I've had my Pietta for 4-5 years and I have enjoyed every shot at the range and it is a joy to carry, with 0 issues so far. I'd be happy to recommend this revolver to anyone looking to get into shooting, even if it is a bit slower to load compared to modern guns.

This is my first revolver. It’s my first muzzleloader.

I’d recommend bore grease which is basically Jimbala Oil dense in saturated fat. or whatever that Oil is called. I recommend this just because .431 rounds are just gonna fall right out of the cylinder Lyman cast and molds are 100% legitimate in this case .454 and .451 rounds and bullets will fit snuggly into the chamber using using bore grease around the rings or the base of the bullet as well as the nose. This seats, the round permanently into the chamber it seals the chamber, which keeps it dry and clean and obviously stops the rounds from falling out of the chamber if you’re dealing with balls

The next thing I’ve done is I’ve installed stainless steel percussion caps

And I went back over the brass frame. It had some file marks in there naturally and I just smoothed over the file marks. Which makes this pistol mine. I couldn’t be happier with it. I’m excited to fire it once I find some time I live in the suburbs so it’s not really an appropriate. I could go out to the powerlines, but I haven’t II couldn’t be happier with it. I’m excited to fire it once I find some time I live in the suburbs so it’s not really a appropriate. I could go out to the powerlines, but I haven’t. I gotta talk to my state quickly.
Just to go back over the firearms all right these guys are not to be used disrespectfully, and when arming the firearm, there is a resting place for the hammer in between the percussion, Cap nipple housing. so other than leaving two cylinders empty or at the very minimum one cylinder empty a good rule of thumb is to rest the armed firearm and to rest the hammer in between the percussion caps, and that will successfully lock the cylinder from moving, which also keeps the hammer away from the percussion caps Just keep in mind that you can still drop the firearm. My veteran buddies dropped his gun in Walmart one afternoon it was loaded and it did not go off OK but and we aren’t really friends anymore for several different reasons but keep in mind that you’re really gonna want a carry in case or a holster with this firearm , if you drop it and those caps go off You’re probably going to end up having to talk with the police so be responsible with these guys and when they are armed, keep them in that middle locking position on the cylinder and then put it back into your safe…..

Cheers!!!!!

A well made reproduction revolver

New to black powder so bought in on less expensive option. Pietta '58 is a little rough on some hidden areas and the hammer was gritty and hard on cocking. Fixed that with Wolf spring.
Unable to report on shootability because there seems to be complete unavailability of percussion caps except the always in stock scam sites! I'll look for a display stand while I'm waiting.

Finally found some caps and fired the gun. Very accurate and beautifully made and finished. Safely notch feature allows for safe carry with full load. (Notch on cylinder captures hammer between caps)
Traditions powder measure dispenses premeasured charge which is great. Very pleased!