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Saturday, March 10, 2007
6 comments:
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Anonymous said...
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Ideal for reloading on horseback. Russians liked them too.
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3/10/07, 12:32 PM
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Anonymous said...
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Schofield S&W if I am not mistaken good weapon but early models had some problems I do not remember what i think with cylinders.
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3/10/07, 2:28 PM
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Anonymous said...
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A S&W Model 3, at any rate....I can't tell if it's a Schofield from this pic......
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3/10/07, 3:57 PM
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Anonymous said...
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i think i have a wet spot...
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3/10/07, 8:59 PM
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Anonymous said...
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Schofield S&W sure enough - note latch on the frame. Did a lookup, because I too thought I recalled a problem. It was the ammo. The Army had lots of 1873 Colts in .45 Colt. S&W made a new cartridge - .45 S&W for their pistol, which was a bit shorter than .45 Colt. Turned out both cartridges could be used in 1873 Colt, but .45 Colt could not be used in the S&W, so Army got rid of the S&W's.
Lt. Col. Gen. Tailgunner dick -
3/10/07, 11:35 PM
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Anonymous said...
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That one has lots of similarities with my father's off-duty revolver, which I now own. It is a 5-shot .38, the S&W Perfected, made in 1909. The lever to open is on the left side of the frame, which was why they called it the "Perfected". There is a round hold point on top that, in the previous model, is what was used to open the revolver. With the Perfected, when the gun is opened all bullets are pushed back and ejected.
According to the letter S&W sent me, a policeman using one was disaramed when a suspect reached to his revolver and pulled that "knob", thus spilling the bullets on the ground. The Perfected wouldn't permit that.
I don't think there were more than 50 rounds fired through my old man's revolver.
Skoonj -
3/11/07, 10:52 AM
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