all I can say is that this one shoots extremely well so I wonder how good yours shoots? no offenseSo what is so much nicer than a regular Pietta 1851 Navy .36?
The wood is plain quarter-sawn, and the color case is no better than my $170 run of the mill Pietta 1851 that I bought from Cabelas a few years ago..
Is the gun functionally better? I doubt it.
Traditions can keep their high-buck Pietta versions. I have many other versions that they have never thought of.
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all I can say is that this one shoots extremely well so I wonder how good yours shoots? no offense
What is the mixture of the home brew bore butter. I like the smell of that stuff haven’t tried the pine variety. Doesn’t it turn rancid after a few months.yep guys she's a beauty plus shoots very very well didn't need to do anything to the sights they were spot on and I am using 25grs 3f goex with felt from durofelt 1/8th inch thick homecut wads soaked in my homebrew bore butter!
nice piece you have there!View attachment 798837 Yours is very similar to mine
Thanks, you as well! Got mine earlier this year.
Thanks jim.You still need to get a replica Pietta 1851 Navy .36 to use the parts I gave you! I think you will be well surprised by the performance. Paper ballistics are paltry compared to shooting the real thing.
Glad you are back here contributing as you always have.
Just a Pietta 1851 Navy .36 junkie.
Jim
Those are very nIce! Something ive been curious about. What is the difference between the 1860 and the 1861?Eyrie G. Doggt: 10892296 said:You guys have some nice ones.
I’ve been doggin on a .36 for hunting buff and putting down rampaging hippos but that does not mean I don’t love em. This ‘51 is a 1996 [BH] Pie-Eddy. New from Cabella’s for $149.99 - those were the days. I’ve gone over the internals of this one (and all my others) with some paper, file and stone and it’s slick. It’s been a real pal.
The photos are a few years old. The '51 is looking more gun metal now, my favorite color.
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With its companion 1861 Pietta from 1997 [BI] -
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