Hi Phillip, and thanks for stopping by! Keep in mind that I was shooting 38 Special handloads, not at all spicy. That said, this revolver is very easy to manage! 🤛🏻🔫🇺🇸
I have 6 of them in my collection of 1873s, all 45. Very easy cooking and nice trigger. Beautiful guns very nice grip finish and brass grip frame really sets it off. I use all my 1873s for ccw in rotation even though I have modern guns there's just something about those single actions, like old cars. Just classic.
Hi, and thanks for the inquiry. I’ve only got around 500 rounds through this one, both 38 and 357. Mostly cast bullets. No issues this far. It shoots accurately and is a fun one! 🤛🏻🔫🇺🇸
@@viejo2aThanks for the speedy reply! Giving it some serious consideration. I picked up the Remington 1875 pellet gun based on your video and I've been itching for the real thing ever since.
@@whogg0521 hiya, Who! Thanks for dropping by and taking the time to leave a kind comment. Much appreciated! Cimarron offers several S/A revolvers in 38/357. I also have their “El Malo” revolver which features a hexagonal barrel! Fun stuff! 🤛🏻🔫🇺🇸
@@whogg0521 thanks for stopping by! I really do need to do a follow up. I am working on a video series on wadcutters, and this revolver will have a ‘cameo’ appearance there. 🤛🏻🔫🇺🇸
Great looking pistol!! I love the case hardened finish a lot! Every gun has bullets and loads it likes better then others... you'll find what she likes. It looks like she is going to become a good shooter! The markings on the cylinder are proof marks from the manufacture. I was kind of close guessing what it was... a lever gun goes hand in hand with a single action pistol. LOL
That's a really nice new piece Walter! Pietta quality has greatly improved in the last few years. I am infact buying a pair in 45 colt for CAS, as soon I will have them deliveed I will make a video. at 7.12 those are the markings of proofing house in Gardone Val Trompia (Brescia) about 100 km from where I live
Thank you for that information, Bruce. I will look forward to seeing your videos. When I have shot several hundred rounds through this one, I will do a more thorough review. 🤛🏻🔫🇺🇸🇮🇹
Beautiful pistol! I’m actually looking to acquire something very similar in the near future. I use to own a Uberti Cattleman .357/.38. Being convinced from from fellow shooters and desiring something different I had traded it towards a different firearm platform at a gunshop. looking back I wish I would have never done that especially since only a few years after I started getting into handloading. Thank you for the presentation!
Hey, thanks for watching and taking time to leave a comment, RME. After I pass a few hundred rounds through it, I’ll give a more thorough review. So far, with about 150 rounds, she seems good to go. 🤛🏻🔫🇺🇸
NOW THATS HOW YOU DO A BOX OPENING!! All kinds of useful info! Great job thank you. Oh, & my wife’s not happy with you. I now HAVE to have one of there Cimmiron pistols.
Thanks, Trent. Cimarron contracts with both Uberti and Pietta of Italy to build their revolvers. Both companies seem to do fine work. Have a look at the company website: Cimarron-Firearms. They have a large offering. 🤛🏻🔫🇺🇸
Hi, Mike. Thanks for watching. To be fair, I rarely get to use a holster. At my club’s indoor range where I do 99% of my shooting, holsters are not permitted. Firearms must be either contained, or on the bench. No drawing from the holster is permitted. That said, a buddy in Italy is building a rig for me for my Cavalry model, which this one will fit in. 🤛🏻🔫🇺🇸🇨🇦
@@viejo2a Most of the ranges up here have similar rules, glad my local range has no such thing, although I don't shoot my handguns that often as you know.
Walter - A very good review of a nice single action pistol. - liked it. I've always preferred the Ubertis over the Piettas, but after this video, the Piettas aren't bad at all... Best to ya, Walter - Steve
Thanks, Steve. I think Cimarron holds Pietta to tighter standards than for other importers. We know, for instance, that Cimarron is the only importer for whom Pietta will now make “4-click” SAA revolvers. Everybody else gets transfer-bar 3-clickers these days. 🤛🏻🔫🇺🇸
Nice! I’ve been contemplating getting another in 45 Colt. I have a Cavalry version in 45 Colt already, but the Pistolero is also fun to shoot! Thanks so much for watching and taking time to leave a comment. 🤛🏻🔫🇺🇸
Another beautiful smoke wagon. Nice shooting! I'm willing to bet that you'll be able to shrink those groups even more with some attention to hand loading.
Hi Hugh. Thanks for watching. The loads I used gat lots of attention, believe me. I need to find bullets and recipes that it likes better. I’ve got plenty to choose from, LOL! 🤛🏻🔫🇺🇸
I have 2 Pietta replica 4 3/4”, 45 Colt, Pistoleros. Quality is amazing. Wood exquisite. Triggers and actions unbelievably smooth! Indexing perfect. Sights excellent. Accurate! Oh, and 4-clicks! The only problem I have had is ensuring the cylinder pin is properly installed with the notch at the bottom (otherwise the pin will walk forward).
Haha..yeah..I fully understand! Around these parts if the temp drops below 40 or rises above 80 we start to panic. We don’t have clothes for that, LOL 😂 Thanks for watching! 🤛🏻🔫🇺🇸
Pietta also does 3-click. Cimarron contracts with Uberti specify 4-click. So if you get a Cimarron revolver made by Uberti, it will likely have 4-clicks, You will see two of them in this series 🤛🏻🔫👋🏻
Hate those transfer bars, always getting in the way of my hammer! Lol. Have my first Cimarron on the way, an Evil Roy in 45C. Since a real SAA isn’t within my budget this will have to suffice, although if I sold off a few vaqueros and blackhawks I could buy the real deal, but no, probably not in the cards for me. Now I just need some primers at a reasonable price! I heard there’s a new company in TX about to start production, I sure hope this helps. We manufacture machines at work and I keep telling them to design a primer machine, about as close to guaranteed income as it gets. Take Care!
Hi, Tom. Thanks for watching and commenting. That Evil Roy will be a fun one to shoot, for sure. I’m with you..I’d sure like to see the price of primers come down! 🤛🏻🔫🇺🇸
This revolver has a floating firing pin. Where it might be slightly safer to carry on an empty chamber, it is unlikely to fire when dropped. This is a way to sell these in commiefornia. They have to pass a drop test. The older smiths had this style of firing pin.
Thanks, Laramie. This revolver does not have the floating pin found in some of Uberti’s new ones such as the “ Pistoleer”. Rather, it utilizes the hammer-block base pin. In the hammer-forward position, the firing pin does extend through the frame, and may actually rest very close to the case head. If the back of the hammer is hit, and the base pin is in the forward position, it is possible for the firing pin to strike the primer. That said, single-action revolvers are essentially exempt from the California Handgun Roster and not subject to our drop test and other requirements. There are some exceptions, of course. 🤛🏻🔫🇺🇸
That "base pin safety" isn't for carry; it just slows down curious children. There shouldn't be cartridges in the pistol while you're engaging/disengaging the "safety".
Right. Which further exemplifies the uselessness of the feature: if you were afraid that a child might sneak up and cock and fire the loaded weapon, you shouldn’t be carrying or leave it laying around in the first place. You’d only have to unload it later to properly reset the hammer block. If one is worried about dropping the firearm, and thought the hammer block would be a safeguard against accidental discharge that way, you’re in the same boat re: having to re-set it. There’s no point, to my way of thinking. Far better to carry five with the hammer and firing pin over an empty chamber. 🤛🏻🔫🇺🇸
Just a word here. Remember that when you cock the hammer back on a Colt SAA the clicks spell Colt . When you cock the hammer on a reproduction the clicks spell FAKE. There ain't nothing like the real thing baby. Always Colt.
@@viejo2a well I own two .A 1907 32-20 my grandfather gave me when I was 12. The other my father bought me when I was 15. I'm 73 now. I have bought and sold a number of Colts over the years. Before the 1990 s there wasn't very many replicas. Then in the late 90s prices exploded forcing most folks who wanted to enjoy this type firearm to go other places. So was born the reproduction and money being what it is,I don't find fault with any reproduction, just having a little fun. Oh I also own a Colt 1911 . Always Colt
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It always surprises me how little these things recoil in the hands of an experienced old guy. You would think its a bb gun.
Hi Phillip, and thanks for stopping by! Keep in mind that I was shooting 38 Special handloads, not at all spicy. That said, this revolver is very easy to manage! 🤛🏻🔫🇺🇸
I have 6 of them in my collection of 1873s, all 45. Very easy cooking and nice trigger. Beautiful guns very nice grip finish and brass grip frame really sets it off. I use all my 1873s for ccw in rotation even though I have modern guns there's just something about those single actions, like old cars. Just classic.
Hi, Jeff. Thanks for stopping by. Yep..you nailed it: “there’s just something about those single actions..” 🤛🏻🔫🇺🇸
You might be a Viejo, but you're awful good with the camera. What a great DETAILED review! Thank you, sir, from a fellow Viejo.
@@dancarrison9354 from one Viejo to another, thanks so much! 🤛🏻🔫🇺🇸
Glad you got this one. I've the same weapon in 45 Colt. Supurb quality and excellent accuracy.
The stamping on the cylinder is European proof marks.
Hi, Ranger and thanks for watching. I appreciate the info on the cylinder markings. 🤛🏻🔫🇺🇸
That is a beautiful revolver Walter
Thank you kind sir! 🤛🏻🔫🇺🇸
Any updates after a year? I've been eyeing this piece for a little while now and I've wondering how it holds up in the long run.
Hi, and thanks for the inquiry. I’ve only got around 500 rounds through this one, both 38 and 357. Mostly cast bullets. No issues this far. It shoots accurately and is a fun one! 🤛🏻🔫🇺🇸
@@viejo2aThanks for the speedy reply! Giving it some serious consideration. I picked up the Remington 1875 pellet gun based on your video and I've been itching for the real thing ever since.
I swear, I LOVE the sound of the single action. I was thinking of getting the .357 as well, in case I get a 357 modern handgun.
@@whogg0521 hiya, Who! Thanks for dropping by and taking the time to leave a kind comment. Much appreciated! Cimarron offers several S/A revolvers in 38/357. I also have their “El Malo” revolver which features a hexagonal barrel! Fun stuff! 🤛🏻🔫🇺🇸
Really did enjoy this. Thanks for the effort.
@@whogg0521 thanks for stopping by! I really do need to do a follow up. I am working on a video series on wadcutters, and this revolver will have a ‘cameo’ appearance there. 🤛🏻🔫🇺🇸
Great looking pistol!! I love the case hardened finish a lot!
Every gun has bullets and loads it likes better then others... you'll find what she likes. It looks like she is going to become a good shooter! The markings on the cylinder are proof marks from the manufacture.
I was kind of close guessing what it was... a lever gun goes hand in hand with a single action pistol. LOL
Thanks for watching, Papa. I have several Henry levers, including a Big Boy in 357 🤛🏻🔫🇺🇸
That's a really nice new piece Walter! Pietta quality has greatly improved in the last few years. I am infact buying a pair in 45 colt for CAS, as soon I will have them deliveed I will make a video. at 7.12 those are the markings of proofing house in Gardone Val Trompia (Brescia) about 100 km from where I live
Thank you for that information, Bruce. I will look forward to seeing your videos. When I have shot several hundred rounds through this one, I will do a more thorough review. 🤛🏻🔫🇺🇸🇮🇹
Beautiful pistol! I’m actually looking to acquire something very similar in the near future.
I use to own a Uberti Cattleman .357/.38. Being convinced from from fellow shooters and desiring something different I had traded it towards a different firearm platform at a gunshop. looking back I wish I would have never done that especially since only a few years after I started getting into handloading.
Thank you for the presentation!
Hey, thanks for watching and taking time to leave a comment, RME. After I pass a few hundred rounds through it, I’ll give a more thorough review. So far, with about 150 rounds, she seems good to go. 🤛🏻🔫🇺🇸
@@viejo2a you bet! I am checking out rumble currently. I’ll look forward to it 👍
One of my Favourite Revolvers!
Thank you. 🤛🏻🔫🇺🇸
NOW THATS HOW YOU DO A BOX OPENING!! All kinds of useful info! Great job thank you. Oh, & my wife’s not happy with you. I now HAVE to have one of there Cimmiron pistols.
Thanks, Trent. Cimarron contracts with both Uberti and Pietta of Italy to build their revolvers. Both companies seem to do fine work. Have a look at the company website: Cimarron-Firearms. They have a large offering. 🤛🏻🔫🇺🇸
Fine shootin', Viejo! :D That's one classy-lookin' pistol!
Thank you so much! 🤛🏻🔫🇺🇸
That's a nice looking wheelgun Viejo! You're going to have to locate a nice holster & belt for it.
Hi, Mike. Thanks for watching. To be fair, I rarely get to use a holster. At my club’s indoor range where I do 99% of my shooting, holsters are not permitted. Firearms must be either contained, or on the bench. No drawing from the holster is permitted. That said, a buddy in Italy is building a rig for me for my Cavalry model, which this one will fit in. 🤛🏻🔫🇺🇸🇨🇦
@@viejo2a Most of the ranges up here have similar rules, glad my local range has no such thing, although I don't shoot my handguns that often as you know.
@@HobbiesHobo 🤛🏻🔫🇺🇸🇨🇦
Walter - A very good review of a nice single action pistol. - liked it. I've always preferred the Ubertis over the Piettas, but after this video, the Piettas aren't bad at all... Best to ya, Walter - Steve
Thanks, Steve. I think Cimarron holds Pietta to tighter standards than for other importers. We know, for instance, that Cimarron is the only importer for whom Pietta will now make “4-click” SAA revolvers. Everybody else gets transfer-bar 3-clickers these days. 🤛🏻🔫🇺🇸
@viejo2a Gentlemen I just bought 6 weeks ago, an EMF Californian 5.5 in 45Colt 4 clicks . She's as pretty as yours Walter. Yes Pietta
WoW! That’s a real good sight pattern on that.
Hi, Trent. Thanks for watching. Agreed, much better than that on my Uberti models that have a very thin front blade. 🤛🏻🔫🇺🇸
Man, that’s some fancy shooting 😮
Thank you, sir. It’s a fun revolver for sure. 🤛🏻🔫🇺🇸
I enjoy Revolvers too! And Cowboys! I like the intro music with the horses and cowboy theme! Its super cool! I love it! The Wild west!
Thanks for all that, Ruth! I enjoy the cowboy stuff, too. 🤛🏻🔫🇺🇸
A good idea is to always check the screws to make sure they are tight. Nice looking SAA
Thanks for watching, Terry. Thats a good tip..I always check the screws before and after shooting my SAA revolvers. 🤛🏻🔫🇺🇸
I have 2 pistolero's 1 I built into a race gun. The pistolero is my favorite of the SAA clones. Both of mine ar 45 colt.
Nice! I’ve been contemplating getting another in 45 Colt. I have a Cavalry version in 45 Colt already, but the Pistolero is also fun to shoot! Thanks so much for watching and taking time to leave a comment. 🤛🏻🔫🇺🇸
@@viejo2a I love anything old west that pistolero makes a good #racegun for the triple shot
Another beautiful smoke wagon. Nice shooting! I'm willing to bet that you'll be able to shrink those groups even more with some attention to hand loading.
Hi Hugh. Thanks for watching. The loads I used gat lots of attention, believe me. I need to find bullets and recipes that it likes better. I’ve got plenty to choose from, LOL! 🤛🏻🔫🇺🇸
you did well! New gun first shots .
Thanks, David. I have been enjoying this one! 🤛🏻🔫🇺🇸
I have 2 Pietta replica 4 3/4”, 45 Colt, Pistoleros. Quality is amazing. Wood exquisite. Triggers and actions unbelievably smooth! Indexing perfect. Sights excellent. Accurate! Oh, and 4-clicks!
The only problem I have had is ensuring the cylinder pin is properly installed with the notch at the bottom (otherwise the pin will walk forward).
Thanks for watching, Steve. Regarding the cylinder pin. Yep..happened to me once. We’ve got to listen to it and feel it click into place! 🤛🏻🔫🇺🇸
Always lived brass framed SA's.
Haven't owned a 38/357 SAA/clone.
I Like Cimmaron too. They are proof markings.
Thanks, C-Dub. This is my first S/A in 357, so lots of fun from that standpoint as well. It has a new mold coming for it, too! 🤛🏻🔫🇺🇸
Thanks Viejo, I'm thinking this is my next purchase as long as I can get it by the boss. LOL. I'm looking at the Pistolero in .45 Colt. We'll see.
These are not overly expensive, Info. I may end up with another in 45LC also in this barrel length. I have one in a 7 1/2” . 🤛🏻🔫🇺🇸
WoW! That’s a pretty gun! WoW!
Thank you! 🤛🏻🔫🇺🇸
CIP is the european certification for pressure proof mark. N is for Nitro , ie smokeless powder
@@joecachia2 Excellent. Thank you, Sir! 🤛🏻🔫🇺🇸
Great Video and Beautiful Pistol My Brother and 60 degrees here in Michigan We wear Shorts Hahahaha!
Haha..yeah..I fully understand! Around these parts if the temp drops below 40 or rises above 80 we start to panic. We don’t have clothes for that, LOL 😂 Thanks for watching! 🤛🏻🔫🇺🇸
i love mine, im so happy they didnt go with the 3 click design and retracting firing pin like Uberbi did
Pietta also does 3-click. Cimarron contracts with Uberti specify 4-click. So if you get a Cimarron revolver made by Uberti, it will likely have 4-clicks, You will see two of them in this series 🤛🏻🔫👋🏻
@@viejo2a your right, i bought another and it was made by Uberti, and it has the 4 clicks. i dont know if it has the solid firing pin
Hate those transfer bars, always getting in the way of my hammer! Lol. Have my first Cimarron on the way, an Evil Roy in 45C. Since a real SAA isn’t within my budget this will have to suffice, although if I sold off a few vaqueros and blackhawks I could buy the real deal, but no, probably not in the cards for me. Now I just need some primers at a reasonable price! I heard there’s a new company in TX about to start production, I sure hope this helps. We manufacture machines at work and I keep telling them to design a primer machine, about as close to guaranteed income as it gets. Take Care!
Hi, Tom. Thanks for watching and commenting. That Evil Roy will be a fun one to shoot, for sure. I’m with you..I’d sure like to see the price of primers come down! 🤛🏻🔫🇺🇸
I might need one myself. oO Looks like a lot of fun!
Thanks for watching, Hillbilly. The price tag isn’t outrageous either. 🤛🏻🔫🇺🇸
I'm a smooth operator.
The first click on the hammer was the safety notch. Old colts where intended to be carried with 6. See 11BangBang's video.
Tjanks for stopping by. 🤛🏻🔫🇺🇸
Is that an import stamp on the cylinder? Really cool revolver, I think it makes it even cooler nice pickup Viejo! :)
Hi Sam, and thanks for watching. A couple of other subscribers have ID’d that cylinder marking as the manufacturers’s proof mark. 🤛🏻🔫🇺🇸
I have the same gun in 45 colt. I love it
It does have a good feel to it!🤛🏻🔫🇺🇸
You held the box up in the introduction and said to myself “wow a nice wood box to go with the new gun” and it was wood textured cardboard….
Yes..just cardboard. Thanks for stopping by! 🤛🏻🔫🇺🇸
I like it.👍🇺🇲🤠
Thanks, Six. I appreciate your comments as always. 🤛🏻🔫🇺🇸
The marks on the cylinder are "proof" marks - meaning the gun as been tested and is safe to fire.
Thanks cropman. 🤛🏻🔫🇺🇸
Nice, enjoy
Thanks,my friend! 🤛🏻🔫🇺🇸
Those are proof marks. It means it’s been pressure tested to twice the amount of powder than it was made for
Thanks Trent! I got similar responses from several subscribers. We all learn from each other, right? 🤛🏻🔫🇺🇸
This revolver has a floating firing pin. Where it might be slightly safer to carry on an empty chamber, it is unlikely to fire when dropped. This is a way to sell these in commiefornia. They have to pass a drop test. The older smiths had this style of firing pin.
Thanks, Laramie. This revolver does not have the floating pin found in some of Uberti’s new ones such as the “ Pistoleer”. Rather, it utilizes the hammer-block base pin. In the hammer-forward position, the firing pin does extend through the frame, and may actually rest very close to the case head. If the back of the hammer is hit, and the base pin is in the forward position, it is possible for the firing pin to strike the primer. That said, single-action revolvers are essentially exempt from the California Handgun Roster and not subject to our drop test and other requirements. There are some exceptions, of course. 🤛🏻🔫🇺🇸
That "base pin safety" isn't for carry; it just slows down curious children. There shouldn't be cartridges in the pistol while you're engaging/disengaging the "safety".
Right. Which further exemplifies the uselessness of the feature: if you were afraid that a child might sneak up and cock and fire the loaded weapon, you shouldn’t be carrying or leave it laying around in the first place. You’d only have to unload it later to properly reset the hammer block. If one is worried about dropping the firearm, and thought the hammer block would be a safeguard against accidental discharge that way, you’re in the same boat re: having to re-set it. There’s no point, to my way of thinking. Far better to carry five with the hammer and firing pin over an empty chamber. 🤛🏻🔫🇺🇸
The CIP is the proof mark.
Yep. Thanks, Mark. 🤛🏻🔫🇺🇸
I own two with no regret
Thanks for watching and taking time to comment, Larry. Much appreciated! 🤛🏻🔫🇺🇸
Those are the European proof marks. CIP is the equivalent of SAMMI.
Thanks, Jeffery. Several others have chimed in with that info. I appreciate it very much. 🤛🏻🔫🇺🇸
I love it, I want it. Dear father Christmas.........
These Uberti and Pietta revolvers that Cimarron commissions are danged good lookers, for sure! I hope Santa hears your wish and grants it. 🤛🏻🔫🇺🇸
I bet Alex Baldwin could make your gun shoot without pulling the trigger. That is a nice looking gun. Enjoy.
Thanks, John. It’s been fun to play with! 🤛🏻😬🇺🇸
Just a word here. Remember that when you cock the hammer back on a Colt SAA the clicks spell Colt . When you cock the hammer on a reproduction the clicks spell FAKE. There ain't nothing like the real thing baby. Always Colt.
Thanks. Ain’t nothing like the price of a real colt either. The only one I have is my Mk IV 45
@@viejo2a well I own two .A 1907 32-20 my grandfather gave me when I was 12. The other my father bought me when I was 15. I'm 73 now. I have bought and sold a number of Colts over the years. Before the 1990 s there wasn't very many replicas. Then in the late 90s prices exploded forcing most folks who wanted to enjoy this type firearm to go other places. So was born the reproduction and money being what it is,I don't find fault with any reproduction, just having a little fun. Oh I also own a Colt 1911 . Always Colt
Oi Boa
Thank you, Sir. 🤛🏻🔫🇺🇸🇵🇹
I love it so much!
Thank you!
Wonderful!
Thank you!