Colt Single Action Army .45 LC Revolver

[dinkydow]

The 19th century’s legendary Colt Single Action Army Revolver rides on in the 21st. Why would anyone today want to stake their life on a gun with a 146-year-old design and a 183-year-old lock work design? Well, there are good reasons, such as power and ease of hitting with the best pointing and fastest revolver ever made. I'm talking about Colt’s legendary M1873 Single Action Army .45 revolver. Thanks to Hollywood, it is the most recognizable pistol in the world today and the most intimidating. It doesn’t need Hollywood’s hype, though. This gun can still stand on its own virtues....

http://americanshootingjournal.com/c...n-45-revolver/
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"Most intimidating?"

I have had several of them. I don't care for the really small grips on them...were men the size of Hobbits back then?

[buzgun]

I like them for their historical significance and their look.

I enjoy going out into the vast desert out here away from roads, cars, civilization and people and imagining i was a pioneer with a 19th century "iphone" on my hip...The best technology of that day was a pistol like a Colt saa....Also there weren't 1200 genders or communists back then...Just hostile indians and highwaymen

Another bonus that i didnt expect until i got a Colt .45 was the ease of reloading for that caliber and the durability of the Colt .45 brass....I have .45 Colt brass that i have reloaded 60 times and the primer pockets are still relatively tight.

They make herrit and J scott extra large grips for guys with big hands for the saa.

[dinkydow]

Bigger grips?

[buzgun]

Oversized grips that extend the width and length of the frame

[JD Miller]

I just like a longer grip frame.

[buzgun]

Dinky, some guys take Colt 1860 model back straps and trigger guards and put them on the Colt saa....The 1860 colt has a longer grip and the frame screw pattern is the same on both colt models .

I like the look of some of those big custom wood grips better.

[dinkydow]

Originally Posted by JD Miller

I just like a longer grip frame.

Me too....

[Bluntforce]

Originally Posted by dinkydow

"Most intimidating?"

I have had several of them. I don't care for the really small grips on them...were men the size of Hobbits back then?

If you weighed any more than 130 pounds you were too heavy to be a cavalry man during the Civil War according to Philip Sheridan.

Frank James left some clothes behind when he died. He had a 31 inch waist.

Check out how small the navigator's stations were in WWII planes then remember they had much more space than tail and ball turret gunners.

Rod Serling was a tough MF winning all his service boxing matches, in the bantam division.

In short, yes a large proportion of the white male population of the United States even though carrying the genes to reach six foot height seldom got anywhere near it due to nutrition.

The Dutch were the shortest people in Europe through the nineteenth century, now they are the second tallest people in the world. Their children the South Africans are the tallest people in Africa and had to have the Galil stocks on their R4 rifles lengthened to fit them.

Take a picture of current servicemen and put them next to doughboys of a century past and most doughboys would look like prematurely aged, starving children.

[dinkydow]

I have heard THAT before about what Sheridan said about a cavalryman's weight. WWII Jeeps were engineered to fit comfortably, a man who was 5' 6" tall and who weighed around 130 lbs. I noticed some time ago that the fighting/driving/flying positions of much WWII ordinance was designed for guys who would be considered "small" these days.

[Rick-a-Roo]

If I'm going to shoot a revolver...which I'm no longer about to do...I want double action.

Mostly because I have weak hands and even weaker fingers and thumbs.

[buzgun]

I know a guy who has a display of old US Military .45 Colt cartridges...The military issued them to cavalry solders in 12 round ea. in a little paper box ......My buddy has a few of these 12 rd boxes that were opened....The actual old west US military issue Colt .45 round is actually a short Scofield length copper cartridge with no visible primer and was loaded with 30 grains of black powder.....I compared one of his original rounds to one of my modern reloads....Im thinking this was done to make the ammo work in both the Colt saa and the schofield.

Im thinking that the civilian loaded .45 Colt rounds in the 19th century old west were significantly more powerful than the military loading.

I believe Starline brass has recently come out with a Schofield length .45 Colt case that duplicates the old military .45 Colt case length...Im going to a gun show next weekend and im wanting to buy a bag of 100 of these cases to do some experimentation.

[Pogo]

Starline is good brass. I've got a bunch of it in .45 Colt.

[44044]

https://youtu.be/ZrqPGO1-aMQ


Colt v Schofield

[Sanders]

My Dad, his brothers and me and my cousins are/were all over 6' tall with broad shoulders and strong backs.

I look at some of the old pictures of family members and am surprised at how short many of them were, and how skinny they were. But one thing for certain - they all knew how to dress nice.

So, how did their offspring turn into these 6'+ stocky men? Heck, one of my nephews is 6'8". Must be nutrition and hormones added to the food.

[buzgun]

Originally Posted by 44044

https://youtu.be/ZrqPGO1-aMQ


Colt v Schofield

The first time is remember seeing a S&W model 3 or schofield was when i was a kid ..And i was watching re-runs of a 1960's tv western alias smith and jones.....One of the 2 (smith or jones) carried a short barreled Smith and Wesson schofield or #3 and i couldn't figure out what it was exactly.