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How the Colt Single Action Army Revolver Won the West
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| Nov. 3, 2016
| Matthew Moss
Posted on 11/05/2016 11:19:05 AM PDT by PROCON
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The original Peacemaker.
Good article on it's history.
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11/05/2016 11:19:05 AM PDT
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PROCON
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posted on
11/05/2016 11:19:43 AM PDT
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PROCON
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To: PROCON
Fanstic article thanks for the ping
To: PROCON
Actually, Smith and Wesson was there, too, although you would never know it from the movies.
To: PROCON
Round doesn’t look right.
Shouldn’t it be a rimmed round?
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posted on
11/05/2016 11:29:19 AM PDT
by
Fido969
To: Fido969
A rim fire round?
I don't know enough of it's history.
I'm sure someone here will know.
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posted on
11/05/2016 11:32:18 AM PDT
by
PROCON
("LOCK HER UP, LOCK HER UP!")
To: Fido969
When I was a kid (60 years ago), a man who was old then would bring an old Colt revolver to the Clearwater Rifle Range. It was certified by NRA as having been carried by one of the Earps, Morgan I think, during the OK Corral fight.
He had some reduced loads for it, and would each of us fire 6 shots.
I treasure the memory to this day.
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posted on
11/05/2016 11:32:58 AM PDT
by
Strac6
(Everything Depends On Defeating Hillary in November. Everything else is minor compared to that!)
To: PROCON
Great article. I’ve always wanted one of these and have been researching the uberti and cimmaron reproductions. Everyone needs a classic single action in their arsenal!
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posted on
11/05/2016 11:33:46 AM PDT
by
Nicojones
To: PROCON
Rimmed, like a 22, 38 or 45 Long Colt, not straight like a 380, 9mm or 45 ACP.
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posted on
11/05/2016 11:34:38 AM PDT
by
Strac6
(Everything Depends On Defeating Hillary in November. Everything else is minor compared to that!)
To: PROCON
Interesting. The first revolver prototype was made in Baltimore. Good luck trying to carry one there now.
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posted on
11/05/2016 11:34:51 AM PDT
by
cyclotic
To: PROCON; StoneWall Brigade; Jack Hammer
"Even a young George S. Patton shot Julio Cárdenas, Pancho Villa's second-in-command, with his Colt on a patrol during the Pancho Villa Expedition." Patton wouldn't have to go to Mexico these days to find America's enemies.
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posted on
11/05/2016 11:35:53 AM PDT
by
Enterprise
("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
To: PROCON
Wyatt used a smith and Wesson break top. It’s well documented.
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11/05/2016 11:36:06 AM PDT
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DesertRhino
(November 8, America's Brexit!!!)
To: PROCON
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posted on
11/05/2016 11:36:08 AM PDT
by
mountainlion
(Live well for those that did not make it back.)
To: PROCON
The SAA also had a "half-cock" notch on the sear that allowed the hammer to be pulled off the chamber. However, that notch was not particularly deep and a hard blow on the hammer could fire the round anyway, giving rise to the expression "going off half-cocked."
There are actually four "clicks" on the full-cock pull of a SAA hammer, supposedly matching the four letters of the inventor's name: C - O - L - T.
I find the SAA one of the most beautiful, elegant weapons ever made. That and the 1911A1 are THE classic models of pistols.
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posted on
11/05/2016 11:36:21 AM PDT
by
IronJack
To: cyclotic
Baltimore? Everyone does, just not legally.
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11/05/2016 11:37:04 AM PDT
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Strac6
(Everything Depends On Defeating Hillary in November. Everything else is minor compared to that!)
To: DesertRhino
What about the Buntline Special?
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posted on
11/05/2016 11:40:50 AM PDT
by
Renegade
To: DesertRhino
He favored a Schofield as well
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posted on
11/05/2016 11:48:31 AM PDT
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atc23
(The Confederacy was the single greatest conservative resistance to federal authority ever)
To: StoneWall Brigade
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posted on
11/05/2016 11:51:14 AM PDT
by
TNoldman
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To: PROCON
The early models required the barrel to be removed before the pistol's cylinder could be reloaded.Whoa! Never knew that. I could see that as an impediment to wide-spread adoption. In school in the fifties, we always learned Colt was the innovator of interchangeable parts, but we never learned about this design shortcoming. How did he get his company off the ground with this design?
To: Renegade
What about the Buntline Special? Wyatt Earp was given the 10'" barrel Colt by Ned Buntline, a newspaperman as a publicity stunt. Earp had a local gunsmith cut the barrel down to a normal 5 ½" to use it. Earp was also known for buying old Colts and giving them to friends and acquaintances, telling them these were the gun he used at the OK Corral when they were not. Earp owned both Smith's and Colts throughout his career.
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11/05/2016 11:59:00 AM PDT
by
Swordmaker
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