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Thanks much for your thoughts, gang. My Piettas both came in Cabela's boxes with only Pietta markings on the guns. I'm not sure by what mechanism my target model's pin locks into place, but the last 1/4 inch or so seems to be grasped by something, somewhere. It just feels better and keeps the...

A few weeks ago, I picked up two Pietta 1858s from Cabela's - a target model and the 5.5" barreled 'sheriff' model. At first I was planning on returning whichever I liked less, but after checking them out I decided I really liked both. Shot the target model last week and it was awesome, though I...

Nice shooting! Judging by the recoil it looked like a fairly strong load - what type powder and how many grains didja use? Incidentally, I just shot my Pietta 1858 target last week while up in Maine. Have a few videos posted of that on youtube as well - http://www.youtube.com/user/Falvator...

LOL, same exact thing happened to me. I actually got the nipples off the first cylinder, but I put too much pressure on the spare cylinder and my first wrench broke on its second or third nipple. I soaked a q-tip with kroil and dabbed it into the chambers around the threads, let both extra...

So I'm still awaiting my first BP revolver, the 1858 NA .44 target from cabela's. I've got some supplies including some lubed wads. Just wondering if these can be difficult to seat at all. Do you seat a wad with the loading lever before seating the ball, or do you just put the ball on top of...

You dudes rock! Much apreeshed!

Hey gang, I'm new here and new to BP as well. I just ordered the Pietta 1858 target model .44 from Cabela's. Had a Uberti 1873 cattleman but I decided to exchange it because I felt a little funny about how I'd get the caps on the cylinder, and I wanted something authentic. The availability of...