Old Dragoon
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My new Pietta '58 came today. It is a 2000 (BN in box)model and it is not the shooter's pistol and neither are the front sight or rammer dovetailed. and no gold trigger. Now my thoughts are, that this came from a pawnshop and they didn't know the difference between "dovetail" and "inset" and I do believe that the Gold trigger thing was a misprint as they were explaining the blue of the frame in the preceding sentence and meant to say Gold(brass) trigger guard. Not a big deal for what I got it for. Cheapest one of the three so far.
Now the good things. Once again, I got an unfired piece, it still has the original oil/grease from Pietta in the bbl and cylinder and guts, no box but I got the paperwork with it. I swapped out the conversion cylinder and it swaps in and out flawlessly but I need to do some tune up work as the hand won't let the cylinder spin on half cock and the hammer spring must be from a freight wagon. The BP cylinder spins on halfcok very well I think the tip of the hand has a burr or two. Tuneup in the works.
It does have a flawless bore other than probably needing some lapping.
Rammer latch end is looser than on the others but that can be fixed easily.
All in all it is a good piece.
I might just keep this one BLUE.....maybe......
Now the good things. Once again, I got an unfired piece, it still has the original oil/grease from Pietta in the bbl and cylinder and guts, no box but I got the paperwork with it. I swapped out the conversion cylinder and it swaps in and out flawlessly but I need to do some tune up work as the hand won't let the cylinder spin on half cock and the hammer spring must be from a freight wagon. The BP cylinder spins on halfcok very well I think the tip of the hand has a burr or two. Tuneup in the works.
It does have a flawless bore other than probably needing some lapping.
Rammer latch end is looser than on the others but that can be fixed easily.
All in all it is a good piece.
I might just keep this one BLUE.....maybe......