DevilsLuck
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After searching the web for opinions on which 1860 to buy; I was down to Uberti, or Pietta.
I went with Uberti. For two reasons. One being that it was stamped, such that the roll marks didn’t detract from the elegant lines of the pistol. And two; because more common than not, the reviews claimed better quality in the Ubertis.
Well... my Uberti 1860 Army arrived today. So quite eagerly I unboxed it, rubbed off the excess oil, worked the action to see how it compared to my “old one”... Seems great! So I cocked the hammer to look down the sights... And that’s when I saw it... The hammer... it had a chip in it. Now this doesn’t seem to be the kind of chip one might get from dry firing either. This chip is present right where the v-notch is; and the metal at the point of the chip is not only showing the crystalline structure chipped metal shows... but the case hardening finish was clearly done after the chip was made...
So... back this gun goes.
Now I tell you all of that; so I can ask you this. “Should I give Uberti another shot? Or should I just get a pietta, and live with the gaudy stamping in a high visibility area?” “Is this the the current standard of quality with Ubertis nowadays? Or did I just happen to have a stroke of bad luck?”