Whew! I'm glad you said that value was a joke ..... I was afraid that some special provenance had surfaced that showed that General Custer had once used it. I would have kicked myself for the rest of my life and probably asked several others to give me a good boot to the backside as well. As it is, I don't see how I will ever get another one like it for the same price. I am enjoying my 2nd Model American, however. I will say, however, that I can see why the Schofield had a 7" barrel rather than the 8" that the 2nd Model American has. I am finding that the extra inch really slows a fellow's swing down, with the weight cantilevered 8" out there. From handling both sixguns, I'd say the 7" Schofield barrel would make it a faster handling gun in combat. I really do hope to get another Schofield someday, but the cost of them seems to be going up monthly so I will have to get real lucky.
Developing a load for my old Schofield six-shooter
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A word of caution I've just added a note to my original post on this thread regarding my strong suggestion that only soft cast or pure lead bullets be used in the Schofield. They seem to generally have a narrow throat diameter. A soft cast bullet will be more easily forced through the throat if you use too large a bullet diameter.
Kirk
Back to the drawing board. I did not like the interior of my S&W presentation box so I sent it to billscases.com in the US and he re-did the interior for me.
Looks alittle more period for me. I ordered some Black Hills ammo from Epps just to say I had some.
Meanea
Back to the drawing board. I did not like the interior of my S&W presentation box so I sent it to billscases.com in the US and he re-did the interior for me.
Looks alittle more period for me. I ordered some Black Hills ammo from Epps just to say I had some.
Meanea
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Those extra accessories and the cartridges really improve the display. I also think your new interior is a big improvement over the original one you showed earlier. I still find myself terribly curious about the history of that particular old sixgun and was just thinking about it again this past week when I was reading some articles about old west gunfighters and sixguns. The condition of the bore is excellent, which suggests that the old sixgun may have spent its working years in a very dry climate (or the owner's were fastidious cleaners). A very dry climate suggests southwestern USA ... quite possibly, Arizona. It could well have been used by the 4th Cavalry in Arizona during the Apache wars in the 1870's and then by some local settlers in the 1880's. If only it could talk. I would love to see it's early history from a vantage point of looking through the sights.
I've been thinking of some way to display the S&W 2nd Model American that I bought with the proceeds of the sale of that Schofield. I've got some ideas, but still haven't settled on anything yet. In the meantime, I'm awaiting a letter from Roy Jinks to see exactly when my old 2nd Model American was shipped.
P.S. I read in one of the articles that one of the guns Jessie James favored was the Schofield.
I've been thinking of some way to display the S&W 2nd Model American that I bought with the proceeds of the sale of that Schofield. I've got some ideas, but still haven't settled on anything yet. In the meantime, I'm awaiting a letter from Roy Jinks to see exactly when my old 2nd Model American was shipped.
P.S. I read in one of the articles that one of the guns Jessie James favored was the Schofield.
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