Newbie Questions about "Tradition" brand revolvers

[RidinForTheBrand]

 I'm new to Blackpowder, but have always love the look and feel of percussion revolvers, I still love my cartridge pistols but would like to dabble in black powder a little. My local Wholesale sports (Formerly Sportsmans Warehouse) Carries "Tradition" brand Cap And ball revolvers and revolver kits, just the standered variety 1851 navy .44 ( I refuse to acknowledge a .44 51 navy), 1860 Army .44, and a Remington 1858 New army .44. My questions are:

how is The quality control?

are these Durable?

have you had any problems with these?

are parts available?

can you get cartridge conversion kits for these?

if their is any questions A newbie like me should have asked please fill me in. any help is appreciated 

[Cookie]

I've bought some muzzle loading supplies directly from Traditions. But I haven't had any problems, so I can't tell you how they are for customer service.

But, referring to their revolvers - Traditions, like other US companies, is just distributing Pietta and/or Uberti revolvers. And, looking at the Traditions website, it looks like they're mainly a Pietta dealer given the prices, and the high number of "un-historical" models. Although they may have some Uberti's too.

Which means the answers to your questions are pretty straight forward.

QC? - Pretty good for both companies (Pietta's much better than they used to be), but nobody's perfect.

Durable? - Hell yes. (Remingtons more so than Colts, because we all know they're better!) 

Problems - Again, no one's perfect. Unfortunately, I have no experience with Tradition's customer service.

Parts - Yes. (Standard Uberti & Pietta sources)

Cartridges - same as above.


Go to the store and handle one. The maker's mark will be on the gun, (Pietta especially brands thier's pretty clearly on the barrel) and then you'll know exactly who made it.

One other thing, if you do plan on buying a cartridge convertor, get a steel framed gun, not a brass frame. I didn't find that out until after I bought my pair. Luckily I had bought steel guns and avoided that mistake.