Both air cooled as well.How is a Colt like a VW??
Remington 1858 was my first bp revolver. Since then, I bought a sheriff model as well.
Plus a bunch of colt clones.
I also bought a conversion cyclinder for both the remingtons and the colts, but I feel MUCH safer firing .45 lc out of the remingtons!
I wish I still had my square back, car was stolen, engine taken and set on fire. I really liked that car!
The top strap on the remingtons make for a much stronger gun. If you fire too hot a load out of the colts you can get what is commonly called "stretch" and prematurely wear them out. As I understand it isn't so much that they stretch, but the cylinder slams back against the frame and wears that part of the frame out.
Why not start out with the best and not have to upgrade RUGER OLD ARMY
Why not start out with the best and not have to upgrade RUGER OLD ARMY
Well I was just basing my answer on the knowledge I acquired during my research for my first cap and ball revolver. Luckily, I haven't damaged any of my pieces firing .45lc...yet.Lol!!! Glad you "understand it" . . . I never could figure it out , especially after I bent my Remington pattern revolver during a shooting session baçk in the '80's. Never ever did that to an open top revolver. The arbor is a much stronger platform.
Mike
I understand that some folks want historically correct revolvers, and that's fine and I respect that. However, there are some of us who wanted strong, reliable BP revolver, with solid, rigid frame like on Remington like 1858, but without its weak top strap and bottom of the loading port. That is the reason why Bill Ruger came up with very strong Old Army, some sort of hybrid between Rogers & Spencer and OM Blackhawk, with adjustable sights.Gotta go along with Mike on this one, look at that stronger top strap and you'll see that its kinda thin where the groove is machined for the sight, then look at the area around the loading port, not much there either...
who is left with one gun?I started to buy them when prices were raising now have 22 I also have several colt and remington reproductions including one that a past member won the nationals at friendship with and original 1860 colts But the only ones that come close to my ruger old army's are the 1860 original colts You can buy a decent ROA for $500 or less stillBecause the current market states that they are super expensive, and I can buy 3 repro new revolvers (Pietta, Uberti) for the same money as a ROA and learn how to make them better than a ROA insofar as fit and function.
And then I have three revolvers instead of one, and I can venture into Confederate type revolvers.
Quality AND quantity.
And you are left with.... one gun.
Regards,
Jim