What are you putting your money on. Draw

[Lonewalker]

Well no question for me, gimme a thick gal and big pistol. Il be totin my Dragoon or a Walker either or. If unmentionables are in the mix throw me in a conversion job in .45 Lc

 

[Springerpanhead]

Well no question for me, gimme a thick gal and big pistol. Il be totin my Dragoon or a Walker either or. If unmentionables are in the mix throw me in a conversion job in .45 Lc
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Ain’t never seen nobody could quick draw a Walker

 

[Bad Karma]

Ain’t never seen nobody could quick draw a Walker

Gus McCrae didn’t seem to dawdle when confronted by a surly bartender…

 

[Lonewalker]

Ain’t never seen nobody could quick draw a Walker

Slow is smooth, smooth is fast.....

 

[Bad Karma]

 

[William O.]

A brace of 5.5 inch 58 Remington's and, depending on the time period, 45 LC conversion cylinders in my gun belts reloading pouch.

 

[Springerpanhead]

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[Springerpanhead]

5 lb 9 in horz pistol for quick draw

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[Springerpanhead]

1860 Army Richards Mason conversion till the 73 came out

 

[Art Caputo]

For the pre-cartridge era, 1851 Navy
Post, Colt SAA in 44-40 to compliment the 1873 Winchester in the same caliber.

 

[Blackpowderwarrior]

1860 army.. she runs all day on holy black with bare minimum wipedowns...

 

[SOLANCO]

If you were in the Old West and had to choose one piece on your hip to keep you safe which revolver would you choose? Whether you be a Trapper in the deep country or Pistolero passing through town what side arm are you putting your money/life on?

1860 Army. But partnered with a long gun. Double shotgun for town. Sharps rifle for the bush.

 

[Stykbow]

I’d take whatever pistol I could come up with I suppose, but I’d absolutely want a shotgun. 10 or 12 ga. would be fine.

 

[JCKelly]

Something in a caliber that almost any sleepy village would have, say 44 or 44-40. So make it a Colt M1877 Thunderer or a 1851 Navy.

Ever dissemble a Colt Thunder then try to put it back together so it works?
Me Id go with something made consistently to kill, namely A Colt 186o Army.

 

[Bad Karma]

Ever dissemble a Colt Thunder then try to put it back together so it works?
Me Id go with something made consistently to kill, namely A Colt 186o Army.

I’d rather dis and re-assemble a Ruger Mark I .22 than that Thunderer!

 

[Erwan]

I’d rather dis and re-assemble a Ruger Mark I .22 than that Thunderer!

Mister knows his classics....

 

[MSW]

i agree with the 1860, but that's because it fits my hand

 

[Erwan]

I can easily understand, the 1860 is the most beautiful and racy Colt, the stock is excellent and it shoots well (my favorite Colt revolver)...
The Remington Belt Single Action Revolver is light and sturdy enough to carry all day, its .36 caliber is very effective and its mechanics could not be simpler...
I don't think men used to carry the big, heavy, impractical Remington and Colt .44/45 caliber for the day. Maybe it's just a figment of my mind: I wasn't in America then, and in fact, as far as I can remember............... not at all... but .36 caliber certainly must have been more common
Now and only for fun, I would be happy to carry my ROA on my hip: this weapon has become a classified weapon by law in France (in Absurdistan in fact) and I rarely get to use it even though it is my best pistol...

 

[Bad Karma]

I can easily understand, the 1860 is the most beautiful and racy Colt, the stock is excellent and it shoots well (my favorite Colt revolver)...
The Remington Belt Single Action Revolver is light and sturdy enough to carry all day, its .36 caliber is very effective and its mechanics could not be simpler...
I don't think men used to carry the big, heavy, impractical Remington and Colt .44/45 caliber for the day. Maybe it's just a figment of my mind: I wasn't in America then, and in fact, as far as I can remember............... not at all... but .36 caliber certainly must have been more common
Now and only for fun, I would be happy to carry my ROA on my hip: this weapon has become a classified weapon by law in France (in Absurdistan in fact) and I rarely get to use it even though it is my best pistol...

The Navy model was slightly more popular than the Army model. 215,000 Navy units vs. 200,000 for the Army model. I’m sure it varies by locale, but my family are westerners and the revolvers we used going back three generations before me were either 44/45 or .22 caliber. One of my uncles carried a 38 Super.

This is the place I grew up on, many of my family never carried pistols daily. My grandfather did and when I was on the home place I did too. The road you see there leads to one of the line cabins. I spent many months up there and in the others too. A pistol is a welcome diversion.

 

[Erwan]

This is the place I grew up on, many of my family never carried pistols daily.

This is a beautiful country and I envy you, not too many neighborhood problems, beautiful nature everywhere you can look, it's fantastic.
Where I live, everything is somebody's property anywhere you go. There are towns and villages everywhere, houses too, and everywhere you look, you see only cultivated fields and dried up marshes and almost all the trees have been cut down to spread the land and let the tractors and plows pass through.....
It is not beautiful, and it is sad...