Colt vs Remington Sights

[trettie]

I have a Uberti 1860 Army that I love to shoot, but the Colt hammer sights have never been a favorite. I haven't had a chance to shoot the Remington 1858; how does its frame sights compare?

 

[BillinOregon]

Greatly superior in my experience. I've done OK with the 1860 Army and the 1851 Navy, but the 1858 Remington feels much more like a modern revolver when you are aiming at a bullseye. The Colt arrangement gives a decent account of itself from a sandbagged rest. It's when you shoot offhand or from field positions that the Remington's superiority becomes much clearer.

 

[Flintlock_bob]

I have both Uberti guns and I can't really say I prefer one over the other, I just put the front sight in the notch and try to keep it on target LOL.

 

[Flash Pan Dan]

I took a 3 corner diamond file to the notch on my 1860 Pietta hammer and widen it a lot. Now I can shoot it as well as my well worn Pietta New Army Remmys.

 

[M. De Land]

I've seen pictures of 60 Colts with a dovetail sight at the back end of the barrel over the forcing cone. Looked kind of weird but it probably works better than a hammer nose sight notch.

 

[Mean Gene]

I don't have a Remington but I used a file on the rear sight of my 1860 and opened it up, now it shoots to point of aim t 30 ft quite well.

Duelist1954 has a youtube video on how to do this.

 

[ZUG]

If your shooting for fun and tin cans either are fine but if you are shooting for "the money" then the Remington is the one you want :thumbsup: .

 

[smoothshooter]

I have had the same experience, except I filed a square bottomed notch in the hammer.
I see no disadventage in the Colt type sights. In fact, with the latter, you get a longer sight radius.