1851 or 1860?

[martysport]

I'm fairly new to BP shooting and after getting a Pietta 1858 (IMHO the best looking revolver there is ) I think I'm hooked
I have decided I HAVE the get another BP gun.
I'm happy with the quality and price of the Piettas so I have decided to buy Pietta again, question is which?
I've norrowed the choice down to the 1860 in .44 but quite like the 1851 too. What is the main differance between the two?

The place where I order from can also supply a Uberti Dragoon 2nd version which after seeing (well, more like hearing) the following movie clip made me really want one, but it's nearly twice the price of the Pietta 1860/1851!!!

Link to video

 

[Noz]

Main difference is grip length with the Army being about 1/4" longer (to handle the devasting recoil of the 44 caliber gun)
The Army has an improved loading lever
It's purtier.

 

[martysport]

1860 it is then

 

[rdstrain49]

but the Navy is so sweet

 

[martysport]

Maybe the Navy will be the one afterwards
Theres no such thing as too many guns!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[dtvburns]

I like the look of the 1851s. It is an open top with an octagon barrel. Looks older and there are more versions of them out here to chose from.

Two nice looking ones are here, own them both.
http://www.cabelas.com/product/Shoo...istols/_/N-1100201&WTz_l=Unknown;cat104503680

http://www.cabelas.com/product/Shoo...istols/_/N-1100201&WTz_l=Unknown;cat104503680

This one is a little too much for me, don't care for the gold cylinder
http://www.cabelas.com/product/Shoo...istols/_/N-1100201&WTz_l=Unknown;cat104503680

I do not know IMHO of a 1860 that looks as nice.

 

[StrawHat]

And if you want good looks and the improved features of the 1860 but prefer to stay with the 36 caliber bore and grips, consider the 1861. Reputedly, Sam'l Colt's favorite.

 

[BHP FAN]

get another Remmie, and have a matched pair.

 

[BHP FAN]

 

[dtvburns]

Or get a stainless 1858 those are great looking guns.

 

[dtvburns]

But these don't look bad either

 

[martysport]

Two 1858's would be nice, but were to get a double rig setup online

 

[dtvburns]

http://www.westernleatherholster.com/

 

[PRM]

Main difference is grip length with the Army being about 1/4" longer (to handle the devasting recoil of the 44 caliber gun) ~ NOZ

What are you shooting in your black powder revolver??? I've been shooting C&B revolvers well into three decades and never felt what I would come close to calling "devasting recoil."

Traditionally the main difference in Army/Navy designations are the caliber. Army models were 44 and the Navies were .36. Both are very comfortable to shoot compared to modern handguns using smokeless powder. I personally favor the pocket models.


Shown are a Colts 2nd Generation Navy, 2nd Generation Pocket Navy and a 2nd Generation Pocket Police. All have pre-ban elephant ivory grips by Jerry Meacham.

 

[junkman_01]

I think Noz's statement of 'devastating recoil' was tongue in cheek.

 

[Fingers McGee]

Forget the 1851, 1860 and the 1858. What you really want is an 1861 Navy. Definitely the purtiest gun ever made.



FM

 

[ClemBert]

1851 would be my vote between the two.

 

[Noz]

1861s are 1860 Armys for sissys.

 

[pohill]

1861s are 1860 Armys for sissys

If they only came in pink...

 

[PRM]

pohill, is that a General Custer, Signature Series in your second pic?

Nice

 

[Sistema1927]

Buy...them...all.

There, settled.

 

[pohill]

Yeah, that's the Custer Commemorative. I haven't fired it yet and I don't think I will.

PRM, Do you shoot your 2nd Generation collection? Real ivory? That's cool.

 

[messerist]

Just keep buying them. You'll run into either one real soon. p.s. the list of "wanna gits" will get longer the more you hang around the miscreants here

 

[45Fan]

My prefference is for the 1860, but only because I was a big fan of The Outlaw Josie Wales as a kid. A buddy has the 1851. It shoots OK, cant knock its function, but it just isnt as good looking to me.

 

[Old Cannonballs]

Well now, I see no one has mentioned the mystique of the 1851 yet. It is reputed by many to the best-balanced handgun ever produced. Aiming it is sometimes compared to pointing a finger.