Does anyone know of a manufacturer that makes a left hand revolver? My definition of this would be when I need to use a speed loader the cylinder drops to the right side, allowing you hold your gun with the left and speed load with the right.
Who makes a left hand revolver?
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Does anyone know of a manufacturer that makes a left hand revolver? My definition of this would be when I need to use a speed loader the cylinder drops to the right side, allowing you hold your gun with the left and speed load with the right.
Given that Colt died ten years before the Rollin White patent expired and his company could start producing cartridge revolvers, I'd say it's certainly untrue. I think you can look for the reason in the fact that cap & ball revolvers were worn in left-hand draw holsters (they were military weapons, primarily used by cavalrymen and officers, and the right hand was for the saber), and the first gate-loaded cartridge revolvers (which the military still wore in left-hand draw holsters) were simply conversions of cap & ball revolvers. Then when the SAA came along in 1873, for production expediency, they simply made it the same way they'd been making their cartridge conversions. Most soldiers only carried 12 rounds of pistol ammo, and quick reloading wasn't considered important (the army even specifically mentioned this as a reason they ultimately selected the SAA over the S&W Schofield), so Colt probably saw no reason to change.I read once that, since Samuel Colt was left-handed, all single-action type revolvers with the loading gate on the right side are "left-handed." Don't know if it's true, but it's an interesting proposition.
Yep, what he said!Given that Colt died ten years before the Rollin White patent expired and his company could start producing cartridge revolvers, I'd say it's certainly untrue. I think you can look for the reason in the fact that cap & ball revolvers were worn in left-hand draw holsters (they were military weapons, primarily used by cavalrymen and officers, and the right hand was for the saber), and the first gate-loaded cartridge revolvers (which the military still wore in left-hand draw holsters) were simply conversions of cap & ball revolvers. Then when the SAA came along in 1873, for production expediency, they simply made it the same way they'd been making their cartridge conversions. Most soldiers only carried 12 rounds of pistol ammo, and quick reloading wasn't considered important (the army even specifically mentioned this as a reason they ultimately selected the SAA over the S&W Schofield), so Colt probably saw no reason to change.