can u use 457 in a 1858 pietta
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Da_swed said:
If the manual says .451 and .454, I would believe the manufacturer and follow his recommendations.
But then again, if you can hammer a .457 into the cylinder, it's your pistol, not mine. I use .454 and follow printed instructions.
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Works in mine.
Just don't force thing so hard you break something.
Just don't force thing so hard you break something.
The problem is going to be the additional stress on the loading parts. If you had a press for loading the chambers out of the revolver there would be no problem. I screwed up once and bought some and after seeinh how hard they were to load I use my arbor press. I still have that box minus 6 balls! Geo. T.
I do not know the purity of your lead, is it soft or not?
If it's soft like the 457 ball I have they will work fine.
The best thing you can do is actually measure your cylinder bore diameter.
Again, I can and have used 457 soft lead ball in my Pietta 1858 Remington reproduction.
If it's soft like the 457 ball I have they will work fine.
The best thing you can do is actually measure your cylinder bore diameter.
Again, I can and have used 457 soft lead ball in my Pietta 1858 Remington reproduction.
If you load the cylinder in the revolver and the butt on the bench you can eventually bend a brass grip frame. If you have a revolver with a creeping loading lever (60 Army) you can cause excessive wear on the holes in the barrel and damage the teeth on the loading lever over time. After the ball has been forced into the chamber its diameter has been effectively reduced and shooting it will cause no problems. I regularly have the chambers of my revolvers reamed to take a .457 ball and I cut a new forcing cone.
