So what do you think the chances are that my Pietta 1860 Army revolver bought from Dixie Gun Works is perfect right out of the box?
I've been watching Youtube videos and reading up on the required tuning for the Pietta 1860 Army I just bought. Seems most say to disassemble it and tune it before ever cocking the hammer past 1/2 cock.
The Pietta factory bolt is known to be thicker than of the locking notches on the cylinder and if left alone will gouge those locking notches to the point of ceasing function.
Found these 2 instructional PDF's:
http://www.theopenrange.net/articles/Tuning_the_Pietta_Part_One.pdf
http://www.theopenrange.net/articles/Tuning_the_Pietta_Part_Two.pdf
From what I'm reading on this board and others - the reason these guns (Uberti included) are so cheap is they are basically kits that will beat themselves apart if fired right out of the box.
I thought I'd be able to clean the grease off my gun off and step out back of the house and shoot. From what I've read so far - not a good idea.
I've built 4 AK47's from parts kits - so I figure I can tune this Pietta 1860 - just not sure the $200 some I paid for it was a good investment, knowing that it most likely needs work straight out of the box.
So someone recommend me some gun smithing screw drivers and whatever else I'll need to fix, I mean "tune" this gun.
I've been watching Youtube videos and reading up on the required tuning for the Pietta 1860 Army I just bought. Seems most say to disassemble it and tune it before ever cocking the hammer past 1/2 cock.
The Pietta factory bolt is known to be thicker than of the locking notches on the cylinder and if left alone will gouge those locking notches to the point of ceasing function.
Found these 2 instructional PDF's:
http://www.theopenrange.net/articles/Tuning_the_Pietta_Part_One.pdf
http://www.theopenrange.net/articles/Tuning_the_Pietta_Part_Two.pdf
From what I'm reading on this board and others - the reason these guns (Uberti included) are so cheap is they are basically kits that will beat themselves apart if fired right out of the box.
I thought I'd be able to clean the grease off my gun off and step out back of the house and shoot. From what I've read so far - not a good idea.
I've built 4 AK47's from parts kits - so I figure I can tune this Pietta 1860 - just not sure the $200 some I paid for it was a good investment, knowing that it most likely needs work straight out of the box.
So someone recommend me some gun smithing screw drivers and whatever else I'll need to fix, I mean "tune" this gun.