Das Jaeger
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Recently in a thread by alias "THEWALL" , it got me thinkin about you all that have no experience in cap and ball guns and your desire to attain the best gun for the buck depending on what your desires for the gun are . I did not want to steal his thunder on his post of the new gun so started this one . While I am extremely happy for him to have gotten his new Pietta 1858 NA and it has a good trigger pull , at least acceptable obviously , it made me think of the rest of you folks that are looking at getting new guns , especailly newbees .
If your intention is shooting CASS or any competion or fine target work , forget about out of the box Piettas , especailly the 58 Army .
If you want a good solid well built gun that you can drop out of a pick-up truck and it will still run , then the Pietta is a great choice . Same holds true with Uberti for dropping out of pick-up , but the trigger pull will still be exceptional too
BUT !!!!!! Don't expect to shoot well with the stock trigger in competion or at targets , it aint happenin with Pietta . On the rare exception , and I mean VERY rare , the trigger will be acceptable at best for that kind of work .
Yes the prices are good for the Pietta , especailly on sale, but don't expect a Uberti quailty trigger or finish on your gun , or you'll be HIGHLY disappointed . I have allot of Piettas , and I mean allot , none of them were excellent triggers out of the box , none . One is really good stock , but excellent like Uberti , not even close . Even my $800 LeMats are not excellent triggers , they are very very crisp and nice , but my standard untouched Ubertis are better .
This is in now way a plug for Uberti , becasue you pay way more for Uberti , way more . But for serious shooting , I would seriously look at a Uberti or Ruger for your choices before settling on something that might get you buy and is cheaply priced . You get what you pay for ! Unless your willing to spend more money on gunsmithing or able to do some minor trigger upgrades or work yourself , save your headache if your getting into serious work with these guns and buy a Uberti first , or Ruger .
That being said the Piettas are fine guns too, just not as refined , especially in fit and finish . They are comming along , but my Ubertis are Caddilacs compaired to my Chevy Nova Piettas . Some of the high end Piettas are really well finished but they also cost $600 and $800 respectively . Once again you get what you pay for . Remember that !
This is Uberti , and you can plainly see for the other $100 over Piettas same gun , it is refined inside and out , and no silly writing on it , bonus .
Buyer beware is my point , Don't expect the Taj Mahal when buying the Outhouse .
Das Jaeger
If your intention is shooting CASS or any competion or fine target work , forget about out of the box Piettas , especailly the 58 Army .
If you want a good solid well built gun that you can drop out of a pick-up truck and it will still run , then the Pietta is a great choice . Same holds true with Uberti for dropping out of pick-up , but the trigger pull will still be exceptional too
BUT !!!!!! Don't expect to shoot well with the stock trigger in competion or at targets , it aint happenin with Pietta . On the rare exception , and I mean VERY rare , the trigger will be acceptable at best for that kind of work .
Yes the prices are good for the Pietta , especailly on sale, but don't expect a Uberti quailty trigger or finish on your gun , or you'll be HIGHLY disappointed . I have allot of Piettas , and I mean allot , none of them were excellent triggers out of the box , none . One is really good stock , but excellent like Uberti , not even close . Even my $800 LeMats are not excellent triggers , they are very very crisp and nice , but my standard untouched Ubertis are better .
This is in now way a plug for Uberti , becasue you pay way more for Uberti , way more . But for serious shooting , I would seriously look at a Uberti or Ruger for your choices before settling on something that might get you buy and is cheaply priced . You get what you pay for ! Unless your willing to spend more money on gunsmithing or able to do some minor trigger upgrades or work yourself , save your headache if your getting into serious work with these guns and buy a Uberti first , or Ruger .
That being said the Piettas are fine guns too, just not as refined , especially in fit and finish . They are comming along , but my Ubertis are Caddilacs compaired to my Chevy Nova Piettas . Some of the high end Piettas are really well finished but they also cost $600 and $800 respectively . Once again you get what you pay for . Remember that !
This is Uberti , and you can plainly see for the other $100 over Piettas same gun , it is refined inside and out , and no silly writing on it , bonus .
Buyer beware is my point , Don't expect the Taj Mahal when buying the Outhouse .
Das Jaeger
