Gift certificate dilemma

[hawkeye2]

Dear Abby,

Well Christmas is past and I now have a couple of gift certificates from Calbla's after trading off my Bean's certificate with my wife. With the current $20 off offer, the certificates, and the few Cabela's Bucks I have left after Xmas shopping I can get a Pieta 58 Remington (5.5") for nothing or ad a few $$ and get a steel frame Navy OR I can use this for some more pratical items. What should I do?

Confused

 

[Don]

I'd go for the 5.5 Remmy! Tempted to do the same but I guess I have enough cap and ball revolvers and I really need a small carry piece of the modern type.

Don

 

[hawkeye2]

I have 13 C&B revolvers including 2 Remingtons and a half dozen single shots but there is this little bird sitting on my shoulder saying "Ya can't have too many!"

 

[trent/OH]

You have a chance to get a new gun for free and you are confused????? Now THAT confuses me!

 

[hawkeye2]

Not so much about getting the gun for free, its about getting the gun then trying to find the $$ to buy some things that I can really use but aren't toys.

 

Since you cannot decide what to do , let me decide for you . Send me the certificate :rotf:

Kelly Reb

 

[hawkeye2]

All advise is apprecaited but I was hoping for some that was a little more bennificial to me. :grin: BTW, like your avitar.

 

[Don]

By toys, do you mean black powder toys as opposed to a modern firearm? If so I have had the same dilema and that same little bird on my shoulder.

Don

 

Ok Hawkeye2 , here is my real opinion .
I like your Avataer too :rotf:

Kidding aside , the Pietta from Cabellys is an ok gun , I have one so I know . I also have an Uberti Gunslinger length barrelled one to compair it to.
So while the Pietta is a great bargain and all it is still gonna need some tuning work , like a trigger job . If you tune , great . If not , not so great . I think I would add some money and get the Colt and someday if your heart desires a real nice Gunslinger then buy an Uberti . Yes, they are that much nicer , especially on that model Hawkeye2 . Hope that helps , and I got a for sure winner of what to do with your Cabellys cash , buy your wife something . :bow:

Kelly Reb

PS. thanks for the avatar comment , I like her too

 

What should I do?

Listen to the little bird! :wink:

 

[CaptainKirk]

I will agree with Kelly about the quality and workmanship of the Uberti...ya can't go no better (to steal a line from Jeremiah Johnson)
However, the shorty brass Colt you could get for $129.00 is such a sweet little gun I think it almost overcomes the value of a Uberti.
Mine has the sweetest action I've ever seen out of the box, and points like nobody's business!

 

[hawkeye2]

Kelly Reb, I'm pretty much aware of the "shortcomings" of a pieta. I hung my Ball accurized R&S up a number of years ago and decided to try a Remington. I had a new pieta that had a terible action so I went to work on it. It is now an excelent pistol but any Uberti out of the box is way ahead of a pieta. Plusses for the Peta are a bigger grip with more room behind the trigger guard and deeper faster twist rifling. I would like a steel .36 Navy as the ones I have are brass, one round and one octagonal but I have a project in mind for a 58 Remington. Something for the wife is a good idea but she has a tuned 58 Uberti, she came out ahead on the certificate trade and on Xmas in general and all she needs now is another closet.

Captian Kirk, I got to agree with you about the handling of those brass .44 cal Navies. They are slick with either the original length or the shortie.

 

Whatever you decide Hawkeye , YOU are in the winners circle on this one :wink:

Kelly Reb :thumbsup:

 

[hawkeye2]

The dilemma is now resolved. Rather than use the gift certificates responsibly for some things that I need I ordered a revolver. There is a 5.5" Remington reserved for me but it won't be here till mid Feburary as the Remingtons are on back order. With the $20 off and free shipping it came to $159.95, good deal. I guess I'll have to sell off some of my [strike]junk[/strike] treasurers to buy the items I need. I don't ever recall anyone accusing me of acting mature or responsible or exersizing good judgment but I sure do have fun.

 

[CaptainKirk]

That's all that matters! :v

 

[Don]

That 5.5 remmy is a good choice, enjoy!

Don

 

[msarver]

Let us know how it shoots when you get it.

I just took my 58 remy w/ 5.5" brl (uberti) out yesterday for the first time (my 1st bp gun). Put 40 rounds through her and absolutely love her. First group out of the box was 2.5" at 20 yds off hand.

I think she's a keeper! :haha: