This stray came home with me today

[TexasAndy]

While visiting my local Cabelas this afternoon this fellow ended up coming home with me. It's a Pietta and I have to say it is worlds better than the Pietta's I have bought in the past. It's nicely timed and beautifully finished. It is my understanding that the rifling twist is not ideal for .36 cal so I'll put that to the test. I would prefer a Uberti but what I paid for this I cannot complain.

 

[BullRunBear]

I have that pistol and it does a fine job. In my experience, Pietta has improved a lot over the last ten or fifteen years as to fit, finish and reliability. You are to be commended for giving a good home to a stray.

Jeff

 

[ord sgt]

I have the big brother to your new revolver. I too, found mine at Cabelas. .44 calibre. I use a .451 roundball and 15 grains FFFg. My revolver shoots quite well.

 

[wb78963]

you just got to be careful about the things that follow you home especially from Cabela's
Beautiful and yes Pietta has improved their products
Bunk

 

[sourdough]

While visiting my local Cabelas this afternoon this fellow ended up coming home with me. It's a Pietta and I have to say it is worlds better than the Pietta's I have bought in the past. It's nicely timed and beautifully finished. It is my understanding that the rifling twist is not ideal for .36 cal so I'll put that to the test. I would prefer a Uberti but what I paid for this I cannot complain.

Both Uberti and Pietta have produced revolvers using CNC machining since ~2002. The Uberti guns may have a bit more "finish" to them but mechanically the Piettas are better. Rarely does a Pietta requite an arbor-to-arbor recess fit, whereas the Uberti still has not seen fit to correct this problem.

Pietta 1851 Navy .36 "type" revolvers are basically the Legos of this type of revolver: "plug and play", if you will. I have used them to create several Confederate repro revolvers that Pietta never marketed: Augusta Machine Works, Leech & Rigdon, Rigdon & Ansley, using Pietta parts from VTI from the Pietta (marketed) Griswold & Gunnison.

Enjoy your new revolver!

Regards,

Jim

 

[TexasAndy]

you just got to be careful about the things that follow you home especially from Cabela's
Beautiful and yes Pietta has improved their products
Bunk

You know the only thing I was not entirely thrilled about was the quasi form 4473 they made me fill out. It had the same questions as the federal form but on white paper and their corporate letter head. I told them that these items are not regulated federally or by the state but that did not deter them from recording my information and the serial no. If it wasn't for the fact that these are very difficult to find atm I would have spent my money elsewhere.

 

[.36Rooster]

I have the same one and it doesn't leave my hip. Just don't keep it by the TV when you're watching bonanza. You'll wear out the hammer and have to order a replacement like I did.

Tuning for windage is a pain on the replacement hammers. There is a thread on here somewhere that discusses a method I want to learn more about.

On mine, by the way, 10 grains of powder is a 15 yd zero.

 

[.36Rooster]

Oh also, use a wooden dowl to press down each cap on nipple. It will fire.

After two or three cylinders, the nipple will be dirty on the outside, and this will cause misfires. I don't know why, but it does.

What I do is take a pipe cleaner while shooting, and use it to floss the nipples on the gun exactly the same as flossing your teeth.

You'll want to run a wet patch down the barrel every 2-3 cylinders as well for accuracy.

I clean the cylinder intermittently. Not as much as I should, but its a pain. The nipples and the bore are what you HAVE to clean. Keep up with it, and the gun will not let you down. Don't keep up with it, and the gun will quickly let you know.

I keep an extra set of nipples in my pouch too. When they start getting too dirty for the floss, just tap that key out, pop off the cylinder, and put the fresh nipples on, guaranteed to give you enough time on the range to get sunburned before coming home to clean.

 

[.36Rooster]

You know in some of the early bonanza episodes, little Joe carries a navy. Hoss carries a Remington.

I'm partial to the open tops: