more high.
 
i have the pietta 1862 metro police revolver...its just an 1861 navy with a 5.5 inch barrel and a half fluted cylinder. No different. It is a very well made gun...but like any cap gun it could be great or a lemon or somewhere in between...all can use a good tuning. Although mine was perfectly timed and didnt need any work aside from the custom stuff i do. Personally i dont like ubertis pocket models and they arent built as well as regular full sized models. Hard to tune as well. Their internals seem to be made "on the cheap". In my opinion...and i work on quite a few of these guns...todays Piettas have the best internal parts and very well made. I prefer working on them as they tune very well. Not saying uberti isnt good...i just feel Pietta is better. They may not be historically correct with a lot of models but none the less they are very well made. Although an uberti can be tuned just as well but they all have their little quirks. One thing i hate about uberti is their short cylinder pin and cylinder gap. Pietta doesnt have this issue and if this isnt adjusted it can really ruin the shooting experience especially for someone new to these guns who doesnt know its something that needs to be addressed. For someone starting off with these guns i always suggest a NEW Pietta.
 
Heres my pietta 1862 nyc metropolitan police .36 cal and my pietta 1851 navy london .36 cal . same frame size and grip style. Only differencw is the barrels and one cylinder is half fluted...and the london has blued steel back strap and triggr guard and the nyc metro police has a nickel plated brass version
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Heres the same Pietta1862 nyc metro police with a pietta 1861 navy "sheriff". Technically both are just 1861s with short barrels. The 1862 by pietta has a full size and isnt really a true pocket model with a small .31 cal frame like originals and uberti makes....but i prefer the full size as pocket sized guns arent built as well internally as full sized guns.
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