1858 Remington/Pietta AA marking

[eggwelder]

Was 1975 a good vintage? I`m still looking for my revolver and am currently looking at one of these
good price for Canada AFAIK, looks in really decent shape

 

[Zonie]

Was 1975 a good year for Pietta Remington's?

IMO, if it is a steel frame revolver it is probably pretty good. Not as good as the currently produced Pietta's but a lot better than some of the other companies cap & ball pistols that were being made in 1975.

 

[sourdough]

In all honesty, you are looking for a firm answer concerning a revolver you have not posted photos of. You also have seemingly not explored revolvers of that era so as to educate yourself about them.

In a nutshell, Pietta and Uberti went to CNC machining ~2002. Any revolvers produced prior to that date by any manufacturer (Pietta, Uberti, Armi San Marco, Armi San Paolo, Palmetto, Euroarms, COM, et al,) were produced using parts manufactured by various Northern Italian manufacturers located primarily in the Brescia area. Your revolver marked AA/1975 is one of those. They are all hit or miss insofar as fit and function, and take into account if the revolver has been fired or not. Decent shape means nothing until you have the revolver in your hands and it functions correctly. If not, new Pietta internal parts (bolt/hand, et al) are not the same and won't fit without a lot of TLC, if that.

During this pandemic a lot of used/older revolvers are coming up for sale because the Italian factories are producing very few revolvers and they are commanding large prices. It is a seller's market for the time being.

Spend your money as you wish. The good money goes towards education and it is a lot cheaper in the long run.

Regards,

Jim

 

[William Lincoln]

Post a photo if possible. The 70's repros were hand made and go from good to
poor in fit and finish. Who is selling it? What are their reviews? Best to pay more and buy from
a proven source like Cimarron or Taylors. Do not buy because its cheap unless you are
into collecting and do not mind casting flaws,cracks and machining errors.

 

[William Lincoln]

PS ASK THE SELLER FOR A PHOTO OF THE BORE OR IF THEY CALL
IT GOOD. OVER THE YEARS, I HAVE BEEN BITTEN MORE TIMES BY
A ROUGH/CORRODED BORE WHEN BUYING BY LONG
DISTANCE LOVE AFFAIR. EXPECT WHAT YOU INSPECT.

 

[eggwelder]

 

[eggwelder]

bore is claimed to be pit free and clean.

 

[William Lincoln]

Appears good. Some holster wear maybe. Check the lock-up and bore. How much$?

 

[William Lincoln]

Gun is lightly used from appearance. How much they asking?

 

[eggwelder]

$325 Canadian, is approx 2500 km from me, so i cannot handle it. I am passing on it unless he decides to drop his price and accept $250 CDN. I am not a gunsmith and really don`t want a pig in a poke, if you will.
I ask you guys because you know about these things.

 

[William Lincoln]

It might be worth more in Canada than here. Has a slight drag line but
still could be unfired or little fired. $200 to 220 US plus shipping at tops. You can buy
a new Pietta for 275 or so when and if prices retreat. Can he throw in any
extras for "International friendship" ? Always ask for extras. Talk to the person
and take some time listening, then go with your gut.

 

[Baggy270]

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A buddy of mine has one just like that and probably from same era. We shot it and it works fine. We are from up north too on wet coast.

He got it in a stupid cheap deal along with Uberti 1873 .22/.22 mag, a Browning Buckmark, a old sporterized .303 Enfield and get this....a second generation Colt SAA With box! All for well under $1000. Guy wouldn't take more money. Just wanted rid of them.

Dave

 

[eggwelder]

if it was stupid cheap, i`d take tha chance on it. He wouldn`t provide photos other than those two, and the asking price in my opinion is too high. He claims to have fired it about 100 times and to be the second owner. Would come with a box and a half of ball. I have bought guns that looked good on the outside but no inside photos provided and been bitten.

 

[TreeMan]

I have two Pietta remingtons (pre cnc) One is a brass frame made in 2001, and the other a stainless navy arms marked Pietta from the mid 1980s. I’d never try to sell either one of them to anyone. I’d be ashamed of myself. Both have horrendous hammer and trigger pull, they bash the nipples, the chambers are way oversized and neither will shoot for ****. The later CNC machined pistols are much better in my opinion. These that I have could be worked a lot to be better but they’ve been curio cabinet relics for years. My newer Piettas are a world above the old ones.