PIETTA El MALO 2

[Coffinmaker]

Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, Children of All Ages 

As a Gunoholic, I recently fell and fell hard.  I rewarded my hard year of ReHab with a fine Brandy New Pair of Pietta built El Malo 2 Revolvers.  Three and a Half Inch octagonal barrels, .45 Colt, Low Wide Hammers and Thunderer(esque) grips (which I am changing).

WOW.  These guns came out of the box ready to play.  Normally, before even cycling the actions, I take new guns apart, fit the bolt, change out the Main Spring and Trigger/Bolt spring and add an Action Overtravel Stop.  So far this pair of guns have needed none of that.  Timing is perfect, lockup is tight (maybe too tight) and the hammer draw is just right. 

Pietta has seen fit to change their Mainspring to one of greatly reduced draw weight (but still sufficient to set off any primer) with no stacking.  My only gripe so far is the Cylinder Base Pin which is quite difficult to remove (I'll fix that).  I may also replace Pietta's funky two notch, two position base pin (which sux).

Beyond a couple of those niggley little irritations, these are some really really fine guns.  Burma Shave

[Professor Marvel]

I must admit I am overly fond of that grip shape, as well as the retro octoganl barrel and 3.5 inch length!

Here is a photo

https://www.cimarron-firearms.com/el-malo-2-3-5-45-lc-oct-bbl-ch-thunderball-grip.html

[Lucky R. K.]

The gun you have indicated with your post does not appear to have an octagonal barrel.
Lucky 

[Abilene]

The gun you have indicated with your post does not appear to have an octagonal barrel.
Lucky 

Sure, it is.  Sometimes the pictures of octagon barrels can be deceiving, since the lines can look like reflections.

[Coffinmaker]

Lucky 

Iffin you read the description under the pistola inna picher, it sez "OCT BBL."  Thibbit thibbit 

[fortyshooter]

Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, Children of All Ages 

As a Gunoholic, I recently fell and fell hard.  I rewarded my hard year of ReHab with a fine Brandy New Pair of Pietta built El Malo 2 Revolvers.  Three and a Half Inch octagonal barrels, .45 Colt, Low Wide Hammers and Thunderer(esque) grips (which I am changing).

WOW.  These guns came out of the box ready to play.  Normally, before even cycling the actions, I take new guns apart, fit the bolt, change out the Main Spring and Trigger/Bolt spring and add an Action Overtravel Stop.  So far this pair of guns have needed none of that.  Timing is perfect, lockup is tight (maybe too tight) and the hammer draw is just right. 

Pietta has seen fit to change their Mainspring to one of greatly reduced draw weight (but still sufficient to set off any primer) with no stacking.  My only gripe so far is the Cylinder Base Pin which is quite difficult to remove (I'll fix that).  I may also replace Pietta's funky two notch, two position base pin (which sux).

Beyond a couple of those niggley little irritations, these are some really really fine guns.  Burma Shave

Did you ever get one?  I love the looks and now the feel of it.

[Coffinmaker]

  forty

Um, Ah, Get one "what??"  I are fumcused'd

[Hair Trigger Jim]

Get a replacement for Pietta's base pins?  That's the only think it looks like you mentioned maybe changing out, unless it's the grips.

[FattCracker]

Totally Noob here and my First Post...
But at One Point I held a Thunderer(esque) type with Birdshead grips,
 that had No ejector spring or even a place for one... I was needless
to say "In Love" but it couldn't be purchased.
Anyone familiar? I haven't been able to locate another these many years.

[Hair Trigger Jim]

That was probably an original revolver.  Many original Colt Model 1877s didn't have ejectors.  Reproductions usually have them though.

(FYI, Thunderer was the nickname of the Colt Model 1877 revolver in .41 caliber; Lightning was the nickname of the .38 caliber version, and Rainmaker was said to be the .32 caliber one.  The Colt Model 1878, sometimes called Omnipotent, was a larger and more durable double-action birdshead revolver available in .41 Colt.  The modern "Thunderer" type replicas are generally single-action revolvers with a birdshead grip, which are cool but not really a replica of anything that existed in the 1800s.  That's probably because SASS, the main Cowboy Action Shooting group, only allows single-action revolvers, not double-actions like the Model 1877.  Just in case you were wondering.)

And welcome to the forum!

[Coffinmaker]

  Ahem Gents

Just to clarify.  Whilst normally I are not a stickler nor a thread counter, here I take exception.  The current offerings from Cimarron and Pietta, Called Thunderer and Thunderbolt, do NOT have a "Birdshead" Grip Set or Grip Frame.  They sport Grip Frame and Wood mimicking that seen on the Colt 1877, with a distinct "hump" in the upper radius.  A Birdshead on the other hand has no hump and sports a continuous curve.     Just like there ain't no such thing as .45 Long Colt.