new owner of 1858

[pghrich]

Hello all, i recently bought a new pietta 1858 from cabelas on sale for $179.99, i just emailed papa bear for info on membership, cant wait to give you all a range report, thanks pghrich

[Danny Bear Claw]

Congrats!  It's an excelent revolver.  I cartridge-converted mine to 45 Colt.  I put in the R&D conversion cylinder.   

[Wolfgang]

Hello all, i recently bought a new pietta 1858 from cabelas on sale for $179.99, i just emailed papa bear for info on membership, cant wait to give you all a range report, thanks pghrich

Be careful . . . when ya jut got one of them yur pretty safe . . . but . . . if you get another . . . LOOK OUT . . . cuz when you ain't watching 'em . . . they will get together and mate.  

I got one . . . then another . . . and when I wasn't lookin' . . . . . . .






.. . .this . . . http://www.drburkholter.com/cf6.html. . . .  happened  

[pghrich]

Actually this is not my first, i 'HAD' several years ago, 2-colt copys, 1- 1858 brass and 1- 1858 stainless,sadly i sold them all to raise money for my ar phase, now i am back baby and i know there will be more to come, thanks pghrich

[cpt dan blodgett]

Is that not like selling one's children to the Gypsies?

[Wolfgang]

Is that not like selling one's children to the Gypsies?

Actually much worse, . . . selling children to the Gypsies is what most of us should have done . . . .   

[Capt. Jack McQuesten]

Hello all, i recently bought a new pietta 1858 from cabelas on sale for $179.99, i just emailed papa bear for info on membership, cant wait to give you all a range report, thanks pghrich

Welcome to the club! What barrel length did you get? A word of warning....they are addicting! I started out with a 5-1/2", and then I picked up an 8" model. I rounded off the collection with another 5-1/2"......



I recently picked up a 5 shot R&D .45 Colt cylinder and it works great.....

[Bull Schmitt]

Pghrich,

I don't know if Papa Bear is still on the green side of the grass. Have not heard from him in years. Let me know what name to use to add you to the SCORRS roster and I will take care of it.

Bull Schmitt
SCORRS President and Webmaster

[rbertalotto]

Sorry..Now you have been infected........Five months ago I had one 1858 that I bought near 20 years ago.......Now look what has happened!

[Wolfgang]

Sorry..Now you have been infected........Five months ago I had one 1858 that I bought near 20 years ago.......Now look what has happened!

Nice guns, . . . nice display . . . 

[Frizzen]

I like my 45 Colt conversion


And my old Euroarms Remmy I won a gold medal at the Nationals in as issue class at 25 yds last month

[pghrich]

Thanks bull.I sent you a pm. Went to the range and I had a ball; shot 25 rounds at 30 feet and got one big raged hole I even tried a shot at a bowling pin 25 yards away and scored. I am truly glade I got this revolver. Bty it is simply beautiful. Pghrich

[Wolfgang]

Thanks bull.I sent you a pm. Went to the range and I had a ball; shot 25 rounds at 30 feet and got one big raged hole I even tried a shot at a bowling pin 25 yards away and scored. I am truly glade I got this revolver. Bty it is simply beautiful. Pghrich

I bought my first one used off of "Gunbroker" just to have somekind of western single action to "try out".   


And I wuz HOOKED from the first shot !   

[pghrich]

Good morning all, heres a little more detail on my first range trip, i built a rather primative revolver loading stand and it seems to work pretty good, i probaly will make some mods to it later. I started out with 25g goex 3f and a wonder wad then .454 ball all 6 shots into a very nice group at 30feet with a two handed hold standing unsupported, i loaded all the way up to 35g of goex 3f with very little change in elevation and windage, heres my problem, when shooting right handed i shoot to the left about 2 inches, when shooting left handed i shoot to the right about 2 inches, i have this problem with all my single action revolvers, i am basicially left handed but feel comfortable shooting right handed as well, of course i close the proper eye each time, what am i doing wrong???  thanks for reading pghrich

[Wolfgang]

Good morning all, heres a little more detail on my first range trip, i built a rather primative revolver loading stand and it seems to work pretty good, i probaly will make some mods to it later. I started out with 25g goex 3f and a wonder wad then .454 ball all 6 shots into a very nice group at 30feet with a two handed hold standing unsupported, i loaded all the way up to 35g of goex 3f with very little change in elevation and windage, heres my problem, when shooting right handed i shoot to the left about 2 inches, when shooting left handed i shoot to the right about 2 inches, i have this problem with all my single action revolvers, i am basicially left handed but feel comfortable shooting right handed as well, of course i close the proper eye each time, what am i doing wrong???  thanks for reading pghrich

I had a problem early on of shooting a bit to the right . . . . found that I was using my trigger finger to partialy support the revolver ( ie.  under the frame with the upper side of the trigger finger).   I modified my grip so that my trigger finger was no longer supporting and eneded the "pull" to the side that my trigger pull was causing.  Look to this. 

[pghrich]

thanks for the suggestion, i never throught of that, especially since i do the same thing using either hand, i will try that and let you know, pghrich

[pghrich]

rbertalotto that is a very impressive colection for such a short period of time, unfortionately my meager pension will only allow my purchases to be perhaps 1,2,3,4,5, so on a year i hope, pghrich