Excuse My Excitement But.....

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Hey Everyone,

I just received my Pietta 1858 from Cabelas! I am verrrry pleased. By the way, the folks at Cabelas were top notch! Fit and finish looks just fine and the action is very smooth for a new gun. I looked at an Uberti 3rd model Dragoon locally and couldn't find any difference in quality. In fact the Pietta seemed a bit tighter and better put together. And, while those two guns are very different, the Uberti was almost twice the price. I was really happy to see that the grips are a rich brown rather then that red color that used to come on so many imports. All that and a great price to boot! (Cabelas sale runs until 3/2.) Because I live on a fixed income, I sold a few things to buy it and ended up with $ in the bank besides. I'm headed to Bass Pro Shop to buy some "real" black powder this morning and a few other things I need. I have some Pyrodex, but somehow I want the smell of the real thing.

This is my first BP revolver although I'm not new to BP. Can't wait to shoot it so if the weather holds I'm headed to my favorite shootin' spot tomorrow.

Many thanks to all the folks at this site for your good advice and experience.

Happy Shooting
 
That gun is top notch! Got mine at Christmas, but haven't shot it yet. Still way to cold here in northern New York :(
 
Sounds like you have a keeper. Pietta installed new cnc equipment a few years back and the quality has increased. I think with new production guns the two are about equal.
 
A quick update...

Had a chance to shoot my 1858 today for the first time! Everything went smooth as silk....no problems. Lots of smoke and thunder! At about 20 yards I found that I was shooting slightly lower then the point of aim, but several inches to the left. I was shooting freehand so I don't know how much was me and how much was the gun. I'll have to shoot off the bench next time to get a better idea. I was shooting the standard 24.5 grain load as measured from my cylinder flask. I don't have a measure yet so I was pouring into a .45 long colt case, before emptying into the cylinder. I have an idea that if I practice a bit and load with about 21 grains, I might do a bit better.

Bottom line..... Lots of fun! Next week I hope to make a loading stand and holster for her.

Happy Shooting:p
 
orange grips

Great to hear you like your Remington. My wife bought me a Uberti 58 Remington for Christmas. Gun is very nice except for the bright orange grips! I have an Uberti Walker and the grips that came with it are fine, but the Remington...whooo! I decided to strip the varnish, or whatever was on them off and just use some boiled linseed oil. They look fine now but Uberti sure dropped the ball on these grips. It was as if they painted on a bright orange poly...eeyuck! I sold a lot of Piettas and Ubertis when I worked for Cabelas and have never seen such finish.:barf:
 
Sounds like you had loads of fun and that's the point.
I have a Pietta-made 1860 Colt I bought a few years ago and its fit and finish are top-notch.
The only major difference I've found between Pietta and Uberti anymore is that, according to the Dixie Gun Works catalog, Ubertis use a slightly deeper rifling.
I haven't noticed a loss of accuracy from fouling building up, as long as I use felt wads soaked with Gatofeo No. 1 lubricant, between ball and powder.
I know this sounds like a shameless plug but I've yet to find a lubricant that works as well. You'll find the recipe in my earlier post, "How to properly use a cap and ball revolver."
You're already using FFFG black powder and that's good. In my experience, black powder consistently delivers the best accuracy.
If, down the road, you pick up Hodgdon 777 remember that it is not designed to interchange volume-for-volume with black powder. It's more powerful than black powder so use less for equal velocities.
But unless you're a velocity fiend, or can't find real black powder, there's no need to buy 777 or any other black powder substitute. Use the real thing and be assured you're using the best you can get.
You may find that .454 inch balls not only fit better in your chamber, but give better accuracy. I stopped using .451 inch balls years ago for this reason.
The `58 Remington has become my favorite revolver when I want fine accuracy. For snap-shooting and getting a sense of history, I like my Colt 2nd generation 1851 Navy in .36 caliber.
I live near the Pony Express Route that crossed the Utah desert as it wended its way from Missouri to California.
It's now a dirt road across a remote, uninhabited area. I've taken friends along the old trail and then stopped to load the 1851 Navy for them.
When you tell them, "This is the gun that the Pony Express riders carried on horseback," then hand it to them for shooting, their eyes light up! :D
 
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