There is a CO2 capsule stored inside the grip to power the. Cocking the gun follows normal single action operation by rotating the cylinder to the next chamber. The rebounding hammer feels different, lighter, as there is no actual Colt-style mainspring and the hammer sits slightly back from the frame at rest. The nickel version is a dandy of a gun that will open up whole new avenues for Cowboy Action Shooters to practice quick draw and shooting from the hip, pistol handling and target shooting at close range without the expense or cleanup of black powder or smokeless powder.
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45 Caliber 5-1/2 inch barrel length Colt Peacemaker, but the Colt Umarex SAA has the same looks except for the addition of a manual safety discretely hidden under the fame and just forward of the triggerguard. 45 Colt cartridges.Īt about 33 ounces it’s a little lighter than a. It’s as close to the real deal as you can get without loading. When I first saw this air pistol last year I was not only amazed at the engineering that had gone into making this all-metal six-shooter, but how all of the famous Colt features had been incorporated right down to the loading gate, ejector housing, hammer, triggerguard, and grip contours. The gun is accurate in almost every detail, right down to the Colt patent dates and Rampant Colt emblem on the left side of frame. Over the decades there have been many variations of the Peacemaker but never a BB cartridge loading CO2 model, that is until Colt and Umarex teamed up to build an authentic. It was a welcomed reprise of “The Gun That Won The West” and Colt has never looked back, still manufacturing the legendary Peacemaker since 1873 – with a brief hiatus caused by the demands of WWII that kept the Single Action out of the lineup until 1955.
For Mike, shooting begins with black powder.In 1955 Colt re-introduced its famous 1873 Single Action Army revolver. With Mike, you can talk about black powder cartridge shooting, from paper-patched bullets to the famous “collar button,” and we’ll hit on traditional muzzleloading too. Join him now as newer stories continue in our black powder column. This book is priced at $54.00.Įditor’s note: Mike Nesbitt’s articles about black powder shooting can be found in back issues of certain magazines from nearly 40 years ago, and he’s learned a few things over that span of time. Colt’s Single Action Army is available from Wolfe Publishing Company, 2180 Gulfstream, Suite A, Prescott, Arizona 86301, web site.
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Compliments must include the excellent photography found in this book, over 200 full color photos. 357.ĭave Scovill’s book on the Colt Single Action Army is written and “assembled” in a way that it can easily be used as a reference, by looking up data or information on the caliber of your choice, or simply read from front to back and enjoying it all of the way. After all, every cartridge chambered in the good old Colt was originally black powder except the. And, from my point of view, some black powder loads could be included in the data given for each cartridge. That caliber is mentioned only very little. If there is anything missing from this book I’d have to say it is a chapter on the Colt SAA in. One of the points mentioned is how the cast bullet should be sized to match the mouth of the cylinder rather than the groove diameter of the barrel. In this day when jacketed bullets seem to rule the roost, that chapter gives us some dandy information. One chapter is devoted to shooting cast bullets in revolvers. Some good reloading data is contained in that chapter and in other chapters too for other cartridges. 44 will not size the brass down to duplicate the length of the case neck as found on factory ammo. The author mentions how most sets of reloading dies for the old Winchester. A good example of what I’m referring to is found in the chapter on the. 357.Īll of the chapters in this fine book are about shooting the Colt revolver and in those chapters about particular cartridges the focus is on loading that ammunition for use in the Colt SAA. 357 Magnum is given space in that chapter as well and there is no separate chapter in this book for the. 38 Colt Special had a flat nosed bullet.) The. Some good notes in history are included in that chapter such as the difference between the S&W version and the. The meat of this book is divided into twelve chapters and all but three of those chapters are related to particular calibers commonly chambered in the old hog leg. My own experience with the Colt Single Action Army parallels Scovill’s in several ways and I mention that only to add emphasis on how much I admire the work he did in putting this volume together. Of course, it is a book devoted to a subject that is very dear to me. Here is a book that is a true pleasure to read.
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