1858 Pietta Remington Conversion Completed

[DixieTexian]

You could get some leather and make your own holsters like I do. I stitch them up with the actual gun in them. That way you get a real good fit.

 

[sundance44s]

Coyote Hunter ...I`m the same way ...the Pietta 58 is the only one that doesn`t hurt my fingers to shoot ...I just traded off a Euroarms Remington for that very reason ...it was a real good shooter ..but worse than a Uberti for takeing the hairs off my fingers with the back of the trigger guard ...kinda takes the fun out of it ...

 

[Colt46]

I love that gun

My only offer to improve it would be some fine looking grips. Those plain vanilla ones are trying to drag your baby down.

 

[Coyote Hunter]

I know Sundance, I sold a beautiful 20 guage skeet grade Remington shotgun for the money to get one. I love conversions because of the characters I portray with our Western reenactment group. But I was disappointed with the knuckle rapping. Other than that, it is a conversation getter and is accurate. I carry my guns a lot on the farm. That way, the leather and guns get some wear and look better for what I do. Plus, it's a good excuse to shoot them at coyotes and possums and such. I kinda wish I'd gotten the transitional model Colt now.

 

[chaoszen]

Thanks!

Thanks for all the posts on this thread. You have all been very helpfull. And by the way anyone own a Pedersoli 20ga smoothbore Howdah from Cabelas? I was thinking about getting one.

 

[arcticap]

1st click on the word "search" located at the top of each page, then click on the word "advanced search".
Once the advanced search page loads, type "howdah" in the "keyword box", click on "blackpowder shooting" in the "search in forums" box, then go to the bottom of the page and click on "search now" and viola!

These advanced search results will appear for the howdah pistol!

http://www.thehighroad.org/search.php?searchid=5097966

 

[the-ghost]

awesome pistol man!

fast drawing is a hollywood invention...

the sabre as mykeal said was the primary weapon for officers in the civil war and earlier. the sabre while marching is held sheathed by your left hand, for a righty, and this is still true today for officers on parade. your pistol and sabre would be drawn with the same hand. you would also use two hands to draw your sabre. one to hold the scabbard and other to draw the weapon.

 

[BHP FAN]

I've gotta say that looks sweet!Have you considered a strongside lefty by Oklahoma Leather Company?They're pretty inexpensive,and tend to be a little thinner leather than some maker's use,so they form well to almost any pistola.

 

[1858rem]

how does that ejector rod assembly work? is it something pretty simple to make, 100+ bucks i thought was pretty steep.

 

[Biohazard1993]

I'm hoping someone can answer a few questions even though it has been a while since this part of the forum has gotten any feedback. Im just a young firearms owner getting into the adiction that is older type firearms , and I figured someone here could help enlighten me in my black powder conversion ignorance. I understand how the cylinder works (seen that on utube) but how does one get the ejector on the revolver (i cannot find vids anywhere) and is it slightly wierd to use as it is on the right hand side of the revolver instead of the left, or is it one of those things you get used to or actually like more than the original design after a while? Also I know the LC stands for long colt but with lack of information on the web, am I correct in the assumption that kirst saying 45sc means the .45 schofield? Thank you very much.