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Colt Bisley use
LongWalker:
Thanks for the thoughts guys. Lately I've been trading off a bunch of guns and stuff, and I've been offered a couple-three Bisleys in trade. Wasn't sure if I was missing something.
I can remember seeing sheriffs carrying single-actions as "parade guns", but don't recall ever seeing a Bisley in that role. This owuld have been mid-late '70s. I did see a deputy carrying a SAA in Nevada, roughly '74.
DeaconKC:
Have any of you compared the Uberti or Pietta Bisleys with a Colt? I have a Colt in .38WCF and would like to match it up with another for CAS.
LongWalker:
--- Quote from: DeaconKC on March 06, 2021, 08:26:41 PM ---Have any of you compared the Uberti or Pietta Bisleys with a Colt? I have a Colt in .38WCF and would like to match it up with another for CAS.
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The batch of various 32-20s I was able to pull together for my limited test included 2 original Bisleys. (Limited HA!! 5 guns, 2,000 rounds didn't seem limited at the time!) While doing this test, I was offered a .44 Special Uberti Bisley in trade. I didn't do a detailed comparison, but at 5' the differences I noticed between the originals and the Uberti were in finish used, and the grips.
In hand they felt much the same, and the stance that gave best results with the Colts had the Uberti right on target. I was told that the Uberti uses a one-piece grip frame, but that 2-piece grips will interchange between the originals and repros (though as usual, fitting might be required). The original holster, time-moulded to fit the 5 1/2" Colt Bisley fit the Uberti like a glove.
Sidebar: In my (limited expertience, "matching" a pair of first-gen Colts in bottleneck cartridges is an exercise in heartbreak. The times I've tried it, the chamber dimensions varied so much that I had to full-length size every case. I was getting incipient case head separations in fired 2x brass. If it were me, I'd either get to repros of the same vintage from the same company, or get two originals and have custom cylinders made. Either way, brass life would be better.
Edited to add: No, I didn't trade for the Uberti. As a general rule, I don't like shooting Colt Bisleys. But I think the old Bisley pistol match sounds like a blast!
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Abilene:
Deacon, Pietta doesn't make a Bisley, and I don't know that Uberti makes one in 38wcf. The Cimarron branded Ubertis are only in 4 calibers these days, .357, .45 Colt, 44 Special, and 44-40. Possibly they were previously made in 38wcf, not sure, as they have downsized a lot of their product lines over the years. Now, you can always throw money at it. Buy one in any caliber and replace the barrel and cylinder (could resell the pulled parts to recoup some bucks).
Or change your goal. :)
Galloway:
I think a lot of people didn't know they were buying bisleys until after the fact. They probably just wanted a colt revolver. I'm sure the flattop saa and bisley along with target no 3's were bought buy target shooters but I doubt the standard bisley was.
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