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What diameter for Pietta 44


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You can always go up a size, just tougher to insert the ball, but you can't go down a size and be sure of sealing the cylinder.

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5 hours ago, Prairie Dawg, SASS #50329 said:

The standard has always been:

Pietta .451

Uberti .454

Ruger .457

--Dawg


I have an older (1990) Navy Arms Pietta "Deluxe" model that requires .457 balls.

Smaller diameters don't shave a ring and tend to move forward in the cylinder.

 

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I have a fairly new 1858 Pietta 44 and have practiced using .451 balls but they don't cut much of a ring when loading. I will use them in practice and use .454 balls for matches

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I worry more about accuracy than cutting a ring.

Years ago, I did an accuracy test, and .451s outperformed .454s in my Piettas.

Doesn't make any sense, but that's what I found.

--Dawg

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