I have never bought a BP gun from cimmeron, but I flat ou disliked the model Ps I started shooting CAS with. I had so many things wrong with one of them I had to send it back to them and a month later it came back, but by that time I had bought a rooger and like it so much that I sold both the cimmys and got another matching rooger, that got me going without breakdown of fuss when i was learning to shoot CAS abd could concentrate on shooting and not what my guns were going to do this stage.
I bought a pair of 58 pietta remingtons from cabelas and they were what i expected. I did have to slick them and some minor stuff, like change nipples and hammer springs, but they shoot real well, still look good and I expect many more years from them.
I traded for a couple 51 navy piettas. I don't know where they were purchesed. They were unshot and still are not shot, I have one fixed up and ready to go, except for nipples and the other has yet to be worked on. The one I have going would not even let the hammer stay at full cock. Stuff inside was very crude and roung. I did a lot of polishing and on the hammer, I found a sharp piece of metal on the sear like it had never been filed/machined. I had to spend quite a while with it, as I don;t like to mess with sears, but I filed and stoned and when I had it back together it worked fine and feels pretty good. I then had to shape the grips to even fit
at all, what a mess. I ended up having to sand the grips completely, but it looks pretty good. I plan to send the grips to Russ N Hound for some laser engraving soon.
The moral is with cheap C&B guns is you don't know what you are gonna get. It's the vino for lunch over there I think. I hope to have both my 51s up and running by summer and I will give a report. Meanwhile, I have never been afraid to buy anything from Cabelas. They will exchange or refund with no questions asked on about everything they sell.