Pietta's .36 cal. pocket pistol?

[jamesthomas]

I have looked but can't find any information on them. I see that Uberti has them but the price is not in my range, anybody out there have one? and how is it?. Cabela's says they have them but not online.

 

[ZUG]

Pietta .36 cal pocket pistol? You sure it's not a .31 cal? I have the Uberti Remington 1863 which is a .31 cal. Midway USA has a Pietta 1863 Remington Pocket Black Powder Revolver 31 Caliber 3.5" Barrel Steel Frame Blue for $299.99 (on sale) is this what you are looking for?
Maybe it's is this model you are referring to - Uberti 1862 Pocket Navy Black Powder Revolver 36 Caliber 6.5" Barrel? Or is it the Pietta 1862 pocket police .36 cal 5.5" barrel 6 shot? Like this

 

[ZUG]

I do have the Pietta Colt 1862 pocket police with 5.5" barrel in steel frame and I like it. I bought it from Cabelas about 12 years ago. I shot it at my clubs pistol matches (I changed the front sight to a taller one). It's not a "lightweigth" gun but it does hold & point well.

 

[jamesthomas]

That's the one I was looking for with the 5 1/2 inch barrel, The reason is, is that I think it is the one that Clint Eastwood used to shoot the hillbilly (Outlaw Josey Wales) with and I was thinking with my 2 1851 .36's in holsters (one butt forward and one back) and this one in a shoulder holster I would be set :grin: . Plus being of the same caliber it would be easier to have ammo.

 

[azmntman]

Hillbilly troubles? :rotf:

 

[Treestalker]

No hillbilly troubles here in the Ozarks as long as a man pays for his whiskey and doesn't molest the farm livestock!

 

[hanshi]

The Colt 1862 pistol you're talking about should be a 5 shot, .36 and come in (IIRC) 4", 5.5" and 6". I've been wanting one for a long time but they are not in my budget. If .31, they are indeed tiny.

 

[rdstrain49]

hanshi, I have one and you can't have it. :wink:

 

[ZUG]

Uberti makes the true size (or so) 1862 pocket model but Pietta makes their version which is a 6 shot - it's bigger and not really a pocket pistol.

 

[rodwha]

Seems Uberti does a great job of being pretty close to the originals:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=s_Q9cczvG30

 

[hawkeye2]

Piettas's 1862 Pocket Police is nothing more than an 1861 Navy with a 5.5" barrel and a half fluted cylinder. It isn't a pocket revolver, just another fantasy revolver though it's probably handy and a lot of fun. Basically it's the same size as a '51 Navy. The only true pocket revolver Pietta makes is the .31 '63 Remington. Uberti makes both a '62 Pocket Police and a '62 Pocket Navy which are 5 shot .36's on the '49 .31 caliber frame using a rebated cylinder. Uberti also makes .31 Colt pocket revolvers. All except the '62 Pocket Police are copies of actual Colts.

 

[hanshi]

hanshi, I have one and you can't have it. :wink:

:hmm: Darn! May the bird of paradise....well, you know.

 

[Mean Gene]

:rotf: :rotf: I think I met that bird once, it wasn't plesent!

 

[rdstrain49]

hanshi, I have one and you can't have it. :wink:

:hmm: Darn! May the bird of paradise....well, you know.

Now that's harsh.

 

[nkbj]

Just looked at Cabelas post-Christmas sale prices.
My buying days are over unless something really amazing happens with the value of the dollar.

 

[hanshi]

:slap: he, he, he.....

 

[jaxenro]

Uberti makes them with 4.5, 5.5, and 6.5" barrels in the "modern" style (round barrel creeping loading lever) and 5.5 and 6.5 in the "old" style with the octagon barrel

Back in the day Colt couldn't keep up with the demand for the new style 36 caliber pocket, what with the fire and all, so they modified the 31 caliber pocket tooling to make 36 caliber pockets with the octagon barrel.