For whIle, after struggling with all of the cap jams on every open top I bought I was losing hope. I dove in and installed the cap rakes on those and solved that problem.Man o man was I happy.
But during those bad times, I kept looking at the Pietta 1858 36 with the 6 1/2 inch barrel. I kept thinking, those are ugly and besides I have my Colt replicas working great. But then after awhile those 1858s started looking better and better, kinda like when it was kinda almost closing time. It didn't look so bad after all.
So alittle over a week ago I ordered one from DGW. OMG, this was the first BP that shot perfect right out of the box (after cleaning it ) I didn't have to order aftermarket nipples, no modifying, no filing the sights, no buyers remorse for picking up the ugly one.
Thirty rounds first time out, not a single jam, no malfunction and hit the steel everytime.
I am impressed.
But during those bad times, I kept looking at the Pietta 1858 36 with the 6 1/2 inch barrel. I kept thinking, those are ugly and besides I have my Colt replicas working great. But then after awhile those 1858s started looking better and better, kinda like when it was kinda almost closing time. It didn't look so bad after all.
So alittle over a week ago I ordered one from DGW. OMG, this was the first BP that shot perfect right out of the box (after cleaning it ) I didn't have to order aftermarket nipples, no modifying, no filing the sights, no buyers remorse for picking up the ugly one.
Thirty rounds first time out, not a single jam, no malfunction and hit the steel everytime.
I am impressed.
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