Hi all,
just wanted to share my very fresh experience, no surprising story at all, just another addition to the pile and maybe a note for any future buyers.
I have been reading about Pedersoli muzzle loading guns for year, considering several options before making final decision, eventually I ended with venerable P.1858 2 band Enfield reproduction.
The gun itself looks nice, none of often reported quality issues like chipped wood, debris from drilling in there etc. The trigger has some movement will to sides too much to my taste, but I can live with that. Also trigger looseness in fwd-aft direction mentioned several time on the web is not present. The producer put tiny wire spring into the trigger, so it does not wobble freely (visible also in the 3D exploded view on Pedersoli web site when closely examinated.)
So where is the catch on my example? Well, rear sight. It is simply mounted off the center line. Hard to document, but I tried to make a shot where it is shown. I was so focused on quality examination, checked the details, and did not even notice this issue at the start. Simply you look for the details and miss the big point.
This is not a design fault, not something small that can happen. The issue must have been obvious to the guy who drilled the screw hole out of the center line and even more obvious to the QC (is there any?) once the gun was completed.
Actually, this only confirms what I have read and shall have expected: Pedersoli quality sucks. I have read all those reviews, have seen pictures of pistons fell apart after few shots, inaccurately drilled holes, I should have been prepared and warned. There is also no secret, that while US market is the most important for any manufacturer, it is much more probable you get the worse quality Pedersoli product in small European country than in US. Still, issue like this is so obvious that either there is really no QC or (I assume), they simply do not care.
The gun cost is similar in US as is in Europe; it is not worthy more than half of it in my opinion. The problem is, you have no other better option here, if wanting to do muzzleloader shooting.
I have some idea how to fix this myself, still have to think about it, I hope at the end I will do some nice target shooting with the gun yet it confirms my previous experience: I would enjoy Italian coffee, wine, cheese, but if any other choice I would avoid any product of metallurgy and mechanical engineering.
just wanted to share my very fresh experience, no surprising story at all, just another addition to the pile and maybe a note for any future buyers.
I have been reading about Pedersoli muzzle loading guns for year, considering several options before making final decision, eventually I ended with venerable P.1858 2 band Enfield reproduction.
The gun itself looks nice, none of often reported quality issues like chipped wood, debris from drilling in there etc. The trigger has some movement will to sides too much to my taste, but I can live with that. Also trigger looseness in fwd-aft direction mentioned several time on the web is not present. The producer put tiny wire spring into the trigger, so it does not wobble freely (visible also in the 3D exploded view on Pedersoli web site when closely examinated.)
So where is the catch on my example? Well, rear sight. It is simply mounted off the center line. Hard to document, but I tried to make a shot where it is shown. I was so focused on quality examination, checked the details, and did not even notice this issue at the start. Simply you look for the details and miss the big point.
This is not a design fault, not something small that can happen. The issue must have been obvious to the guy who drilled the screw hole out of the center line and even more obvious to the QC (is there any?) once the gun was completed.
Actually, this only confirms what I have read and shall have expected: Pedersoli quality sucks. I have read all those reviews, have seen pictures of pistons fell apart after few shots, inaccurately drilled holes, I should have been prepared and warned. There is also no secret, that while US market is the most important for any manufacturer, it is much more probable you get the worse quality Pedersoli product in small European country than in US. Still, issue like this is so obvious that either there is really no QC or (I assume), they simply do not care.
The gun cost is similar in US as is in Europe; it is not worthy more than half of it in my opinion. The problem is, you have no other better option here, if wanting to do muzzleloader shooting.
I have some idea how to fix this myself, still have to think about it, I hope at the end I will do some nice target shooting with the gun yet it confirms my previous experience: I would enjoy Italian coffee, wine, cheese, but if any other choice I would avoid any product of metallurgy and mechanical engineering.
