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Reasearching the Buntline Special and found this informative article.

 

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http://tincanbandit.blogspot.com/2015/05/the-buntline-special.html

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Howdy,

Ive owned a few long barrel revolvers. One I bought with a scope mounted.

I thought the view thru the scope gave me an idea of why groups are so big.

One wouldn't need the long barrel but it went well together.

Holding a pistol STILL is harder than you might think.

Best

CR

 

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My old pard Hank had one.  In his hands that thing was amazingly accurate. 

 

If someone had told us and we hadn't seen it ourselves we wouldn't have believed it.

 

 

 

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Posted May 20 (edited) - Thread Topic "Colts not in their original caliber"

I've seen a number of "transformed" old Colts.  My old pard, the late Hank, had a few... some of which he'd built from parts or re-built to suit his whim.  A few had good stories.

 

One of these was a 2nd generation .45 he'd bought new in '73 or '74.  A Buntline, no less!  Bought it at the San Francisco Gun Exchange.  In his hand that thing was amazingly accurate.  Well, about twenty years later, he needed another revolver for a new game that he, his missus, and three kids had taken up.   Something called "Cowboy Action Shooting."  So, he dug into his boxes of parts and converted it to a 4 3/4" barreled .44, and it was thusly used for many years.

 

Once in a while, after he retired from competitive shooting, I'd encourage him to "make it right" some day.  Early last April, Hank sent me a simple text:  "Ned is back."  He'd made it right.  Sadly, he passed a few weeks later.  But he left behind a nice, 12" barreled, .45 Colt Buntline.

 

 

 

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And they laughed when I bought a 10 1/2 inch Super Blackhawk. 200 gr JHP, 1735 fps, 4 inch group at 100 yards. Been there done that

 

Imis  and it works wonders on shotgun targets in Josey Wales

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An entertaining read , but  scrolling thru the pictures after the article , the writer labels a long-barreled Smith & Wesson New Model 3 as a Schofield.

Takes about five minutes of research to learn the difference in the four large-frame Smith & Wesson single actions. Schofields are top-breaks , but all top-breaks are NOT Schofields. Geez. Some expert. He should have checked with Driftwood Johnson first.:lol:

Rant over. :P

Rex :D

 

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15 hours ago, Perro Del Diablo said:

Should be you already touching target with barrel :lol:

Of course! It’s the modern SASS Way...:blink:

 

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