hard to beat a Walker
Please understand I'm not being critical of you personally, but the emboldened part of your text really got me curious why you wrote that?
Open top percussion revolvers put all the stress on the cylinder base pin/arbor. Even Colt recognized solid frame revolvers were stronger than the open top frames and went with them shortly after the War with the M 1873 "Peacemaker" onwards.
Gus
Please understand I'm not being critical of you personally, but the emboldened part of your text really got me curious why you wrote that?
Open top percussion revolvers put all the stress on the cylinder base pin/arbor. Even Colt recognized solid frame revolvers were stronger than the open top frames and went with them shortly after the War with the M 1873 "Peacemaker" onwards.
Gus
I found your post on your short answer of why you feel the Colt is stronger, but would like to read your long post on it. Could you provide a link to it please?Colt didn't recognize it as a "stronger" platform ( they had a top strap in 1855 . . . and dropped it). The Military wanted a top strap revolver, Sam didn't have a say and they're more economical to produce . . . which is why it's still a familiar design today.
The arbor in the open-top IS the top strap and allows a "closer to bore" sight line.
Mike
Gus, the proof that the Colt open tops are plenty strong enough lies in the fact that there are still a lot of the originals still around and many are still safe to shoot. And, ergonomically, most shooters prefer the Colts. They are fine revolvers and handsome too!Please understand I'm not being critical of you personally, but the emboldened part of your text really got me curious why you wrote that?
Open top percussion revolvers put all the stress on the cylinder base pin/arbor. Even Colt recognized solid frame revolvers were stronger than the open top frames and went with them shortly after the War with the M 1873 "Peacemaker" onwards.
Gus
I found your post on your short answer of why you feel the Colt is stronger, but would like to read your long post on it. Could you provide a link to it please?
Gus
May I ask which ones?The proof that open tops are the stronger platform are in how many modern open tops are made in 44 mag and 475 Linebaugh.
May I ask which ones?
Gus
I must admit boys, I am still sitting here wondering why some of you could think that an open top is Stronger, everything else being the same....
I don't normally sit here just wondering, but you have me doing it!
All the best,
Richard.
Should add that though I have a Tranter that I really like, for Plain Looks, and 1851 or 1860 Colt still are some of the best looking revolvers ever!
My sister has an original London Colt.
I believe I said that the open top Colts are strong enough, not that they are the strongest. I have a "C" series Navy that I bought new about 50 years ago and have put 1000s of full loads through and it looks and feels and shoots the same as when I bought it. That is strong enough for me. The whole argument about which is the strongest is really not worth the time it takes . But I will say that the Colt's balance and feel are superior to the Remington's. I have a Remington and it is heavier and it doesn't handle as nicely as a Colt. Compared to the Colt, the Remington's balance is way off.The proof that open tops are the stronger platform are in how many modern open tops are made in 44 mag and 475 Linebaugh.
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