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Offline 44 Dave

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Re: Thinking about a Navy....
« Reply #15 on: December 15, 2014, 03:17:52 PM »
Congratulations guys, you will love your .36 Navies. You may want a pair.  (@+
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Re: Thinking about a Navy....
« Reply #16 on: December 16, 2014, 04:17:52 AM »
Quote from: Pustic on December 15, 2014, 12:04:13 PM
Thanks for posting this ssb73q, I just now ordered me one of those.  :)

Hi Pustic, I already had a Pietta 1851 in .44 caliber. I wanted to own the historically accurate .36 caliber. At some time in the future I want to get a 38 Special conversion cylinder. The 1851 .36 caliber uses a 0.375-0.380" ball, the 38 Special a 0.357" bullet. That creates an accuracy problem. To properly use a 38 Special conversion cylinder and expect reasonable accuracy, a heeled bullet is required. However, the hollow base of the 0.357" wadcutter allows expansion of the wadcutter to be able to accurately use 0.357" bullets. A few years ago I loaded up many hundreds 38 Special with wadcutters and TrailBoss that would be ideal for a 38 Special conversion cylinder.

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Re: Thinking about a Navy....
« Reply #17 on: December 16, 2014, 10:01:59 AM »
I have one I found in a bargain cave. Was a little buggered around the wedge but still a nice pistol. Haven't shot it much yet but with some tuning think I'll be happy.       Mark
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Re: Thinking about a Navy....
« Reply #18 on: December 16, 2014, 11:23:11 AM »
Hi Mark, good for you! Before you shoot your new 1851, measure both the bolt thickness and cylinder bolt slot width. A common problem with the Pietta 1851 and 1860 is that sometimes the bolt doesn't fit well in the cylinder bolt slot. There seems to be a tendency where the Pietta bolt is wider than the cylinder bolt slot. That causes the edge of the cylinder slot to get buggered. If you don't have a way to make those measurements, remove the bolt and test if it easily goes into the cylinder bolt slot. If the bolt is too wide, a little stoning of the bolt edge will bring it into correct dimension.

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Re: Thinking about a Navy....
« Reply #19 on: December 16, 2014, 12:37:15 PM »
Quote from: ssb73q on December 16, 2014, 04:17:52 AM
Quote from: Pustic on December 15, 2014, 12:04:13 PM
Thanks for posting this ssb73q, I just now ordered me one of those.  :)

Hi Pustic, I already had a Pietta 1851 in .44 caliber. I wanted to own the historically accurate .36 caliber. At some time in the future I want to get a 38 Special conversion cylinder. The 1851 .36 caliber uses a 0.375-0.380" ball, the 38 Special a 0.357" bullet. That creates an accuracy problem. To properly use a 38 Special conversion cylinder and expect reasonable accuracy, a heeled bullet is required. However, the hollow base of the 0.357" wadcutter allows expansion of the wadcutter to be able to accurately use 0.357" bullets. A few years ago I loaded up many hundreds 38 Special with wadcutters and TrailBoss that would be ideal for a 38 Special conversion cylinder.

Regards,
Richard

Hey Richard, I don't plan on shooting .38 Special out of it, just roundballs. I don't have any guns that shoot the .38 Special, so I don't reload for it.  :)
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Re: Thinking about a Navy....
« Reply #20 on: December 17, 2014, 06:07:45 AM »
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Re: Thinking about a Navy....
« Reply #21 on: December 17, 2014, 09:43:40 AM »
I'm glad I got one while it was on sale. It should be here by tomorrow!  :)
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Re: Thinking about a Navy....
« Reply #22 on: December 19, 2014, 04:48:50 PM »
I have one Pietta 1851, and a Colt 2nd generation 1851. I love 'em.
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Re: Thinking about a Navy....
« Reply #23 on: December 20, 2014, 04:29:57 AM »
Hi, my new on sale ($170) Pietta .36 1851 arrived safely here yesterday. I gotta tell you, Pietta is making their current revolvers perfect, this revolver is just another example. My new 1851 is as perfect a revolver as ever came from Colt. Fit and finish is superb and the timing is perfect. 

There is a small difference in the new Pietta .36 1851 compared to two other Pietta .44 1851s I own. The watertable of the .36 1851 is straight while the .44 1851s have a cutout for the rebated cylinder of the .44 caliber. Of interest is that the .44 1851 C&B cylinders fits perfectly on the .36 1851 frame not needing the watertable cutout.  I put on a .45 Colt conversion cylinder to test timing, perfect. It's good to know that the .36 1851 frame can be used with .44 cylinders and barrels.

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Re: Thinking about a Navy....
« Reply #24 on: December 20, 2014, 08:57:42 AM »
Hi, yeah, no picture it didn't happen? OK just for the doubters:



Something also nice about this new revolver is that I was easily able to remove the nipples. Pietta must have fired seven foot Brunhilda the Hun that used a 100ft-lb torque wrench to install nipples. Five foot easy Ester must have replaced Brunhilda.  *6' *6'

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Re: Thinking about a Navy....
« Reply #25 on: December 20, 2014, 03:27:35 PM »
Very nice. I'm sure that it is as much a beauty in the hand as it is on the page. Congrats, and enjoy to the utmost.   (@+
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Re: Thinking about a Navy....
« Reply #26 on: December 20, 2014, 04:35:30 PM »
Very nice. I do love an 1851.
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Re: Thinking about a Navy....
« Reply #27 on: December 20, 2014, 06:24:37 PM »
Sweet! I probably shoulda jumped, but...oh well. Now, if Pietta could just "get a grip" on the whole grip thing...they'd be perfect.
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Re: Thinking about a Navy....
« Reply #28 on: December 20, 2014, 06:52:34 PM »
It's true. Check the grip shape on my 2nd Generation Colt...





Compared to the Pietta...






Much more flare at the bottom of the Pietta grip.
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Re: Thinking about a Navy....
« Reply #29 on: December 20, 2014, 07:07:29 PM »
Not only does it look "wrong", it feels wrong to me, too.
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