1858 grip

[bud in pa]

I have fat fingers. My Uberti 1858 seems to crowd my middle finger. Any way to get a little more room between the back of the trigger guard and the grip?

 

[Ed C.]

Do a search "Pietta 1858 C&B Painful to shoot". Plenty of ideas there. Mine used to beat up my middle finger. Now I just use a very tight grip and don't notice it anymore. That is using 25g of FFFg. You could possibly grind the frame and grips in back of that finger.

 

[CaptainKirk]

I've learned to do the 'pinky curl', which helps somewhat. There was a guy making a replacement trigger guard that moved the loop forward a quarter inch or so, I believe his name was Brad Potter, on the 1858 Remington forum...which is now defunct...but he dropped off the radar quite some time ago.

 

[Ed C.]

There is also this....yikes!

 

[Smokey Plainsman]

There is also this....yikes!

Now that's real differnt

 

[AlexB]

Looks like its rubbing his knuckle pretty tight when he grips it?

 

[RMFnLA]

I hold all SAs with my pinkey under the grip to raise the gun in my hand.

I should probably add a photo when I can.

 

[russellshaffer]

Interesting way to hang the holster. Has anybody tried it?

 

[Bad Karma]

Some guy had this made for his Remington…

 

[wiscoaster]

Pietta makes a "large frame" 1858. Dixie Gun Works carries it.