The Pietta Remingtons are beefier, that's another reason why I like them.
I would also like a Pietta .36 Remington because they are built on the same .44 frame and hold more powder.
And they take .375 balls instead of needing .380's.
Someone recently posted how thier brand new Uberti 1858 mainspring was too weak to bust a cap.
And he had to replace it with the mainspring out of his old Uberti to be able to fire it.
That's not the kind of quality control that one would expect for a more expensive gun.
Probably only a fluke that could happen with either company but nonetheless, it's just another example of an Uberti defect.
Many members would always comment about the sexier & more graceful lines of the Uberti 1860's being more true to the original design,
especially when compared to the Pietta 1860.
But that's cosmetic considering how the Uberti 186o internal arbor problem has gotten worse over the years despite the retooling that they've done.
I once had a Euromanufacture .36 Remmy that had the smaller frame, and in the end I thought it was too small and sold it instead.
I would rather have the beefier Pietta version.
But these are mostly matters of personal preference.
If given a choice between an arbor of proper length and a short arbor, I would buy the gun with the arbor of the correct length out of the box.
That doesn't mean that the Pietta is more accurate, it's just one less defect that a person needs to deal with when buying a new gun.
People make their choices based on price, looks, defects, quality, fit & finish, warranty etc...
There's plenty of defects to go around when it comes to new reproductions, there always has been.
It's just that while the number of Pietta defects has declined over the years, the number of Uberti defects has seemed to increase.
That's part of the Uberti company not making as many C&B guns as Pietta does.
Uberti makes tons of other products while Pietta concentrates more on C&B guns.
Some Uberti's are better than Pietta, but the percentage of Piettas without as many defects has increased, IMO anyway.
And that's why many consider Piettas to be the better value.