SirFrancis
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I recently purchased an antique .31 Colt and when I disassembled it, discovered the frame pin was broken, and one of the nipples shattered. The shop owner felt bad and said he’d give me an old 1860 .44 repro as compensation. Sounds fair to me! He has a Palmetto from the early 80s with fluted cylinder, with the bluing either worn off or (probably) deliberately polished to look old, and a Pietta Navy Arms from, I think, 1978 new in box.
Now, I’m hard-pressed to find a single good word about Palmetto anywhere on the whole internet (though there’s not much on them, period) but this gun doesn’t seem bad and has some rather pretty walnut grips. Except for the fluted cylinder, it actually seems like a nice match for the (original) 1860 Colt I bought a little while ago.
The Pietta is uglier (because it’s still slathered in grease) but has an undeniably better reputation… but at the same time we’re not talking about a 2024, CNC example, but a gun nearly 50 years old.
If you were given the choice as a shooter, also minded to pick the more historically correct example (if there’s a difference) which would you choose?
Now, I’m hard-pressed to find a single good word about Palmetto anywhere on the whole internet (though there’s not much on them, period) but this gun doesn’t seem bad and has some rather pretty walnut grips. Except for the fluted cylinder, it actually seems like a nice match for the (original) 1860 Colt I bought a little while ago.
The Pietta is uglier (because it’s still slathered in grease) but has an undeniably better reputation… but at the same time we’re not talking about a 2024, CNC example, but a gun nearly 50 years old.
If you were given the choice as a shooter, also minded to pick the more historically correct example (if there’s a difference) which would you choose?
