That is correct!

 

I am far from an expert but mine seems very good. Especially when you take price into account. The timing is perfect and finish is very good. I believe other than a coil spring for the hand it is pretty much an exact copy of a second gen colt. It has a removable cylinder bushing and 4 click action. It shots pretty much to point of aim also.

 

I am very happy with mine as well. I did a trigger job on it. The trigger pull was terrible. I did notice the spring for the hand as mentioned above when I pulled it apart to hone the sear. It is a real tack driver. I am very impressed as how it shoots. I like it so much I am eyeing the Posse model now.

 

I have a Gambler's Royale which is basically a prettied-up GWII. Yes, it works very well and solid. One of the best-timed Italian revolvers I have. EMF is just down the street from me in Santa Ana, CA. Their gunsmith is super nice. He installed for free a stiffer main spring because I felt the Wolf spring was too light. I kept the wire trigger spring however.

 

I'm looking at one of these right now and can't find anything about the stock trigger pull/action feel. Was yours smooth and light out of the box? There's a nearly identical Pietta Rio available too but I'm seeing trigger pull weights of 4.5lbs and gritty, out of the box. Thanks!

 

For the money, there is no current ly better Italian copy of the Colt SAA than a Pietta 1873 no matter who imports them.

They are dimensionally correct unlike Uburti.

The chemical cyanide color case coloring is hit or miss on beauty, but thats the same case in all copys not actually case hardened with bone and charcoal.

If cast frame doesn't concern you its s great buy.

The trigger pulls are heavy and somewhat gritty but easily fixed or left as is to wear in.

I recently purchased a new frontier 5.5 in 45C and couldn't be more pleased for $420.

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Pietta Great Westerns all have drop forged frames, just like a Uberti and a Colt. They aren't cast. Nice guns.

Pietta_Catalog_011420_lowres.pdf (3dcartstores.com)

 

Pietta Great Westerns all have drop forged frames, just like a Uberti and a Colt. They aren't cast. Nice guns.

Pietta_Catalog_011420_lowres.pdf (3dcartstores.com)

I could go for a Grande Californian. Nice grips and color casing.

 

We just got one of these in at the shop. Really nice looking pistol. Well balanced with a decent action. Feels very similar to my SAA, may end up having to get one. Pietta buntline.

 

Here's some frames in Alessandro Piettas hands, right before he sends what he calls cast forgings. to the machine to have the cylinder windows broach cut.

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• Casting is the process in which metal is heated in a furnace until molten. While in the liquid state, the metal is poured in a die, or mold, to create a component shape.
• Forging is the process in which thermal and mechanical energy is applied to ingots to cause the alloy to change shape while in a solid state. colt

he called it casting but it is Drop Forged they say.

 

Dude..that is a forging.

 

My gunsmith is a John Wayne fan, and got The Shootist model from EMF. He slicked up the action and has been happy with it.

 

Real Colt frame profile vs. Uberti frame profile vs. Pietta frame profile.
I no longer own any Pietta clones, as I just couldn't get past the strange frame profile. They did shoot fairly well though.

 

Colt 1st Gen, Uberti in the middle and a 2nd Gen. Pietta copied a 2nd Gen gun for frame and cylinder size.

1st Gen on top and a Uberti. Top strap thickness difference is obvious.

 

On the other hand, Colt and current Pietta use the firing pin bushing in the recoil shield and Uberti doesn’t.

 

The Gambler's Royal was too light for me- had a very soft hammer spring. I prefer a little stiffer. Happy with it now. Also bought a 9mm cylinder from EMF. Fits all their GWII models. Really like shooting 9mm from it. Cylinder is unfluted.

 

Good to know! You didn't need to get it fitted at all? 9mm is definitely wayyy cheaper to shoot than 357 magnum, for a fact. I might re-think getting another 45 colt and just get the 357 version.

 

I like my Piette Colt .45 Buntline revolver. It lived in a holster for a 7 1/2" revolver for two years. Now I received a holster I ordered for the Buntline model about a week ago and it's a perfect fit. I had to give a little more for a lefthand holster than I wanted but no matter it looks good. I've found that I have to ware the gun/holster on the right side in cross draw fashion in order to clear leather drawing the Buntline.