expat_alaska
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Noob here again. Need help from all of you experienced folks.
I have a 2014 [CM] Pietta 1851 Navy steel .36 revolver. I am interested to see, if viable, installing a longer 1860 Colt Army trigger guard/backstrap/grip on this pistol. I like the balance of the 1851 Navy (even with the Pietta "tail") but my pinkie finger is not fully on the grip (skinny fingers/no ham hands with long fingers/wide hands: think piano player ).
(That is the reason I replaced my Ruger SP101 factory grip with a Hogue Monogrip, as a comparison.)
I have read on many BP forums (and researching parts lists/catalogs: VTI, Taylor's, etc.) that some of these parts will interchange (as a group within the model), as well as the mainspring being the same, for starters.
I would also like to know if these similar part groups from Uberti will interchange insofar as Pietta revolvers. If all of the screw holes line up, I don't mind a bit of fitting.
If a possibility, this will add to my project idea for 4 grip/TG styles (1851 Pietta Navy, 1851 Colt London original profile, 1851 Navy squareback TG, and 1860 Army profile), in addition to a shoulder stock fitted to a long wood case.
Maybe a pipe dream, but I'm always the optimist (except when it comes to politics).
Thanks in advance,
Jim
I have a 2014 [CM] Pietta 1851 Navy steel .36 revolver. I am interested to see, if viable, installing a longer 1860 Colt Army trigger guard/backstrap/grip on this pistol. I like the balance of the 1851 Navy (even with the Pietta "tail") but my pinkie finger is not fully on the grip (skinny fingers/no ham hands with long fingers/wide hands: think piano player ).
(That is the reason I replaced my Ruger SP101 factory grip with a Hogue Monogrip, as a comparison.)
I have read on many BP forums (and researching parts lists/catalogs: VTI, Taylor's, etc.) that some of these parts will interchange (as a group within the model), as well as the mainspring being the same, for starters.
I would also like to know if these similar part groups from Uberti will interchange insofar as Pietta revolvers. If all of the screw holes line up, I don't mind a bit of fitting.
If a possibility, this will add to my project idea for 4 grip/TG styles (1851 Pietta Navy, 1851 Colt London original profile, 1851 Navy squareback TG, and 1860 Army profile), in addition to a shoulder stock fitted to a long wood case.
Maybe a pipe dream, but I'm always the optimist (except when it comes to politics).
Thanks in advance,
Jim