My dad had a saying " If you don't look where ya walking ya step in Sh*t " I I agree its on them.
I'm aware of only one test of C&B "stopping power": Ed Sanow 1998. BLACK POWDER STOPPING POWER! Handguns February P. 43-67 (with gaps in paging)
French Quarter, New Orleans, LA during Mardi Gras, Thrift Store, 12t St. and Vine, Kansas City, MO. Neither exactly 'High Crime' area. Like saying you should avoid going into banks because there' a 1-1000 chance they might be held up.
Those who read and those who study history. Besides, I was referring to the principle of the quote. It doesn't matter who said it. Besides, even though he was a bastard, he knew something about a difficult fight what with the invasion of the nazis and stopping them at the Volga. I believe the principle is also found in the book "Art of War".
Jeddidiah may be a bit too free about giving his opinion too quickly. That said, these days, everywhere has the potential to become a high crime area.
I have heard from several sources that they are comparable to .38S&W, especially when loaded with conical bullets. They have caused their fair share of dirt naps. As I'm sure you know, they were coveted by troops on both sides of the war between the states and at least tens of thousands of them were manufactured. The Colt navy was being produced even when dedicated cartridge six guns were as they were still popular. Apparently, they were still in common use up to the 1930's. They had to be effective enough to keep that kind of following. There are a number of YT videos dealing with this subject that are fun to watch, might want to check them out.
Good for you. Once you have one, you will never want to sell it off.
I would love to see this test done again with sporting grade powders and better bullets with a large meplat.
Depends on both the powder used as well as the bullet. I’ve seen .36 numbers that place it squarely in the .38 Spl +P range, which makes more sense when we hear about how well it stopped a man.
I had something similar happen to me. In the middle of nowhere AZ. Walking back to my truck after a day of prospecting. Couple of meth head looking guys sitting in the bed of their truck about fifty feet away. One jumps off and starts over to me in that "I'm a jackass" kind of stride. It was winter and I took off my jacket and revealed an 1860 army. That stopped him cold and panic came across his face. He wished me a good day and went back to the rock he crawled out from under. They are a big gun and look like they are full of big trauma. Just having one in sight is enough to give even a druggie burnout a second thought.I suspect that brandished Colts have given pause to thousands of would be brigands over the many years since it was made.
Went back and looked. He doesn't mention much about the conicals. He has photo of the 200 gr conical used in the .44s. Its front end profile resembles that of .45ACP Hardball. He doesn't mention powder brand. However, his ROA RB velocity was1031 with 40 grs 3F (brand not given). Twelve shots from my ROA and RB with 35 grs 3 Swiss was 1070. So he wasn't using Swiss for sure.
Sounds like the Lee RN, I’m not sure if any others that would have been common, but it’s not like I’ve researched that.
I reload and shoot both. Depends on the load.
