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I simply stripped it in white vinegar and then applied several applications of Van's gun blue. I put the Van's on with a cotton ball and just kept slobbering it on and then rubbed it out with 00000 steel wool. Did not heat up the gun. I would like to say it took more finess than that but then I...

Thanks for all the compliments. I also did this knowing I have no intentions of selling the gun, and leaned towards the used and maybe abused a bit look rather than the well kept look. It sure was a lot of fun to do!

WOW! Does that original ever look nice. I never noticed (or knew) about the loading ram length. Thanks for the comments!

Thought someone might like to see the finished result of my Pietta 1858 Remington "antiquing" project. I have had the gun for a couple of years and it took some courage to strip the nice factory blue. I'm happy with the results and look forward to shooting it more often this spring. Just in case...

Just wanted to add mine to the list. I just finished "antiquing" it.

I have a Cabelas Piettta 1858 and am impressed with the quality of the one I received. Fit and finish is nice. Had trouble finding caps to fit the nipples and still have to pinch them to make them stay on. Make sure you remove the nipples and put anti seize on the threads BEFORE you first fire...

Thanks for the heads up on the minimum charge Scrat. I hadn't thought of that.

Thanks for the straight forward answer! My thought too was that maybe a grain in Italy was different than a grain here. It just made me think twice when I read Pietta's load recomendation. I'll start somewhere around 22 grains and work the load up to the most accurate point. Like you said...

In Pietta's instruction manual for the 1858 the min-max for FFFG is listed as 12-15 grains or 0.8-1 grams. Any other published data for the 1858 Rem I have seen calls for 20-30 grains with 35 grains as the max. Why the difference? :confused:

Thanks for all the replies! I have learned much through this thread and that's the point of asking questions and getting a variety of answers. Now I know I have 'lube pills' (the expensive kind). Thanks again to everyone!

The picture on the Wonder Seals container shows: Powder first, wonder wad, ball then wonder seal. Two wads total. The seal is marketed as an alternative to grease on top of the ball. I realize that is overkill and was wondering if Wonder Wads and Wonder seals are the same. Upon doing some...

That gun is top notch! Got mine at Christmas, but haven't shot it yet. Still way to cold here in northern New York :(

Thanks for the reply. I guess I have confused a wad with a seal. Cabelas has 'pistol wads' and 'revolver wads'. The revolver wads are really the ox-yoke seals which are ment to go on top of the ball. They really should clarify that point in their advertising for us newbies!

If you use Ox-yoke Wonder Seals, do you put them on top of the revolver charge and under the ball, or do you seat the ball on top of the powder and then put in a wonder seal? I have some seals that I haven't tried yet. The instructions on the container show powder, wonder wad, ball then a wonder...

Thanks for the replies! I guess I'll try Gander Mountain next time I am near one (about 2 hrs away). I have had no luck finding Remington caps locally and Cabelas only sell then in lots of 1000. I figured the Tresso nipples would be a good upgrade anyway but wanted to make sure the CCI 11 cap...

Just got a Pietta 1858 Remington from Cabelas. I'm very impressed with the quality and anyone considering one of these should not hesitate! I am confused about cap size. I have a bunch of CCI #11 caps and they are WAY too big. I am considering getting Tresco nipples from the Possibles Shop but...