Just found this elsewhere: https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.strelectvi.cz%2Fforum%2Fpietta-p-1955-colt-python-replika-t33724.html&edit-text=&act=url
Might be a good thing for those who want a Python without paying Python prices. Or for those who have one and want a range beater. How's the quality of Pietta guns?
F.lliPietta (Pietta Brothers) make very good quality black powder guns, cap & ball and Colt Peacemaker types. They used to be considered second rate to Aldo Uberti's reproduction, and Uberti was considered to be the best of the Italian BP clone makers known in America (there are a couple european makers said to make better ones but only distribute them in europe).
In recent years Pietta has altered some of their production techniques and the general quality of their guns has gone up. They make a repro of the Le Mat (a 9 shot Confederate cap & ball gun) that is top notch.
Current quality is very very close to Uberti. Uberti has always made fine guns but has historically been lackluster in how they color caseharden their guns. In this respect Pietta has always done a fine job. I do note some of the more recent Ubertis have a better color casehardening job than older ones.
I would be
very curious to see how their Colt Python turns out.
I wouldn't worry about it being made out of too soft steel, the Italians do know how to make and use good steel for their modern weapons .... it has however not been something they used to think of first importance in the low-pressure world of blackpowder. Armi San Marco, a now defunct company, made some horribly soft guns in their declining years, but they still worked even if their finishing looked like it was done by Guido the Gorilla.
