Sounds like to much trouble for what you might get to me , $230 used vs $300 Pietta . Just can’t find one .
It kind of depends on when you want it. The ASM you could have today.....the new gun......who knows. ASM's work fine and can be fixed. The ASM may have already visited a gunsmith. A far as new, we're seeing a few coming out of Cimarron, we've received 2 in the past 4 months. They have been very nice out of the box. But both sold within a day or 2 of getting them in. The new market will remain in extremely short supply for a while.
I wouldn't be afraid of the ASM as long as it's in solid working order. But if you want to wait a good while....there may be more options. Basically I'm with BPWarrior.....they are great pistols....
At what point shuld we expect the new market to be better supplied? It's been almost 2 years.
LOL....your guess is as good as mine. Could be a year....could be 5. Depends on when Italy gets back to whatever is "normal". All I can say is that right now there is literally nothing available new that we can find. If you can find a good used gun.....it might be your best choice. That's what the shop is doing.
Availability is worth twice as much as price
I'll have my next Uberti shipped in a Pietta box.
And sometimes costs twice the price.
Available: I just saw this 1851 on Midway. They also have an 1861 and some brass framed 1851's as well.Sounds like to much trouble for what you might get to me , $230 used vs $300 Pietta . Just can’t find one .