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Well, this last weekend I bought a Uberti 1858 Remington from a friend. I already had a Pietta. Both of these are pretty new - bought within the last 3 years or so.
While I shot it the weekend I bought it, I have not had a chance to work up a load of a bench. Still, the gun looks promising - more so than the Pietta that I have already worked up the best load for, which isn't saying much.
But I can now say from personal experience that without a doubt that the Uberti is a better firearm than the Pietta, hands down. Now that I have seen the difference, I can't figure out why this is such an ambiguous debate on forums like this, and I can't figure out why Uberti does not pummel Pietta in marketing their products.
Some noteable differences I discovered while taking the gun apart for a solid cleaning:
Firstly, all the internal parts are blued on the Uberti. This includes the trigger and the springs and other parts.
The trigger on the Uberti is light years ahead of the Pietta. When I got the Pietta it had a very very very lonnnnnng trigger pull - felt like 1/8" or so. I did some work on the lock to shorten that, but out-of-the-box, it was terrible. The Uberti, which has had no work to it, breaks clean and crisp and is better even than the Pietta that I have tried with my amateur skills to improve.
The Uberti comes with a dovetail front sight. So adjusting for windage is a snap. The Pietta has a post front sight that has to either be replaced or, if you are lucky, filed.
The muzzle of the Uberti is crowned. The Pietta is not.
Uberti puts their "black powder only" scroll on the bottom of the barrel under the loading lever, while Pietta stamps it on the side.
Things I did not like:
The grips on my Uberti appear to have a polyurethane clear coat on them. I prefer oiled wood.
The latch post dovetailed into the bottom of the barrel was loose - it slid out of its dovetail under finger pressure. I fixed this by applying some solder to the bottom of the post, tapping it back in place, and heating it with a torch until the solder flowed and set it permanently in position.
This last is a pretty serious issue, and if I had bought this new would be grounds for return. But since I got the gun and a complete set of gear for $175, I'm willing to put up with the quick repair.
This is my second Uberti revolver, and I own 4 Pietta revolvers. My other Uberti is a Walker. It's quality as a shooter made it my most accurate revolver. Though it is still a small sample size, I am now convinced that Uberti makes a higher-quality product than Pietta, and that is why they cost more.
Steve
While I shot it the weekend I bought it, I have not had a chance to work up a load of a bench. Still, the gun looks promising - more so than the Pietta that I have already worked up the best load for, which isn't saying much.
But I can now say from personal experience that without a doubt that the Uberti is a better firearm than the Pietta, hands down. Now that I have seen the difference, I can't figure out why this is such an ambiguous debate on forums like this, and I can't figure out why Uberti does not pummel Pietta in marketing their products.
Some noteable differences I discovered while taking the gun apart for a solid cleaning:
Firstly, all the internal parts are blued on the Uberti. This includes the trigger and the springs and other parts.
The trigger on the Uberti is light years ahead of the Pietta. When I got the Pietta it had a very very very lonnnnnng trigger pull - felt like 1/8" or so. I did some work on the lock to shorten that, but out-of-the-box, it was terrible. The Uberti, which has had no work to it, breaks clean and crisp and is better even than the Pietta that I have tried with my amateur skills to improve.
The Uberti comes with a dovetail front sight. So adjusting for windage is a snap. The Pietta has a post front sight that has to either be replaced or, if you are lucky, filed.
The muzzle of the Uberti is crowned. The Pietta is not.
Uberti puts their "black powder only" scroll on the bottom of the barrel under the loading lever, while Pietta stamps it on the side.
Things I did not like:
The grips on my Uberti appear to have a polyurethane clear coat on them. I prefer oiled wood.
The latch post dovetailed into the bottom of the barrel was loose - it slid out of its dovetail under finger pressure. I fixed this by applying some solder to the bottom of the post, tapping it back in place, and heating it with a torch until the solder flowed and set it permanently in position.
This last is a pretty serious issue, and if I had bought this new would be grounds for return. But since I got the gun and a complete set of gear for $175, I'm willing to put up with the quick repair.
This is my second Uberti revolver, and I own 4 Pietta revolvers. My other Uberti is a Walker. It's quality as a shooter made it my most accurate revolver. Though it is still a small sample size, I am now convinced that Uberti makes a higher-quality product than Pietta, and that is why they cost more.
Steve