I own two 1858 Remys. A Pieta Army with a target sight, and an Uberti Navy. But I figured you just have to have at least one Colt style pistol to call yourself a BP pistol shooter, so I bought an 1860 Army in Uberti flavor from Midway.
The fit and finish on the gun are excellent. I am "picky", so if I say it nice, it's nice. Good even bluing, nice case hardening on the frame and loading lever, and everything fits together just right with no nicks, no scratches and no errors.
It is a very nice gun with graceful lines, easy to breakdown, but I think the Remy just seems more robust, and is easier to aim (even with their conventional sights).
It shot high (as expected), but it also shot to the right which I did not expect, but it groups well, so after applying the correct Kentucky windage to the sight picture I was actually shooting some decent targets.
Load was 20 grns. 777 with 8 grns. COW, a Wonder Wad, a .454 Hornady RB, topped off with some Borebutter.
I was being careful about not allowing cap debris to gum up the works, but after taking my last of 36 shots for the day the cylinder locked up hard as a rock and would not budge. At least I was finished shooting for the day and would deal with it when I got home.
I have Ampco nipples on my 2 Remys which I use #11's with, but #10 caps worked just perfect on those factory Uberti nipples.
I understand the "shooting high" thing, because that's the way they were designed to shoot, but I just wish there was something I could do about the windage problem.
All in all, a beautiful and fun gun to shoot.
The fit and finish on the gun are excellent. I am "picky", so if I say it nice, it's nice. Good even bluing, nice case hardening on the frame and loading lever, and everything fits together just right with no nicks, no scratches and no errors.
It is a very nice gun with graceful lines, easy to breakdown, but I think the Remy just seems more robust, and is easier to aim (even with their conventional sights).
It shot high (as expected), but it also shot to the right which I did not expect, but it groups well, so after applying the correct Kentucky windage to the sight picture I was actually shooting some decent targets.
Load was 20 grns. 777 with 8 grns. COW, a Wonder Wad, a .454 Hornady RB, topped off with some Borebutter.
I was being careful about not allowing cap debris to gum up the works, but after taking my last of 36 shots for the day the cylinder locked up hard as a rock and would not budge. At least I was finished shooting for the day and would deal with it when I got home.
I have Ampco nipples on my 2 Remys which I use #11's with, but #10 caps worked just perfect on those factory Uberti nipples.
I understand the "shooting high" thing, because that's the way they were designed to shoot, but I just wish there was something I could do about the windage problem.
All in all, a beautiful and fun gun to shoot.