Taylor's Brand black powder revolvers

[Hdonly]

I am looking at a Taylor's brand 1858 Remington Steel 5.5" .44. I am not familiar with them and am curious about their quality. Any thoughts appreciated.

 

[Hawg]

Taylors doesn't make anything, they're an importer. It's either Uberti or Pietta. That one appears to be Pietta.

 

[Hdonly]

I was wondering about that. That's why they only show one side of it.

 

[Hawg]

Uberti models are usually more period correct than Pietta. Altho some of them aren't. I don't think Uberti makes one with a barrel that short.

 

[Hdonly]

What about quality of Pietta vs Uberti?

 

[Hawg]

These days about the same. Uberti might be a little better finished and the grips aren't fat overgrown apes like Pietta. Uberti also doesn't have billboards on the barrels like Pietta does. Pietta is usually a good bit cheaper than Uberti but I don't know about the ones from Taylors.

 

[Aguila Blanca]

What about quality of Pietta vs Uberti?

I've owned both. Never examined any of them with a magnifying glass. They all worked as intended. I consider them to be equal in quality.

 

[Hdonly]

I ended up ordering this Pietta 1858 New Army .44

 

[44caliberkid]

You will be happy with it.

 

[Aguila Blanca]

I ended up ordering this Pietta 1858 New Army .44

Looks just like the one I had many years ago. I'm sure you'll be happy with it.

 

[RC20]

I have a Pietta NMA Target (more hunting than target sights). Its been an interesting work in progress.

The Rammer is shaped wrong, I profiled the end of it so it drove both balls and conicals without mushing them.

Cones would not hold Remington or CCI Number 11 Caps (seems 10s are rare), I could pinch Caps or get the SlixSprings Cones which I did. If you do go with the longer of the two choices, I had to grind the hammer stop back to get to fire but doing fine. As the gun has no value so I am modifying it as needed (the front sight was raised to bring the POI down).

Cylinders are a lot less than Uberti and I got two extra.

.454 balls do created a band, less than .457 but wide enough (my opinion). .147 roughly vs .250.

No timing issues or any other function type.

The .457 balls were 100 fps slower, I will keep playing with it to find which one is more accurate.

 

[Hdonly]

The gun showed up yesterday. Finish looks really good and the action feels good. Now I need to dig out my black powder stuff and make some noise.