I just purchased a reproduction Colt 1860 Army, made by Pietta and marketed by Traditions.
This .44-caliber revolver seems very well made. Well-polished, no tool marks, wood is tight against the steel backstrap and brass trigger guard and so on.
Action is smooth. Trigger is a little creepy and doesn't break cleanly, but I think some careful stoning (taking care to avoid the engagement surfaces twixt trigger and hammer) will eliminate or lessen that.
The price was right: $154, new in the box.
I didn't plan to buy this revolver, but when I looked it over and saw its craftsmanship I bit. I didn't have a thing to tap out the wedge, which was very tight, and peer down the barrel.
Had I done that, I might not have purchased it.
The rifling seems very shallow compared to my Colt, Uberti and other Pietta revolvers. The Dixie Gun Works catalog lists the Pietta-made 1860 Colt as having .006 inch deep rifling in the standard model, and .003 inch in the model with the aged patina finish (wonder why?).
Anyone have experience with the Traditions 1860 Army? Good, bad or indifferent?
I won't be able to get out and fire this until Sunday. Just wondering if anyone out there had a Traditions 1860 Army and how they liked it.
This .44-caliber revolver seems very well made. Well-polished, no tool marks, wood is tight against the steel backstrap and brass trigger guard and so on.
Action is smooth. Trigger is a little creepy and doesn't break cleanly, but I think some careful stoning (taking care to avoid the engagement surfaces twixt trigger and hammer) will eliminate or lessen that.
The price was right: $154, new in the box.
I didn't plan to buy this revolver, but when I looked it over and saw its craftsmanship I bit. I didn't have a thing to tap out the wedge, which was very tight, and peer down the barrel.
Had I done that, I might not have purchased it.
The rifling seems very shallow compared to my Colt, Uberti and other Pietta revolvers. The Dixie Gun Works catalog lists the Pietta-made 1860 Colt as having .006 inch deep rifling in the standard model, and .003 inch in the model with the aged patina finish (wonder why?).
Anyone have experience with the Traditions 1860 Army? Good, bad or indifferent?
I won't be able to get out and fire this until Sunday. Just wondering if anyone out there had a Traditions 1860 Army and how they liked it.