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Pietta blued target : Pietta blued 5-1/2 - Cabelas
I dropped by Cabelas in Gonzales, Louisiana. Place was totally deserted at about 8:10. 1 box of 10X lc on the bin shelf, (well handled box), $28.95. Got caps and some stuff. No real black. Still, was avoiding crazy extra shipping fees. :barf: Got TrailBoss too, 9-oz., $14.99 plus tax; for that smooooooth conversion. I got 100 CCI lg pistole. Got some free once fired brass, best kind recently.
I saw a nice pietta blued steel target coming out of the box, didn't look like it had been unwrapped ever. Nice medium thick coat of oil all over it. Like a spray on. great timing, good consistent base pin behavior when rolling the cylinder in and out a few times and really messin' with it.
I was careful and left not a mark. Always working to full cock and then a careful release, never venturing backwards which is safer for this newbie. bolt dropped into the notch so close to full cock it was hard to hear. I did a bunch of slow pulls as the young clerk drooled and stared head to the side. He'll get it.
Weak back sight picture on the target, not wide enough or deep enough but could be worked. Very good balance in the hand. Tight, tight cylinder, perfect fit. It had some really well thought out fine file work on the front of the cylinder. It needed some touch up re-bluing on the front of the cylinder. Really, no cylinder gap, (smooth tight flash gap), and smooth operation all around. They had the internet sale price on all of their items, $199.00. Don't even have to ask for the internet sale price, but it's best to know going in.
The 5-1/2" blued steel Pietta was loose in the cylinder and the sound of the bolt hitting the cylinder, the drop into the notch and the last click into full cock were all the same click and happened real late. Too tight but it might loosen up. There was a second 5-1/2" in the case and a target and the colt. There was a pocket blued Remmie in the case. Got the old "No Key", S&J.
The timing on the Target was very nice, safe and tight with room to flow into just the right places as it wears with much, much use by whoever picks it up. I wish I could pick it up; no regrets I quest.
Both of the pieces had very, very well shaped opposing slanted bolts which is the only thing that saved the 5-1/2", (little geese in the cylinder fit for sure). I'll use it as a morocco in a rumba band. The front top edge of the 5-1/2" pietta's bolt was peaning into a little smashed edge. I think the cylinder in the 5-1/2" was just off tolerance and all those other details that require you sitting down and taking the thing apart and looking and putting back together, that would be a treat.
No nasty inframe tool and file markings.
The target model at that Cabela's is going to the next lucky guy that gets it pulled out of the box. I'm thinking Cabela's internet customer service is giving the floor folks a real run for their money. But spirits are down in these areas what with crude things happenin' all 'round u.s..
The place is huge, about 300 dynamite stuffed prey and prey on YOU animals all over the place. Nice little restaurant which serves Buffalo-Bison, deer sausage, yeah and seafood.
they have good, big chocolate candy bars and an eye-popping selection of cast iron cookware, REALLY big pieces of campfire cookware in stock and lots.
A 1,500 man camp and others are being set up in and around Venice. It'll sell and they are ready.
I had an 1851 colt navy pulled. It's just all together smaller in feel and hold than the Remmie 8" models.
The wedge was stickin' out like ... silly.
The trigger wouldn't lock into full cock unless you pulled it fast, I guess to get some speed and inertia built up on the cylinder. Two clicks!
I can't fairly say anything about the colt as the wedge was so whacked. It's neat to point. The sight thing just makes it a totally different animal. There were 7 or 8 blued Remmie 8" barrel pistols. I bet there's a really nice one in those that are out on the shelf behind the counter. Stacked up. I want a Walker.
Out of the box, the sights on the Uberti SS 8" target are well worth any extra money. A nice set of sights installed of this quality is $75 - $100. Always preference of the individual is the right way to go for each and the Pietta TARGET was certainly tight enough so that there is metal to work with.
The hammer on the blued 5-1/2" is "bobbed", a tiny bit shorter and gives a faster but less forgiving pull. A well timed one of these would be a standard item in any Remmie lovers safe. I was unsure about the feel and handling of the 5-1/2" barrel blued steel Remmie, after studying the 8" closely, it's very, very different. I'm thinking a 6-3/4" barrel is going to be perfect for me eventually, line bored chambers, custom barrel. BLACK POWDER !
I have found additional tremendous meaning in the encouragements by members of this board to in every circumstance make every effort to physically inspect and handle the pieces you purchase.
I watched "Ned Kelly" recently and "The Quick and The Dead". Lots of GREAT shots of revolvers in Q&D.
I dropped by Cabelas in Gonzales, Louisiana. Place was totally deserted at about 8:10. 1 box of 10X lc on the bin shelf, (well handled box), $28.95. Got caps and some stuff. No real black. Still, was avoiding crazy extra shipping fees. :barf: Got TrailBoss too, 9-oz., $14.99 plus tax; for that smooooooth conversion. I got 100 CCI lg pistole. Got some free once fired brass, best kind recently.
I saw a nice pietta blued steel target coming out of the box, didn't look like it had been unwrapped ever. Nice medium thick coat of oil all over it. Like a spray on. great timing, good consistent base pin behavior when rolling the cylinder in and out a few times and really messin' with it.
I was careful and left not a mark. Always working to full cock and then a careful release, never venturing backwards which is safer for this newbie. bolt dropped into the notch so close to full cock it was hard to hear. I did a bunch of slow pulls as the young clerk drooled and stared head to the side. He'll get it.
Weak back sight picture on the target, not wide enough or deep enough but could be worked. Very good balance in the hand. Tight, tight cylinder, perfect fit. It had some really well thought out fine file work on the front of the cylinder. It needed some touch up re-bluing on the front of the cylinder. Really, no cylinder gap, (smooth tight flash gap), and smooth operation all around. They had the internet sale price on all of their items, $199.00. Don't even have to ask for the internet sale price, but it's best to know going in.
The 5-1/2" blued steel Pietta was loose in the cylinder and the sound of the bolt hitting the cylinder, the drop into the notch and the last click into full cock were all the same click and happened real late. Too tight but it might loosen up. There was a second 5-1/2" in the case and a target and the colt. There was a pocket blued Remmie in the case. Got the old "No Key", S&J.
The timing on the Target was very nice, safe and tight with room to flow into just the right places as it wears with much, much use by whoever picks it up. I wish I could pick it up; no regrets I quest.
Both of the pieces had very, very well shaped opposing slanted bolts which is the only thing that saved the 5-1/2", (little geese in the cylinder fit for sure). I'll use it as a morocco in a rumba band. The front top edge of the 5-1/2" pietta's bolt was peaning into a little smashed edge. I think the cylinder in the 5-1/2" was just off tolerance and all those other details that require you sitting down and taking the thing apart and looking and putting back together, that would be a treat.
No nasty inframe tool and file markings.
The target model at that Cabela's is going to the next lucky guy that gets it pulled out of the box. I'm thinking Cabela's internet customer service is giving the floor folks a real run for their money. But spirits are down in these areas what with crude things happenin' all 'round u.s..
The place is huge, about 300 dynamite stuffed prey and prey on YOU animals all over the place. Nice little restaurant which serves Buffalo-Bison, deer sausage, yeah and seafood.
they have good, big chocolate candy bars and an eye-popping selection of cast iron cookware, REALLY big pieces of campfire cookware in stock and lots.
A 1,500 man camp and others are being set up in and around Venice. It'll sell and they are ready.
I had an 1851 colt navy pulled. It's just all together smaller in feel and hold than the Remmie 8" models.
The wedge was stickin' out like ... silly.
The trigger wouldn't lock into full cock unless you pulled it fast, I guess to get some speed and inertia built up on the cylinder. Two clicks!
I can't fairly say anything about the colt as the wedge was so whacked. It's neat to point. The sight thing just makes it a totally different animal. There were 7 or 8 blued Remmie 8" barrel pistols. I bet there's a really nice one in those that are out on the shelf behind the counter. Stacked up. I want a Walker.
Out of the box, the sights on the Uberti SS 8" target are well worth any extra money. A nice set of sights installed of this quality is $75 - $100. Always preference of the individual is the right way to go for each and the Pietta TARGET was certainly tight enough so that there is metal to work with.
The hammer on the blued 5-1/2" is "bobbed", a tiny bit shorter and gives a faster but less forgiving pull. A well timed one of these would be a standard item in any Remmie lovers safe. I was unsure about the feel and handling of the 5-1/2" barrel blued steel Remmie, after studying the 8" closely, it's very, very different. I'm thinking a 6-3/4" barrel is going to be perfect for me eventually, line bored chambers, custom barrel. BLACK POWDER !
I have found additional tremendous meaning in the encouragements by members of this board to in every circumstance make every effort to physically inspect and handle the pieces you purchase.
I watched "Ned Kelly" recently and "The Quick and The Dead". Lots of GREAT shots of revolvers in Q&D.
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CajunPowder
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Erich:
You can pick up the brass and the boolits next time.
You can pick up the brass and the boolits next time.
CajunPowder
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End of Sale?
internet stock that was returned; refurbish at the retail "C"? They have some incredible stuffed Gulf fish on the walls as well.
In retail outlets now at internet prices?
Midway countering? Maybe that pile of Uberti Dixie SS targets should be watched for a limited time price drop.
What else is hot, auction mentions? Board members?
internet stock that was returned; refurbish at the retail "C"? They have some incredible stuffed Gulf fish on the walls as well.
In retail outlets now at internet prices?
Midway countering? Maybe that pile of Uberti Dixie SS targets should be watched for a limited time price drop.
What else is hot, auction mentions? Board members?
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