A neverending, unsolvable dilemma!
The past couple weeks I have been pounding my brain for a solution and I just can't find one!
I just got a Piettia "standard" model .36 caliber revolver and it's a jewel The balance, grip fit and general shootabilitys are all there! I did a few little mods to it for reliability's sake and one for comfort. I rounded the rear frame and grip to eliminate the sharp edge and to keep it from digging into the hand which also prevented changing your hand hold during shooting.
I also rounded the right inside edge of the frame to prevent spent caps and fragments from being shucked into the hammer groove and building up under the hammer, preventing the hammer to hit the cap properly. I smoothed the right "Cap Groove" channel to be sure there were no snags to throw fragments into the action.
With all the Seasonal "Honey-Do's" I haven't had a chance to see if I took enough off? Can't wait to try it out!
All the handling familiarizes you with the gun and raises questions with others. Namely the big Remington Sheriff's way the frame fills the hand, just behind the hammer! The wider grip shape also fits the hand better than the Colt Model, A 5 1/2" barreled 44 I've had about 2 years.
I love that thing!
Besides the obvious caliber differences each has a huge following of satisfied owners who swear by each! I especially like the Remingtons hold! After my simple frame/grip panel mods the Navy now fits well too! I have moddedall my Piettia products frames. Without some sort of "Jig" it's all eyeballing work.
Each revolver sits different in the hand with the Colt copy settling way farther into your handhold. This helps lower recoil andshortens recovery time shot to shot.
The Remmie sits high but due to it's heavier weight, sits very nice also. Thanks to the properties of BP Substitutes, recoil is low and the big Remington is well mannered. Even with a Conversion cylinder shooting Scofield loads, the '58 is very pleasant to shoot! Thank goodness my Uberti London Navy needs NO sich mods!
Which one is best?
Ha! The Piettia is built on a full sized frame and balances really well. The shortened barrel brought the swing into a super manageable level! It draws fast points even more instinctively than a stock Navy Model and sure dosen't seem to be any less powerfull,
The shortened Remington 5 1/2" BBL) likewise turned the handling on the big guy!Pointability feels just like my 4 1/2" Vaquero which feels just like the short barreled Peacemaker!
What I did just made picking one of em apart from the other is impossible! They're both too good at what they do!
You must pick the '58 for raw horsepower with it's huge cylinder capacity and such a wide variety of Bullet Moulds and Bullets available in ..451" You can build up some truely nasty loadings with the right bullets!
The .Navy 36 has several different Conicals but the choice is only around 3 types. I prefer round balls in both for their ease in loading.
The smoking ballistics of the .36 place it in aclassification above it's actual bore size! Penetration, flat trajectory and good inherent velocities made it a preformer. Look at it's career successes proven in battle and civillian too!
I'm glad to have both so I don't have to choose.
Both chopped revolvers feel better to me than their longer Origonals) I prefer the shorter tubes except for loosing the long sight radus of the long barreled revolvers!
Considering their age, I honestly can't see where either is out of date in the handling arena! The propulsion system is old, slow and fragile but the guns sure aren't Given a full cylinder properly loaded, Cylinder, you'd be in the same class as a modern revolver. Yes I know D/a vs S/A... another hopeless debate!
I can't pick one, both are so good, well proved out and made of top grade materials today.
I guess it's up to Brand Loyalty?
I'm glad BP is so (relatively) inexpensive that you can own both and enjoy each one's dtrong points.
'm glad also that Piettia has better Q/C these days and also held pricing reasonable. so we can own em!
I GOTTA get my "Honey-Do's"done!
ZVP
The past couple weeks I have been pounding my brain for a solution and I just can't find one!
I just got a Piettia "standard" model .36 caliber revolver and it's a jewel The balance, grip fit and general shootabilitys are all there! I did a few little mods to it for reliability's sake and one for comfort. I rounded the rear frame and grip to eliminate the sharp edge and to keep it from digging into the hand which also prevented changing your hand hold during shooting.
I also rounded the right inside edge of the frame to prevent spent caps and fragments from being shucked into the hammer groove and building up under the hammer, preventing the hammer to hit the cap properly. I smoothed the right "Cap Groove" channel to be sure there were no snags to throw fragments into the action.
With all the Seasonal "Honey-Do's" I haven't had a chance to see if I took enough off? Can't wait to try it out!
All the handling familiarizes you with the gun and raises questions with others. Namely the big Remington Sheriff's way the frame fills the hand, just behind the hammer! The wider grip shape also fits the hand better than the Colt Model, A 5 1/2" barreled 44 I've had about 2 years.
I love that thing!
Besides the obvious caliber differences each has a huge following of satisfied owners who swear by each! I especially like the Remingtons hold! After my simple frame/grip panel mods the Navy now fits well too! I have moddedall my Piettia products frames. Without some sort of "Jig" it's all eyeballing work.
Each revolver sits different in the hand with the Colt copy settling way farther into your handhold. This helps lower recoil andshortens recovery time shot to shot.
The Remmie sits high but due to it's heavier weight, sits very nice also. Thanks to the properties of BP Substitutes, recoil is low and the big Remington is well mannered. Even with a Conversion cylinder shooting Scofield loads, the '58 is very pleasant to shoot! Thank goodness my Uberti London Navy needs NO sich mods!
Which one is best?
Ha! The Piettia is built on a full sized frame and balances really well. The shortened barrel brought the swing into a super manageable level! It draws fast points even more instinctively than a stock Navy Model and sure dosen't seem to be any less powerfull,
The shortened Remington 5 1/2" BBL) likewise turned the handling on the big guy!Pointability feels just like my 4 1/2" Vaquero which feels just like the short barreled Peacemaker!
What I did just made picking one of em apart from the other is impossible! They're both too good at what they do!
You must pick the '58 for raw horsepower with it's huge cylinder capacity and such a wide variety of Bullet Moulds and Bullets available in ..451" You can build up some truely nasty loadings with the right bullets!
The .Navy 36 has several different Conicals but the choice is only around 3 types. I prefer round balls in both for their ease in loading.
The smoking ballistics of the .36 place it in aclassification above it's actual bore size! Penetration, flat trajectory and good inherent velocities made it a preformer. Look at it's career successes proven in battle and civillian too!
I'm glad to have both so I don't have to choose.
Both chopped revolvers feel better to me than their longer Origonals) I prefer the shorter tubes except for loosing the long sight radus of the long barreled revolvers!
Considering their age, I honestly can't see where either is out of date in the handling arena! The propulsion system is old, slow and fragile but the guns sure aren't Given a full cylinder properly loaded, Cylinder, you'd be in the same class as a modern revolver. Yes I know D/a vs S/A... another hopeless debate!
I can't pick one, both are so good, well proved out and made of top grade materials today.
I guess it's up to Brand Loyalty?
I'm glad BP is so (relatively) inexpensive that you can own both and enjoy each one's dtrong points.
'm glad also that Piettia has better Q/C these days and also held pricing reasonable. so we can own em!
I GOTTA get my "Honey-Do's"done!
ZVP