I never thought this combination would go together like Lennon and McCartney, Liz and Dick or Frick and Frack, but Lord this thing is accurate. The thought of a 9mm SAA used to gag me, but it is comforting to grab a handgun and a lot of ammo without having to assemble it.

My first groups with it were with Winchester M-1152 The US Army's high pressure 9mm 115 grain flat point load that is purportedly used in the Sig M-17. It is very fast and is probably +P+. I wish I had taken images of those groups at 25 yards. My 9mm reloads with the RMR 124 Flat points and 5.6 grains of Bullseye 86 were almost as good.

They were a foot high and 3 inches to the left. I had to file the front sight down to 2/3rds its original height and bend the front sight to the left slightly. In the image below is a 50-yard group using a 6 O'clock hold on a 6-inch bullseye using the M-1152 loading. Knocking over the plates at 50-yards is extremely easy.

For an average of 20 shots that Winchester M-1152 115 gr load averaged 1276 fps and a 45 extreme spread for 416-foot pounds of energy. With the 115 grain flat point bullets it should be a good straight-line penetrator.

Although the barrel of this six-shooter is only 3.5 inches the long cylinder makes up for a total of 5-1/4 inches of barrel (compared to an auto pistol) for velocity gain despite the cylinder gap (which is small). The M1152 in my Glock 17 it averages around 1310 fps.

For a $459 Italian Colt replica it is surprisingly smooth to cock and handle. Pulling back the hammer is really light and easy compared to an Uberti, but the trigger pull is not near as good. My other complaint is that the ejector housing feels like I am rubbing the ejector against a hacksaw. Pietta has the inside edge sharp as a knife and the ejector lets you know it while ejecting the empties.

That is another complaint. The 3.5-inch barrel barely allows the ejector to clear the empties. If you Lolly-gag around while ejecting them they don't make it all the way. But if you are deliberate and forceful it will spit them out fine. This handgun needs a birds-head grip frame.

Using the 9mm cartridge is different, but would be economical to shoot. Especially with light plinking loads. That would be a good conversion to do on a Ruger Single Six!

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