This weekend I decided to dust off my Piettia Navy Brasser and quit saving it for I don't know what?
I'd been preserving the revolver due to warnings about frame stretching, etc and just shook my head at myself!
Long ago, I decided on a 20 gr powder charge for this revolver as it shot accuratelly, recoil was nothing and no apparent strain was put anywhere. I use a Cream of Wheat filler to bring the ball closer to the Forcing Cone ( seems to help accuracy) . a presoaked All set off with pinched #11 Remington Caps.
wad and top it off with a swaged lead ball.
I lost count of the rounds but spent all afternoon shooting. Pyrodex is very clean shooting and seems to leave the least krud on the parts, I recommend it for Colt clones.
The revolver required 2 quick teardowns to clean-up a little and add some Break-free to the srbor and parts.
Being a Remington '58 fan, I was disgusted with the jams experienced due to cap fragments under the hammer amd in the frame. The Colt design is plagued with these jams and there re some small tricks to employ that'll help.
Funny, I have a Piettia Police modelthat is somehow free of such maladys and I don't know why? Sure is a joy to shoot though!
I understand that rounding the dholders of the hammer slot helps caps pass freely...
In spite of a few hang-ups the Brasser did very well! Using the same POA I was able to maintain a 2 1/2" hole torn ina 7 yard target shot standing, 2 hand. a very good showing in my book for a cheap revolver! It's Cabela's basic .44 caliber clone and the lowest priced revolver they sell.
I like it so much that I may invest in the 5 1/2" version someday!
I have long had aopnion about the Brassers, and that is that they are self lubricating! The brass acts like a bearing surface for the parts and makes them operate very smoothly.
All in all these revolvers may be a well kept secret! I wonder what the Remington clones shoot like?
I can't complain about a nice Sunday afternoon spent with a good revolver and a flask of Black Powder! Just wanted to share that!
BPDave
I'd been preserving the revolver due to warnings about frame stretching, etc and just shook my head at myself!
Long ago, I decided on a 20 gr powder charge for this revolver as it shot accuratelly, recoil was nothing and no apparent strain was put anywhere. I use a Cream of Wheat filler to bring the ball closer to the Forcing Cone ( seems to help accuracy) . a presoaked All set off with pinched #11 Remington Caps.
wad and top it off with a swaged lead ball.
I lost count of the rounds but spent all afternoon shooting. Pyrodex is very clean shooting and seems to leave the least krud on the parts, I recommend it for Colt clones.
The revolver required 2 quick teardowns to clean-up a little and add some Break-free to the srbor and parts.
Being a Remington '58 fan, I was disgusted with the jams experienced due to cap fragments under the hammer amd in the frame. The Colt design is plagued with these jams and there re some small tricks to employ that'll help.
Funny, I have a Piettia Police modelthat is somehow free of such maladys and I don't know why? Sure is a joy to shoot though!
I understand that rounding the dholders of the hammer slot helps caps pass freely...
In spite of a few hang-ups the Brasser did very well! Using the same POA I was able to maintain a 2 1/2" hole torn ina 7 yard target shot standing, 2 hand. a very good showing in my book for a cheap revolver! It's Cabela's basic .44 caliber clone and the lowest priced revolver they sell.
I like it so much that I may invest in the 5 1/2" version someday!
I have long had aopnion about the Brassers, and that is that they are self lubricating! The brass acts like a bearing surface for the parts and makes them operate very smoothly.
All in all these revolvers may be a well kept secret! I wonder what the Remington clones shoot like?
I can't complain about a nice Sunday afternoon spent with a good revolver and a flask of Black Powder! Just wanted to share that!
BPDave