EvilGenius
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Looking at getting a reproduction Cimarron (Uberti) 1875 Remington.
This would be my first single action (heck, first revolver) and probably the only one for a while.
The lusting part of me wants it as close to the original as possible and that includes the .45 bore, but .45 has been getting expensive for years and recently hard to find. The up side is that Cimarron offers them with a .45acp cylinder to swap in so I could at least have it use the same cartridge as my 1911, but I'm wary of the accuracy/reliability being affected by firing a modern cartridge from an outdated design. (Not same bullet diameter? Too much recoil/pressure?)
However they also offer it in .38/.357, which is much cheaper and even .38 can be had in large quantities now unlike any of the other common handgun cartridges. My fear though is that even though I'd like to be able to shoot it often and cheaper and have the option to get some kick out if it by putting in .357, but that maybe there'll still be that lingering feeling of it just not looking, feeling or sounding "right" with out those .45s in there.
This would be my first single action (heck, first revolver) and probably the only one for a while.
The lusting part of me wants it as close to the original as possible and that includes the .45 bore, but .45 has been getting expensive for years and recently hard to find. The up side is that Cimarron offers them with a .45acp cylinder to swap in so I could at least have it use the same cartridge as my 1911, but I'm wary of the accuracy/reliability being affected by firing a modern cartridge from an outdated design. (Not same bullet diameter? Too much recoil/pressure?)
However they also offer it in .38/.357, which is much cheaper and even .38 can be had in large quantities now unlike any of the other common handgun cartridges. My fear though is that even though I'd like to be able to shoot it often and cheaper and have the option to get some kick out if it by putting in .357, but that maybe there'll still be that lingering feeling of it just not looking, feeling or sounding "right" with out those .45s in there.