![]() Accuracy is everything it is supposed to be, you can group a tight three shots 20 yds very easy with traditional round ball as well as using a cartridge converter.Fordyce Beals, a Remington employee, received a patent in 1858 for his design, which required lowering of the loading lever to allow the cylinder pin to be pulled forward.Ä«etween 18, the Remington factory manufactured 2,000 to 3,000. They say that the trigger guard is silver plated, but I test drilled mine about 1/32" on the inside back and it showed no brass, just silver. Fit and finish is amazing and at the time, it was one of the only repros that most parts were interchangeable with the originals. ![]() I wasn't aware this was a special model at the time, just bought it because it was the best looking 1858 reproduction I had ever seen. There was a dealer there that had about a dozen of them sleeved in a Mitchell Arms branded box. I bought one at the DelMar Gun Show back in 1989 for $250 at a time when most repros were selling in the $175 range. It also has an authentic Remington patent roll mark on the top flat of the barrel just as the originals had. (Some of this info is from the below listed Remington Forum). Its identifiable features are the dovetailed front sight, and a silver-plated trigger guard. It is the only Pietta revolver that had a dovetailed front sight, adjustable for windage correction. If I am not mistaken, it has 5 grooves whereas the standard Pietta has 7. ![]() It utilized the full-size grip frame and the barrel has a 1:30" gain-twist, cut-rifling, &. It retailed in 1983 for $395 and was last listed in Dixie Gun Works Catalog in 2015 for $950. It was made by Pietta in 1983 and imported by Navy Arms Company for the benefit of the US International Muzzle Loading Team. ![]() ![]() This is along the line of reproductions, but if you want something interesting to research, check out the Navy Arms Pietta 1858 Deluxe "Shooters" model. ![]()
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