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madcratebuilder · July 10, 2010, 05:18 AM

I had a few minutes to check the sticky hammer and found it's binding in the frame. This revolver is tighter than my other shooters model, cylinder lock is S&W tight. The tarnished silver trigger guard does look a lot like fire blue, I'll leave that alone.

At first look these look just like the standard Pietta 1858, the blue is a higher gloss from a better pre blue polish. The grip is slightly wider, the hammer is .010 wider. The cylinder over all length is the same at 2.015, the cylinder notches are cut longer and the chambers are larger and match barrel groove size. There is a more pronounced forcing cone and the progressive twist is obvious.

July 10, 2010, 05:18 AM	#9
madcratebuilder Senior Member Join Date: November 2, 2007 Location: Northern Orygun Posts: 4,923	I had a few minutes to check the sticky hammer and found it's binding in the frame. This revolver is tighter than my other shooters model, cylinder lock is S&W tight. The tarnished silver trigger guard does look a lot like fire blue, I'll leave that alone. At first look these look just like the standard Pietta 1858, the blue is a higher gloss from a better pre blue polish. The grip is slightly wider, the hammer is .010 wider. The cylinder over all length is the same at 2.015, the cylinder notches are cut longer and the chambers are larger and match barrel groove size. There is a more pronounced forcing cone and the progressive twist is obvious.