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Finally got out to shoot today after a long dry spell. Only took my two Italian replicas this time. Distance was 20 yards. Started with the Pietta in .45 Colt; that was NOT working as hoped. I filed a wee bit off the front sight and that got the elevation better, but keeps hitting to the left at times.
Operator error, I'm sure. Switched to the Uberti/Taylor's and that one shoots! Zero issues with windage/elevation. 10 rounds, back in case. Back to the pietta; this time I put the .45 acp cylinder in and it was way better than the Colt loads. Hmm. Sooo, it seems I need to tinker with some Colt loads to make it behave. Next time I go, I'll keep working on trigger pull. And some new loads perhaps. Man, that Taylor shot lights out. Stoked with that one.
Ok, gun cleaning and beer time! And wife is bring home dinner.

What loads were you shooting in the Pietta in 45 Colt.

Al, my standard 8.0gr Unique and Missouri 250gr rnfp. Shot extremely well in the Taylor's, so, am a bit stumped. I'll do some different loads and see what developes. I am not giving up on that Pietta at all. I 'll figure it out. Hell, probably me. Just thinking; The Taylor seems to have a bit larger grips and is easier to handle and shoot. Hey, first world problems! Dinner done, beers going down and Dodgers on in 20 minutes. No pics because my first 15 rounds looked like a shotgun pattern. I'm going to concentrate on the Pietta only for now.

Rifletom wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 19, 2021 9:51 pm

Al, my standard 8.0gr Unique and Missouri 250gr rnfp. Shot extremely well in the Taylor's, so, am a bit stumped. I'll do some different loads and see what developes. I am not giving up on that Pietta at all. I 'll figure it out. Hell, probably me. Just thinking; The Taylor seems to have a bit larger grips and is easier to handle and shoot. Hey, first world problems! Dinner done, beers going down and Dodgers on in 20 minutes. No pics because my first 15 rounds looked like a shotgun pattern. I'm going to concentrate on the Pietta only for now.

Could be how the grips fit your hand. Just for grins try shooting the Pietta with your other hand with same load and see where it hits.
Another thing maybe is to check the cylinder throat size with one of those bullets. Usually the Italian made revolvers come with a 452 size throat but check and see if bullet just slides thru without being loose. Common thing even with real Colts to have the front sight tweaked on way or the other for windage.

Sorry for the late reply forty. I believe I have the elevation part taken care of with a little filing on front sight. I loaded up 4 different loads to try, one with 2400 that i haven't ever tried in the .45 Colt yet. If this doesn't correct things, I found a 'smith pretty close who will open the throats to 0.453" and check the forcing cone. This revolver is fixable and I'm willing to do that. We shall see.