I'm a percussion revolver guy myself and the Remingtons are great guns. If it shoots to the sights or can be made to, I would be severely tempted to take that squirrel hunting.
Direct Impingement is the Fart Joke of military rifle operating systems. ⓒ
I'm a percussion revolver guy myself and the Remingtons are great guns. If it shoots to the sights or can be made to, I would be severely tempted to take that squirrel hunting.
What I keep hearing is that they tend to come set up to shoot high. Might need a taller front sight.
Yeah, I'm tempted to get that conversion cylinder. Too bad it's not for .32 S&W Long instead of standard .32 S&W. Longs can be had pretty easily. Not sure how available the shorter .32 S&W rounds are, though.
I sweat soldered a taller sight to my old 1860, but I'd be tempted to have that little Remington dovetailed for the taller sights found on '58 Ubertis. Bet that would get you right in the ballpark w/o looking out of place on the gun.
Direct Impingement is the Fart Joke of military rifle operating systems. ⓒ
I'm a percussion revolver guy myself and the Remingtons are great guns. If it shoots to the sights or can be made to, I would be severely tempted to take that squirrel hunting.
As for Remingtons, they are actually much better guns than the Colts of the same era, regardless of model. They had several superior features over the Colts, such as a full solid frame around the cylinder (keeping bits of fired caps from getting into the mechanism) and notches cut into the cylinder for resting the hammer, permitting them to be safely carried with six instead of five. In the case of the pocket .32, that would be a full five rounds, since that's the capacity on this little revolver.
I sweat soldered a taller sight to my old 1860, but I'd be tempted to have that little Remington dovetailed for the taller sights found on '58 Ubertis. Bet that would get you right in the ballpark w/o looking out of place on the gun.
On Colts and copies another method is to cut down the sighting notch (with the hammer at full cock) and refile the notch when necessary, to lower POI and even adjust windage a tad. This has the dual benefit of reducing the overhang of that part over the nipple. Generally this allows the cap to explode up and forward and they fall right off when the cylinder rotates.
We shoot a half dozen Colt and Remington copies here once or twice a month through the summer. The Colts will invariably run longer without residue tying up the cylinder. This is subjective, but IMO there's never been a revolver grip to compare with the grace and pointing qualities of the 1860 and its Open Top progeny.
But I do love me some Remingtons and a 5 1/2" 58 Uberti is on my short list of 'gotta haves. The 58's sighting arrangement leaves Colt in the dust. The safety notches on the Remington are all but foolproof; though Improved Fools have always been produced at a greater rate than 1858's.
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Direct Impingement is the Fart Joke of military rifle operating systems. ⓒ
I checked a couple of references and essentially, the 32 S&W gives you twice the bullet weight and within 100 fps of the best ball load you can concoct.
Direct Impingement is the Fart Joke of military rifle operating systems. ⓒ
I checked a couple of references and essentially, the 32 S&W gives you twice the bullet weight and within 100 fps of the best ball load you can concoct.
Hard to believe its type were popular personal defense guns in the pre-cartridge, cap and ball revolver, era. I guess if it will poke holes in you, it will work well enough in most cases, though.
