The Buntline Special MYTH

[Father Kit Cool Gun Garth 6,251]

Reasearching the Buntline Special and found this informative article.

 

 

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

[Chili Ron 748]

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

 

[Perro Del Diablo 1,421]

Lee Van Cleef used one also

[Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 3,979]

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.

 

 

 

[Fence Cutter 536]

 

I have this.

 

It's pretty accurate. 

[Perro Del Diablo 1,421]

19 hours ago, Fence Cutter said:

 

I have this.

 

It's pretty accurate. 

Should be you already touching target with barrel

[Crazy Gun Barney, SASS #2428 589]

20 hours ago, Fence Cutter said:

I have this.

Do you actually have to use ammo, or do you just yell "Bang" and hit the steel target with the end of the barrel to get the required "clang".

[Imis Twohofon,SASS # 46646 1,679]

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

[Dawg Hair, SASS #29557 326]

22 hours ago, Fence Cutter said:

 

I have this.

 

It's pretty accurate. 

How do you attach the tripod?

[Rex M Rugers #6621 257]

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.

Rant over. 

Rex 

 

Edited July 7 by Rex M Rugers #6621
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[Pat Riot, SASS #13748 16,514]

15 hours ago, Perro Del Diablo said:

Should be you already touching target with barrel

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

 

[Fence Cutter 536]

1 hour ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said:

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

 

 

....and the size of a windmill tank please. 

[Fence Cutter 536]

Double Post 

Edited July 7 by Fence Cutter

[Perro Del Diablo 1,421]

4 hours ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said:

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

 

3 yard pistol targets 24 inch wide 5 yard rifle 36 inch wide and i can still miss them as fast as anyone.

[John Ray Davis 9]

Pardon me while I whip this out.