My first single action and first black powder firearm!

[ponycarman]

My pistol came in from cabela's today!

This is my first single action revolver and my first black powder anything haha. I'm already in love with it. It feels great in hand, the sounds it makes when being cocked are heavenly, and the fit and finish of the revolver is quite nice. It is a colt 1851 navy replica made by pietta in italy. It is in 44cal so it is not a historically accurate chambering. It is the brass frame model and requires slightly reduced power loading but I don't see that being a problem at all.

Now for the good stuff

[Junk Yard Dog]

Very nice brass finish on that one,

[ponycarman]

I was very impressed with the blueing and brass finnish on it. Especially for the price it was.

[Junk Yard Dog]

Pietta does a good job with these, they sell more of them than anything else they make.

[mogunner]

Now you get to go buy all the expensive stuff to go with it!

[Celt]

That is one sweet pistola buddy!!!!!

[ponycarman]

I can imagine. Delivering a high quality product and a very low price is sure to get you alot of business.

I'm hoping to be able to find most of the stuff I need locally. If not then it will still be fun to fondle until I get everything to shoot it

[ponycarman]

That is one sweet pistola buddy!!!!!

Thanks buddy! Its even sweeter in person

[Celt]

I bet,i doubt pictures do it justice.

[ponycarman]

They really don't but they were taken with my phone lol

[Celt]

They really don't but they were taken with my phone lol

You can do stuff like this with a phone....





Just play with lighting, angles, macro...

[Junk Yard Dog]

The Italian factories are modern facilities with all the latest production machinery, their quality control is the best it's ever been.

[desdem12]

Really nice looker. Congrats, you will love it.

[Junk Yard Dog]

The lockwork has a nice sound to it in these, mine have a distinctive sound all their own different even from the identical Pietta steel frame .44 Navy.

[bunkysdad]

Hey that's a nice way to start. You know you could order the starter kit from Cabella's, and build on that. I have found over and over with my bp revolver that some of the most accurate loads are reduced ones.

[ponycarman]

Thanks guys! I love how it looks and sounds. The more I look it over the more impressed I am. Thanks for the tips bunksdad. I'll have to look at the kit on cabela's website. I can't wait to get it out and see how it does. Is there any quirks or tips too keep an eye out for with this design? I had it apart earlier to clean off the oil coating from being packaged. It came apart pretty easily. It was a little tight going back together but its all good. I can they weren't made for peeps with long lanky fingers haha. I have to twist my hand in a wierd way to cock the hammer one handed lol.

[Junk Yard Dog]

Remember to keep that cylinder pin properly greased, black powder fouling is nothing short of amazing in how fast it can stick things.

[ponycarman]

Will do. I have much to learn about black powder haha. Is cleaning them much different than cleaning a mosin after fireing corrosive ammo?

[entropy]

Dawn and Very HOT water. Best method I've found. The T/C Bore Solvent No. 13 is excellent also.

Very nice looking '51 Navy, ponycarman! Really good looking blueing and nice shiny brass!

[ponycarman]

Awesome. I keep hearing horror stories of how hard black powder is to clean up. I figured it couldn't be much worse than cleaning a mosin after shooting corosive ammo. But I enjoy cleaning my firearms and I spend alot of time on them after shooting them anyway. Helps me get to know their working better.