Colt replicas, brass or steel frame cap and ball revolvers, which do you prefer and i

[madcratebuilder]

Both my Pietta 1860's are soft, or at least their cylinders are. Both exhibit "smearing" at the bolt notch leedes and both are no more than three or four years old. Neither have seen more than a fraction of the "action" that my cartridge guns have.[/QUOTE

Peening of the cylinder notches is a known issue and can be addresses with proper fitting and timing of the bolt. Some times the bolt spring is has much more tension than it needs. The common fix is the back the bolt spring screw off a turn or two.

This may help.
http://www.theopenrange.net/articles/Tuning_the_Pietta_Part_One.pdf
http://www.theopenrange.net/articles/Tuning_the_Pietta_Part_Two.pdf

 

[Estonian]

Italian brass

Hi,
have an Italian Colt Navy brass frame copy. Has a stamp C.O.M. underneath the barrel. Does anyone nhave a clue who made it?

 

[Hawg]

Hi,
have an Italian Colt Navy brass frame copy. Has a stamp C.O.M. underneath the barrel. Does anyone nhave a clue who made it?

Here we go again. Good luck on your quest. There's plenty here would like to know the answer to that.

 

[shafter]

I think a brass one would look nice in a display case or hanging on the wall

 

[Doc Hoy]

C.O.M.

Contrini Officine Meccaniche

 

[Hawg]

Contrini Officine Meccaniche

Guess I'm behind the times.

 

[crgator]

I own brass, and really like it's look. I would probably say, though, that I prefer steel, just so I don't have to worry about the brass limitation. (I just couldn't pass on the $129 price, which is why I have brass.

So, although I own brass, I voted steel.

 

[zippy13]

I just couldn't pass on the $129 price, which is why I have brass.

Ah… an honest man who speaks an often overlooked truth.