Locoweed Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 I recently purchased a EMF Great Western II Californian with a 5 1/2" barrel and I am very impressed with the quality of the revolver. This is made by Pietta. It has a floating firing pin, pressed in recoil plate and walnut grips that have a very nice flame to it. Four clicks when you cock the hammer. Sights are of the wider variety for easier sighting. It also has a hand spring setup similar to what Ruger uses with a coil spring and detent instead of the leaf spring on the hand. No more broken hand springs. The only thing is that the base pin is an extended type with two grooves for the cross pin. This is sort of a safety mechanism that prevents the hammer from contacting the primer. For authenticity, this is easily fixed by cutting it to the proper length or you can buy an aftermarket base pin. Or if you want you don't need to do anything and leave it as is. Now to get to the range... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warden Callaway Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Beautiful gun! I wish they came in more caliber choices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Clark Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Been lovin mine most of the past decade! Smooth to start off and only got better with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-BAR #18287 Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 That is beautiful. I’m eager to see your range report. Hopefully your point of impact will be closer to point of aim than my old pair of GWs were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Hazzard, SASS #23254 Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 And no transfer bar or any of that weird stuff, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locoweed Posted January 23, 2020 Author Share Posted January 23, 2020 On 1/14/2020 at 3:38 PM, Major Hazzard, SASS #23254 said: And no transfer bar or any of that weird stuff, right? Nope, no transfer bar or any weird stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bull Skinner Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 I have a pair in 44WCF. I have had them for several years and had great service from them. Great guns. They are the pair blowing smoke and fire in the pic to the left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lead Monger Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 Measure the diameter of the base pin. If it is .250” you can get a Colt or Belt Mountain base pin that has a single notch and will not rotate in the frame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Hombre Sin Nombre Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 10 hours ago, Lead Monger said: Measure the diameter of the base pin. If it is .250” you can get a Colt or Belt Mountain base pin that has a single notch and will not rotate in the frame. I have a pair and Colt base pins won't fit. Uberti ones fit perfectly though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster Ron Wayne Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 I have not handled any of the Pietta 1873 SAA Clones myself. But I have read they made the Trigger guard too small and it's a little tight for bigger hands . What do you think ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Clark Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 1 hour ago, Rooster Ron Wayne said: I have not handled any of the Pietta 1873 SAA Clones myself. But I have read they made the Trigger guard too small and it's a little tight for bigger hands . What do you think ? I think that the GWII are excellent guns, and as I wear a size 11 glove (XXL) the trigger guard is not smaller or of any describable difference. I speak from 1st hand experience ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Jack Daniels,58780 Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Captain Clark, did you do anything to your Great Westerns after you got them other than shoot them? I am going to pick up a pair of Califorians with Alchamista II hammers next week. Outlaw Gambler was able to get me a consecutively numbered pair in 44-40 with 4.75" barrels. I am wanting to shoot FC and got them to pair with my 44-40 rifle. How is their point of impact as compared with point of aim? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Clark Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 9 hours ago, Tracker Jack Daniels,58780 said: Captain Clark, did you do anything to your Great Westerns after you got them other than shoot them? I am going to pick up a pair of Califorians with Alchamista II hammers next week. Outlaw Gambler was able to get me a consecutively numbered pair in 44-40 with 4.75" barrels. I am wanting to shoot FC and got them to pair with my 44-40 rifle. How is their point of impact as compared with point of aim? Mine wear the checkered slim grips. They are not consecutively numbered, but a few thousand apart. One shoots perfect to the point of aim, the other shot low 6 O’clock when held on center. That was easy to correct, windage is good on both mine. They have had the barrel cylinder gap opened up when I was shooting FC, which helped negate cylinder drag. Had the front sight blades gold plated at EOT few years ago which really makes them pop to my eyes! I’ve won a couple buckles with them set up like this! The only difference between them is the checkering style on the hammers which is really only a visual thing but no performance difference to me. Yup, I’m a happy EMF customer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marauder SASS #13056 Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Very nice. And I like that the front of the cylinder is chamfered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Jack Daniels,58780 Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Thanks for the reply Captain Clark. Great to know they will be good to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Dobbs Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 I love mine in 45 Colt, I put Altamont grips on them and Belt mountain base pins on them, other than that I just took em apart, cleaned them really well and been shooting em for the last 2 years and just love em....sold my Vaqueros that’s just didn’t fit me and I couldn’t be happier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch Nichols, SASS #6461 Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Hate to be the dissenter but I couldn’t digest all the MIM parts with glaring molding marks!! to each his own Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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