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WARNING: THE "OIL" COVERING THE NEW REVOLVER IS PRESERVATIVE AND NOT LUBRICANT! IT WILL NOT SERVE THE WEAPON USING LIVE AMMO. iT IS BEST TO CLEAN THE PISTOL, COMPLETELY REMOVING THIS AND OILING IT DONE WITH CLP OR SOME OTHER LUBE.

With use and wear, the trigger sear gets smaller like a sharpened knife until the firing pin rests on the primer with the hammer on the safety notch. I have an old Single Action Army with this condition. The trigger sear is flimsy to begin with on these guns. This is what breaks when dropped on the safety notch. You gave good advice for loading.

At much as I love the 1873, the 1872 open top just speaks to me. I’m currently in the process of converting my 1851 with a Kirst conversion. I love old civil war and western firearms.

The stainless is beautiful.

the serial number one gun isnt numbers matching though remember colt went under and sold off the already made parts the buyer bought those parts and just put them together with no regard for making them numbers matching and sold the guns

How was very disappointed, my Pietta the ejector rod, stripped out and jammed the gun of solid. It went forward in the cylinder. I had to order a new one.

Does the cylinder index with the clicks and line up with the ejector rod or is like a current Blackhawk where the ejector does not line up with the clicks?

Nice video, thanks

And there is the post war after world war I from 1969 I believe to 1918

There was also the Great Western single action six gun that John Wayne used in an earlier 1960s

Can these pistols handle smokeless and black powder rounds? I have a SAA from Cimarron, a 7" .45 Colt

I once had the rare opportunity to buy a pair of two absolutely beautiful USFA Single Actions at a New Mexico Gun Show about 12 years ago. The seller that had these was from Las Cruces. They were absolutely magnificent, and would've surely appreciated. These were custom Shop issues, both .45cal, 5.5" Nickle Plate, smooth High Grade Walnut Grips, this identically matched pair had Consecutive Serial Numbers, and both had Dual Cylinders. Both Unfired, Unturned, Factory Cases/Boxes, all Paperwork, everything, the whole kit and kaboodle. Cash on the barrel, $2400 for the pair. I drooled for a 1/2 hour examining them both at them. and mostly without even touching them, they really blew my mind, and often regretted not snatching them. Maybe in a way it was good, it was a Sunday at that show I recall, and my Bank was closed! What sort of stopped me from buying them was the thought of then never firing them? A Safe Queen.

But it's not like Colt didn't put out some duds too with their Single Actions. I knew a fella years ago, his name was Bob Corrola, big time Colt SA Collector. He was a FFL Dealer and Gunsmith as well, He told me quite a few of them were not all that. But of course a Colt is a Colt! Even USFA couldn't say that, even with some with better than Colt quality. In the 70's he had a $250,000 collection.

I have a Uberti El Patron .45, 5.5" Barrel, pretty gun, nicely built, but it shoots like total shit! I have to use way too much kentucky windage, even at 7 yards it's difficult even staying on 12" paper at 7-10 yards. That whole Pistol would have to be ripped apart, likely Barrel Rotated-etc, massive rebuild. Not worth it, paid $450 for it new. Best thing to do with that Pistol, is trade it for something else.

Ubertis are purdy, great for wall hangers and movie props. Piettas are shooters with much better actions, properly manufactured and hardened internal parts and perfectly timed actions. Uberti still anchors the ejection housing directly to the barrel instead of a lug last time I checked unlike Colt and Pietta and that's a part that will break sooner or later on Ubertis.

Thumbs down because of your brand pronunciation.

Thumbs down because of your brand pronunciation.

Who is "he"?

Both are beautiful.

The Pace Maker ? 😂😂😂😂

Excellent review of both revolvers. Thank you for the cylinder tip. I'm in the market for one. Thank you.

what also helps reduce cylinder wear is not spinning the cylinder as fast as you could that will also cause deep scratches on the cylinder and could also cause cylinder to be put out of time......

Excellent video you did an excellent job on explaining these revolvers.

i have this vest and it’s finally nice to see a video on it 👍 (it’s an XL with 10x12 plates which feels a bit odd but they’re level 4 and came with it, along with the the iiia soft armor) my vest seems to be olive green and has the mesh (i thought this was just an old basic standard issue vest but i just found out today how special it really is, thank you 🙏)

Steel blocks the trauma very well however you must have it in a sleeve behind your soft armor for it to work and thats kinda backwards for most loadouts.

Your Uberti pistol has the black powder frame. The Pietta has the “pre war” WWII, frame. I have a 1902 Colt 1873 in 44-40, and I had a Uberti and sold it. I have a Pietta 4 3/4” Cimarron Frontier model, and like it very much. Uberti I believe has caved to the Italian government safety regulations.

How can you tell which model you have is there a site that tells you

thanks on the info on the scratch on the cylinder i wondered what happened on my Uberti

I am so into the Italian sa clones in percussion and centerfire. I am at 5 right now with 3 percussion and 2 1873 clones... I would like to get an open top at this point or even a 1851 conversion model in 38 Colt/38 spl I live in California so everything including guns is a nightmare tho...

I have a Pietta 1873 SA-FAP, Gen 2, with a 5 1/2 in barrel length, blue (looks black to me) finish with a brass trigger guard/back strap, the 2 piece hand grips appear to be some kind of rough textured brown hardwood or bakelite held on with a screw through the grips, the ejector button is oval shaped ,the serial number starts with an "E" 141xxx, it came with two cylinders, one for 45 long Colt and the 2nd cylinder is for 45 acp.

Is the grips on the thumbnail real? If so, where can I purchase them? Sorry for commenting on an old video.

The trigger of the stainless gun looks twice as thick as the blued one when looking at them laid down as you have here at around minute 18.53 seconds.

That “extra screw” with the Uberti is the correct screw for holding the cylinder base pin in place since you have the ‘black powder frame’.

What model is this CF 1015013

Why don't you complete your sleep and then make videos ?

Those doesn't look like 45 long, more like 38.

Absolutely beautiful revolvers!

Quanto costa una scaccia cani a salve

I was Aviation at Camp Eagle Vietnam and did party with some of the no slack guys, and the were a great bunch of guys. But don't remember their names. But I salute them and the dog platoon

You don't have to rotate the cylinder backwards before cocking to prevent wear. No matter where the cylinder is in rotation, when you take the hammer back to full cock the hand will catch it and rotate it into the right spot before the bolt drops. The wear marks come from people easing the hammer down without fully cocking it first, such as going from half cock to hammer down.

If hunting and shooting is your hobby, handloading is essential to the full enjoyment of them. Not only is is more economical, but you don't have to "run into Walmart", and hope they have the cartridges you're looking for.

Why do there high end guns feel so cheap

Thought it was re

Interesting - I always thought Pietta was just another importer of Unberti guns. I didn't realize Pietta was a separate manufacturer.

I have two earlier Uberti Hombre models in .45. 4 click hammers, no safety feature, leave hammer on an empty chamber if carrying. I removed the cheap looking black finish, left them bare metal. The hand operates off a tiny spring behind the grip frame, the only difference from the Peacemaker I can see. Get a second hand Hombre at a pawn shop or gun show like I did.

Very practical advice at the end regarding putting the cylinder back into battery before going from half cock to full cock, to prevent the bolt from scarring the cylinder. Thanks for that.

Is there a good holster that would fit the 1872 7.5" with a retention strap?

“Pie-Etta”. I love it! 🤣

I need to buy an open top strip, the military blue, and heat blue the barrel and cylinder and screws

Both are beautiful guns but that open top is especially gorgeous!