1858 Remington New Model Army by Pietta

[Dirigo]

I was curious about that too, maybe it's a spell check on Pietta

 

[Secesh]

 

[Leatherbark]

The Pietta "Shooters" model is a completely different model from their regular 1858. Back in the day when the regular Pietta 1858 had a welded in front sight stud, the shooters model had a dovetailed front sight and if I remember correctly the dovetailed rammer lug. The frame was forged, line-bored and with the fancy rifling like the original that started slow and ended fast.

It also had a silver-plated trigger guard and the "Remington" address thingy on the top of the barrel. The one I had needed .460 balls. A .457 would chamber with the rammer and the concave rammer would suction pull it right back out of the chamber. If I remember correctly the hammer spur was checkered also. So, you got a lot more for your money over a regular 58. I traded mine up back in the day and sadly traded it off. No way would I pay today's prices for one.

 

[blfuller]

It’s 6 of one half dozen of the other. Uberti usually has better fit and finish and more discrete stampings on the gun. They’re also closer dimensionally to original guns. Pietta are somewhat larger and have a billboard stamped on the sides of the barrel and frame. Or used to, I haven’t seen any new Pietta guns in some time. Of course the gun can always be defarbed if it bothers you. Here’s an example of this on a Shooters Model Pietta… it’s not cheap if taken to this level…
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That is an absolute beauty. I would have great difficulty in firing that.

 

[Bad Karma]

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Wouldn’t give you one thin dime…

@blfuller I never had a problem firing anything… I do have a couple I might not get around to firing but that’s not one.

 

[TNGhost]

Thanks for the link.

I like what Taylor’s sells with the case hardened frames. They’re nice looking revolvers but all on back order right now. I don’t really need the target sights. I will probably get something from Taylor’s [maybe?] depending on what is in stock when I do eventually buy. If not, I can be satisfied with just a blued frame model. Hopefully whichever Italian I buy will be reliable and shoot accurately.

Ran across this today, and thought it may be of interest to you, a review of the Uberti by Everything Black Powder.

Also, as an aside I received an 1858 Sheriff's model today that I ordered from BudK. Everyone else was out and they offered a 15% off coupon so I got a decent price on it. I noticed a couple of differences between it and my older ones. The grips were really nicely fitted and flush all the way around unlike my others. The site was dovetailed, the first of the six (all Pietta, 2) 8.5" 2) 5.5" and 2) Navy .36s) I own to be like that. The loading lever web was longer and beefier than my other 5.5" and the gun itself seemed to be heavier and a bit larger in some spots than my older ones.

I own mostly Piettas. All my 58s are and I have no complaints, so far.

The video is interesting and has me looking at an Uberti.

To all who may watch this vid: Warning: Adult content - any who believes 4f belongs only in a priming pan may want to look away.