Pietta 1858 With Target Sights

[barnettshale]

Went to a swap meet yesterday. Parker County Sportsmans Club has one once a quarter. (Weatherford, TX) Range is actually located near Poolville. There were some guys there with items from an estate. The brother of the man who died brought all kinds of gun stuff to sell on behalf of his sister in law. Amongst it was a cardboard box full of cap and ball revolvers. Around 10 if I remember correctly. One was an 1860 Army and there was one 1858 Sheriffs model new in the box. I managed to snag a 1858 target model with a spare cylinder and an unmentionable cylinder as well. Also a black flapped holster. Unmarked, no US on it and the flap closes with a brass stud. The date code on the revolver was 2007

 

[barnettshale]

Slugged the bore yesterday. Grooves and lands .440/.445
Cylinder chambers all measured from.445/.446
.451 ball will be good. Hope it shoots as good as the measurements tell me it should.

 

[Smokerr]

Nice. That would be a 1858 New Model Army Remington Replica though it has the Target sights on it (one of mine does as well).

Let us know how it shoots. I have two NMA, one a 76 and one a 2023 and have not had all that good results.

 

[rafterob]

I had one of those for a number of years. I found the .454 balls to be a better fit. The .451 would not shave a consistent ring of lead when loading. My target load was 15 grains 3f, but you can load 35 grains in there if you want a big boom!

 

[barnettshale]

I had one of those for a number of years. I found the .454 balls to be a better fit. The .451 would not shave a consistent ring of lead when loading. My target load was 15 grains 3f, but you can load 35 grains in there if you want a big boom!

I have for years used .454 in most of mine. Based on the measurements I got using old fashioned dial calipers a .006 or .005 ring shaved from a .451 ball should be good. As it is I modified one of my .451 round ball moulds to throw a heeled round ball. Weighs 160 grains. The heel measures .433 and drops right into the cylinder chamber mouth. I hope it also lends itself to ease of manufacture and loading with combustible cartridge's