A couple years ago...

by Paul , Friday, December 22, 2023, 16:12 (135 days ago) @ Slow Hand

I was gifted a "Traditions" 1860 by Pietta. VERY nicely made. I just cycled it a few (QUITE a few) times and it smoothed down nicely. Didn't break it down until after the first trip to the range. After shooting and cleaning a few times it's even smoother and I've not done anything with stones/files/sandpaper to the internals, just handled it a lot and shot it a bit. Unfortunately I can't speak to their 1873's from experience, but as posted in this thread there's been a lot of improvement. I keep holding out for a 5 1/2" in 38 spl but no one seems to make them, and the last I checked the 357's were not yet back in the pipeline either.