1851 navy

[sngle_axion]

i am looking into the 1851 navy and was wondering if i should go with a pietta or a uberti?

[Pettifogger]

Chevy or Ford?  Both the Pietta and Uberti are serviceable, both have some basic problems, but both can be made to shoot very well.  I like the shape of the grip better on the Uberti.  It is closer to an original Colt.  However, some people like the slightly trumpet shaped grip of the Pietta better.  If you plan on shooting much, spend the few extra dollars and make sure you buy a steel framed gun.

[Fingers McGee]

+1.  Pettifogger won't steer you wrong

Fm

[Fiddler Green]

From the stand point of pure quality, the Uberti's seem to have the edge. That said, I shoot Pietta's and like them allot. The Uberti's are to pretty to shoot and I buy guns to shoot!

I would recommend that you take a serious look at the 1860 Army as the .44 has more of a "Black Powder" boom and more knockdown power for CAS.

BP guns have so much less recoil then smokeless guns the size isn't the factor it is in comparing a .38 Colt to a .45 Colt. Yes, the .44 has more but it's in the range of a .380 or a light 9 m/m. I routinely let women and young teen agers shoot my .44's and all just love it.

Bruce

[Sir Charles deMouton-Black]

1851 Navy;  Great choice!

Brass frames?  No.

.44 in a "Navy"?  That is an oxymoron.  .36 is "navy' size.  The .44 was the "Army " calibre, and was never chambered in the 1851 platform, until the repros arrived.  When Colt was able to improve their product with better steel, they used the frame from the '51, with the .44 cylinder, but used a longer grip and the newly developed creeping rammer.  The result was the most graceful revolver design EVER, the 1860 Army.

(The exception to .44s in brass is our Pard PalladinUK, who lucked into a brass,.44 "Navy", for TEN BRITISH POUNDS!!!!!)