campingnights
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Presently I have a 1858 Pietta Sheriff repro, with a Howell conversion cylinder in 45 long colt. I love the balance and handling of this gun, but pulling the cylinder out for reloading is a pain. Its a 50 50 proposition on if it slips in easily, or if you have to manipulate the hammer from half cock to get it in. It aint as easy as the various videos show and I wouldnt be comfortable passing it on to my kids and depending on their dexterity maintaining safely reloading the piece (do we ever REALLY get to the point where we trust our middle age kids implicitly). So my question is this:
have any of you installed the Kirst gated conversion cylinder in a Pietta 1858? If so, was it a drop in conversion, or were there fit and timing issues. I am sure me and my Dremel can handle the frame cut for loading the cartriges, and a bit of cold bluing probably would rustproof the cut, just never learned how to adjust revolver timing if its needed. I just dont know why, but I really favor this gun.
have any of you installed the Kirst gated conversion cylinder in a Pietta 1858? If so, was it a drop in conversion, or were there fit and timing issues. I am sure me and my Dremel can handle the frame cut for loading the cartriges, and a bit of cold bluing probably would rustproof the cut, just never learned how to adjust revolver timing if its needed. I just dont know why, but I really favor this gun.