My Remington 1858 New Army came in today and I am impressed. I paid less then $199 for the steel frame version of it on sale right now on the Cabelas website.
In the past the Pietea replicas had mixed reviews but recently there quality has been good. When I pull back the hammer on mine it syncs up with the cylinder wonderfully.
Also the cylinder wall and the barrel mate up nice and tight, another complaint from a number of years ago about these guns that has seem to have been corrected.
For those that don't know the Remington 1858 is a better design (and gun IMHO) then the Colt 1851 & Colt 1860. Unlike the colts it has a stronger receiver and the cylinders can be changed quickly. This gun was truly the 1800s version of the magazine fed pistols we have today in terms of reload speed.
Video of the "Pale Rider" reloading his 1858
For those interest BP pistols are great fun and cheap to shoot. When I take my Colt Walker to the Machine Gun shoots it gets just as much attention as my machine guns to. BP pistols have a certain coolness and mystic. And BP pistols can be shipped to your door.
Pics of my 1858
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