#Pietta

The Pietta PDA I covered speculatively in Wheelgun Wednesday showed up at SHOT 2026 with confirmed pricing and an official name. The “Blacktooth” is happening, and after working the trigger and hammer on their booth sample, this might be the real deal for shooters who want original Python mechanics without the pony price tag.

Pietta just announced the PDA 357, their take on the Colt Python. Posted it on social media 11/20 with some noir-style marketing graphics and a "not just a replica" tagline that's doing a lot of heavy lifting. Rumors about this gun started popping up as early as March 2025, so it's been in the works for a while. Now it's official.

Pietta just announced they're making the Starr Double Action again. I've wanted one of these for years, same as the  LeMat that just came back. Never shot one, never handled one, but I've been fascinated by them since I first saw the two-trigger setup in an old reference book.

Say you’re a cavalry soldier in the 1860s, and you want the ultimate cap-and-ball firepower. It was the heyday of percussion revolvers, but surprisingly, they more-or-less mostly followed the same pattern … except for the LeMat. The LeMat was perhaps the world’s first handgun with a 10-round capacity, including a very unique secondary fire capability. And now, Pietta has their reproduction of this classic revolver back into production.

Welcome back to Wheelgun Wednesday, our weekly article series where we cover everything related to revolvers. Today’s topic is a rather unconventional Deluxe Engraved 1860 Army Model by Pietta, a cowboy firearm replica that may not score high in practicality in the modern world, but surely does in the looks department.

Are you worried about running out of ammunition for your handgun? These days, it’s not an unreasonable thing to anticipate. Davidson’s has your back, though, with their new King Trio revolver. This comes with not one but two spare cylinders, so you can shoot whatever loose shells you find kicking around in the drawers of your local gun store. Well, not quite, but you do have your choice of four different rounds to shoot.