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Pietta 1858 Remington On the way

11K views 20 replies 8 participants last post by  Redhawk100  
Yep. Have one. No to conversion cylinder. I shot mine a lot back when, but then my ROAs took over for most of my BP revolver shooting. I always wondered why you'd want a conversion cylinder in a percussion revolver. I bought all of mine because I want to enjoy the experience of loading and firing a period firearm as it was those many years ago. Personally, I have cartridge revolvers for using cartridges :) .
 
I've always used .454 ball with my Remington. the .457 ball I used with the ROAs.

On the conversion front. The 'conversion cylinder isn't the same as offered by Remington back in the day. There were modifications to the revolver to make that happen. See here Taylor Remington Conversion replica . That is if you feel you need to be period correct. Just saying :) .