Rogers & Spencer review

[1stnamebassist]

The R&S pistols are for me, a two-handed proposition; the hammer is so far "up", you can't one-handed cock it like with the Colt. The grip is awkward, too. This is just me personally, my hands. I still really like my R&S and am happy to have found it.

I’m with you on the hammer. On one hand it has a very short distance to cock but somebody should develop a thumb extension you can wear to reach the hammer spur! I guess if I was not concerned with keeping the gun stock I would consider cutting bending and rewelding the spur to make it easier to reach like Uberti does with some of the cowboy action unmentionables they sell. But as far as the grip I love the feel. I like my Remingtons too except I don’t like the trigger guard beating my middle finger silly! I just got an unmentionable cylinder for my R&S also just for a bit more versatility. Haven’t tried it yet but I like the one on my Remington just fine.

 

[Relic shooter]

This is not a single gun R&S review. Having owned and tested maybe a dozen R&S over the years for possible match use in NMLRA / NRA events I have never used one in an actual match. That brings to why not a R&S? It`s a .457 ball shooter, so the extra wear from the heavier caliber affects my scores sometimes more than a .36 Navy. That`s the only downside of the R&S in my opinion. Best attributes no other cap & ball can claim...Best grip, weight and balance in my opinion for one handed target shooting. Reliability of more robust moving parts. Ease of capping. No cylinder cap jams or pieces of caps locking up the hammer. No cylinder lock from fowling. About a 30% shorter hammer throw for quicker lock / firing time. Nice sight picture with a easy to unscrew and replace front sight for sight adjustment. Easiest to tune a match trigger. That`s my take on why I will always keep at least one R&S as a backup match gun and fun gun. If it were made in a .36 Navy variant it would likely be my primary traditional revolver. Just my take from a match shooters view. Only shooting round ball match loads from 12- 22 grains of Goex or Shutzen 3f at 25 and 50 yards. Corn meal filler to top of chamber on powder. seating ball just under flush with custom seating press. 1/3 beeswax, 2/3 Crisco over ball. CCI#11 caps. Please feel free to add to this thread any of you R&S experiences...nspView attachment 341323View attachment 341324

We agree on all points as to R&S being ideally suited for serious competition.
If repro R&S was fitted with a 1 in 14" twist barrel with .008 deep rifling it would be unbeatable.
The original R&S I shot in competition in my younger days with it's gain twist barrel never lost 1st place if I did my part.
Original 58 Remingtons are equal if they are tuned properly & the grip size fits your hand.
Relic shooter