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Quote from: oldman on August 09, 2022, 07:06:30 PM

Well just looking right now, but an 1861 looks really good. I have to get some round balls casted but man it's been so hot I don't want to go do anything after work. I enjoy doing things myself but I have to work still so my range time and casting time is not as important as paying the bills. Staying caught up at home with me traveling is hard to do. Thanks for all the help and keep on BP shooting.

oldman, good morning. I totally understand the work issue. I still work as well. I used to travel for work quite a bit myself but thankfully no longer. It seems we spend the better part of our days at work.  I realize you are looking at Uberti for the 1861 but the new Pietta's do not need the short arbor fix as you may be aware of  ...just sayin' Z
Meanwhile, here's my 1861 Pietta 

I agree a beautiful pistol, I really like the look of the finish. Only reason I mentioned Uberti is they are actually cheaper for the 1861 than the Pietta version? Which is backwards from most versions? I do prefer the Pietta's as well.

Thank you Hawg and Mike for your help. If I do get a 1861 it will probably be a Uberti so if might go straight Mike!⁶

Well guys I have good news, I finally fixed my problem with the new Pietta 1851 Navy made in 2022. Hawg and Mike were both right, first thing the #10 CCI were a no go and then I tried #10 Remington which were also a no go. So after tearing the thing down more times than I am going to admit, I finally saw a post from Mike about the bolt which described my problem, and Hawg said he thought it was the bolt at first. This thing was not releasing the bolt until the hammer actually hit the nipple, so after working on the left side of the bolt, which Mike described in his post to a another person, it works great now. Now I understand how the bolt and the hammer work together, and it releases the bolt earlier now which solved my problem. I have a set of Slixshot nipples in there now, and it works perfect. One thing is for sure I learned a lot from doing the work myself, and this is a lesson that will not be forgotten. Also, I smoothed out areas that needed it and learned a lot in the process, and once I get some more primers it is going to the range. I think this was what I needed as a newbie, now I just need to find a place who has the piano spring in stock, as I want to have one on hand.

Now another problem, I am looking at adding a 1861 Navy to the group LOL...The Navy grip fits my hand perfect, and I think the 1860 Army will be too big. Love the Navy 1851 and this is going to be the go to range gun. Thanks guys for your help, in the process of working on this thing, I got to shoot it approximately 50 times, and I am very impressed with the accuracy and handling of the revolver. I actually like it better than the 1858 Remington.

Well guys I have had a busy week, and finally got around to trying out the new Navy today. When I cleaned the factory grease off it, all I did was remove the barrel, nipples and cleaned it all up. Today I run a dry patch down the barrel before loading it to clean any oil out. Loaded it up with about 17 grains of 3f and put #10 CCI caps on it, lowered the hammer and got ready to shoot in my backyard. Went to cock it and it would not cock? So, I took out the wedge and removed the barrel, and cylinder. Looked it over but could not find anything wrong, put the cylinder back on, and barrel with the wedge. Cocked the hammer and fired all 6 rounds no problem, and even hit the coke can that I threw out there about 25 feet. Loaded it back up again and the same thing happened again after trying to cock it? Had to do the same thing to fire the next 6 rounds. Glad this did not happen at the range! Took it inside and torn the whole gun down, cleaned the entire gun, put it all back together and will try again later. Did not see anything wrong inside, not very greasy inside, no burrs and looks pretty good to my untrained eyes. Does not make sense to me, but I guess I will wait and see if it happens again. This is not making me a happy man, and it may make up my mind to send it off for the Goon work if it happens again. Any ideas why it would turn find before loading and not turn after loading and capping? The caps were not touching and were pushed on good before trying to shoot. Sure did not happen with the Pietta Remington 1858.

Well I understand completely but from a newbie perspective I figured someone would say shoot it? Well coming from a Ruger background I understand that but I am dumb on Colt revolvers  or should I say replica and I don't want to mess up. I we enjoy a fine revolver as much as anyone but with the cost of reloading smokeless I choose bp. With my current job and traveling I don't have the skills or the time to work on the 1851. Mike has done great work for others and I respect that but its only a replica and not a real Colt. So it's hard to justify the cost for a newbie especially since I sold an original in my younger stupid years lol. Thanks for the help and I am done with smokeless now and this is my main revolver now for range time. Gonna wait for other replies before sending in a new revolver for work. Thank you

Just checking in as I am a newbie to black powder, have a 1858 Pietta Remington and a 1851 Navy in 36 cal. Have not even shot the Navy yet. Built a flintlock kit Kentucky Long Rifle from Traditions and their Kentucky percussion 50 cal pistol kit. Got a lot of questions for the group. Great forum btw.