Pietta, whats the differences?

[user 34300]

I have worked on a couple of Pietta 1858s. The cylinder chambers were smaller than the bore. Accuracy was poor. Once I opened them up to 0.452" and use oversized balls accuracy was great. This seems to be a common flaw with percussion revolvers. A lot of guys use filler and a small charge. I speculate that the filler acts like a wad and minimized gas blow by.

 

[Mark E. Prickett]

I have worked on a couple of Pietta 1858s. The cylinder chambers were smaller than the bore. Accuracy was poor. Once I opened them up to 0.452" and use oversized balls accuracy was great. This seems to be a common flaw with percussion revolvers. A lot of guys use filler and a small charge. I speculate that the filler acts like a wad and minimized gas blow by.

What size was the bore?

 

[Robby]

It is resistant but 300 series is much less likely to rust. While 400 is very good but not idiot proof.

True it is. I have a second gen colt in stainless that is highly magnetic and figured it was probably 400 grade. It makes no matter to me, I clean all my guns thoroughly, smokeless as well.
Robby

 

[GYJ]

True it is. I have a second gen colt in stainless that is highly magnetic and figured it was probably 400 grade. It makes no matter to me, I clean all my guns thoroughly, smokeless as well.
Robby

I pretty much treat them all the same. That said, I find that with each passing day, I grow less and less tolerant of stainless steel. One of my Pietta `58's is stainless and I can't remember why.