Pietta Smith Carbine

[barnabus]

anyone here own one? Thinking of buying one to go with the rest of my civil war guns to play with.

[toot]

I have had one foe 22+ yrs, and highly recommend them. go for it. jmho.

[dave951]

I have a couple. They're fun to shoot but don't get wrapped up in "more powder". The action isn't the strongest.

[barnabus]

do they come with a musket nipple or percussion? What did the original's use?

[dave951]

Musket if they haven't been molested.

[barnabus]

Musket if they haven't been molested.

Thanks sir! I pmed u also about a question.

[KCSO]

Musket nipple, Mine was a good shooter with about 4 inch groups at 100 yards, but the front sight needs replaced from the factory unless you shoot 300 yards. Ve;locity with hunting loads rran 1050 fps from Swiss FFg and a Lyman bullet in a plastic case with mild compression. I also replaced the trigger spring with a lighter one and set the trigger a 4 pounds even. I would still be shooting the gun but my eyes went bad and I couldn't see the sights any more.

[barnabus]

The Pietta Smith Carbine has not been available for almost 2 years and they have no idea if or when it will be available.

[freakonaleash]

Fun gun to shoot. Not a muzzleloader though.

[bedbugbilly]

I have one - love it. I use an Eras Gone mold which casts a copy of the original Smith bullt, I size mine to .515. NOE also sells a Smith bullet clone but it has 2 lube grooves instead of the original one. Track of Wolf also sells a multi cavity mold for Smiths - different design from the original style.

I use the black plattic cartridge cases and the surgical rubber tubes from Yore Supply - I personally like them a lot.

Charges are pretty much dictated by the cartridge volume capacity. A fun carbine to shoot!

[fastdadio]

Not knowing anything about the Smith Carbine, I went looking. Looks to be an interesting and fun rifle to own and shoot. For those like me who know nothing, here's a pretty good info video on it;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHs0HWTaZM4