Pietta revolvers yes or no

Well I have once again fallen off the wagon and am back on the bottle again... :grin: It all started after I got a forgotten New Englander out of the safe and trying it out. I had been deep in the throws of addiction to black powder arms years ago and I had strayed to the ones that load from the back and worse...bottom feeders! Well, I thought I had beat the addiction until I touched off the first shot out of the New Englander and that sweet white smoke wafted back into my face and I was intoxicated again. I give up I'm an addict! :surrender:

My question for you all is are the Pietta revolvers any good? I've read mixed reviews on them a long time ago. I have a Uberti 1858 that is a really nice, well put together piece. I have been looking at a couple of the Piettas in the Cabelas site and they are in the bargin cave for $189.00. I am wanting both the 51 Navy 36 caliber and the 1860 Army 44. Any thoughts on these two models is welcome.

Thanks,

Schutzenkette

i have a pietta 60 army and a 58 remington. both are good shooters and quality pistols. neither has failed me.

i know you will get the mine fell apart in one shot. but then remember some people can break an anvil.

I bought a Bargin cave 51' recently and am very happy with fit/finish and function. :thumbsup:

Ok, so far so good. I like the looks of both of them and I fear the bank account will now suffer the wrath of my addiction! Well since both are on sale and everyone needs a smaller bore revolver in their collection (don't they?) I may end up with both of them. :idunno:

I will await more input from you folks prior to placing an order so as to hear how they both shoot, accuracy potential and so on so keep em coming!

Thanks,

Schutzenkette

I have the Pieta 1860 Colt Army. Love it! But yes I had some problems with it. I Had to have the timing on the cylinder reworked. It's been a great shooter ever since. :thumbsup:


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I'm happy with mine.

Don

Out of my 7 C&B revolvers, two of the most recent are Cabelas Piettas. They are both first rate. The quality has come a long way from years ago since they started using CNC machines. They now compare very favorably with Uberti's, but cost about $100 less. Cabelas has the lowest price around. They buy in quantity so they can afford to pass the saving on to the consumer. They are NOT selling seconds as some have suggested. Right now they have their lowest price in a couple of years. Jump on them before their inventory is sold out!

That's the best price I've seen since April 2009 ($180 for a steel Navy). Jump on it. Current Pietta's are pretty great and there is always Cabelas' return policy.

I have an 1851 Navy that is about 10 years old. The timing went off, gouging the cylinder between the stops, and the sear was soft - it's still shootable but the trigger is scary touchy because the contact edges are rounded.

Pietta doesn't seem to be any better or worse than the Ubertis I've seen. It seems most of them need a little tuning and finishing to be in top order, but that's to be expected, I think. Go for it, I'm thinking really hard about one too!

Well it would seem that most folks are pretty happy with the Pietta's. I think I will give Cabelas a call and get one (or two :grin: ) on the way.

The nature of my job has just turned shooting into a chore and being the firearms instructor has made my hobby into a job. I find myself picking up handguns and shooting like we train and the blackpowder arms just force me to slow down and relax. I'd almost forgotten why we do this!

Schutzenkette

I have two Piettas, a .36 Remington and a Colt 1860 Army. Both shoot more accurately than I can hold and the Remington has thousands of rounds through it and is still going strong.

I got to weigh in on this one. I had a 1860 model and I replaced half the parts on it. Maybe it was an older one I don't know I bought it used. I don't want another one. I had a Uberti Walker and I am sorry I ever got rid of it. It was as nice as the 2nd Gen. Colt Dragoon that I have now and cost a lot less. The Uberti shot point of aim at 25 yds. and I never had a problem with it, and it shot as good a group as my modern guns.

I have three 1858 Remington Piettas, and they all work fine. I even use one with an .45 Long Colt R&D conversion cylinder with no problems.

FWIW, I've bought three Pietta BP revolvers from Cabela's since 2010, a Rem 44 cal 1858 Army, a Rem 36 cal Navy, and a Colt cal 36 1851 Navy. I live close enough to a Cabelas that I can inspect the pistol before I purchase.

I went to the local store and inspected the in-the-box pistol, slowly pulled the trigger to rotate the cylinder to insure lock-up for each chamber. Then I've checked the wood around the grips, and the fit of the trigger guard to the frame. All the Pietta's worked OK based on my tests. None of mine have suffered broken springs, screws, etc.

I've some Uberti's, and the recent (2010's) Pietta's are not quite up to their fit and finish, but close enough for holster work. For shooting, my results with the Pietta 1858 44 cal and Uberti 1858 44 cal are about the same. (Others results may vary!) Perhaps older Pietta's suffer from quality problems.

As for a reliable, recent made pistol (as far as that goes for a C&B revlover), Pietta seems OK for me.

I think there are or have been poor quality repros from Spain, Belgium, and perhaps India and Pakistan that are on the market today, so beware!

I have a '58 remmie pietta and I must say I am very happy with mine. I have tried diffrent loads (up to 40 grains of black powder) in mine and have had no problems at all. I think that the guys with bad pistols must have got a lemon, or, They may have accidentaly damaged the one's they had. (maybe used something other than black powder ?) :idunno:
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