9/15/2023 0 Comments Civil war navy magazineThe Colt guns were also chambered in popular cartridges such as. Perhaps they were there and just perhaps my eyes had been trained by who knows how many B westerns to always see Colt above all else.Īdvantages of the Colt single action was not only the fact they were made for a longer period of time, 1873-1941 compared to the Remington from 1874-1896, but the Colt also won the numbers game with more than 350,000 compared to about 30,000 Remington revolvers. When I first started visiting gun shops and my first gun show in 1956, I found it was very easy to find Colt single actions, both the 1873 Peacemaker as well as various cap-n-ball sixguns, but I rarely saw any Smith & Wesson or Remington single actions. However, Remington had a hammer with a solid face striking the percussion caps while the Colt had a notch that was more prone to suck fired caps off the nipple and cause a cap jam. It also would shoot longer without jamming from fouling. Most pistoleros found it to be quicker from leather and slightly faster to handle with its easier-to-reach hammer and more comfortable grip. The Colt carried a brass front sight while the rear sight was a difficult-to-see notch in the cocked hammer. The Remington also had a better sighting arrangement with a “hog wallow” rear sight through the top of the frame mated up with an easy-to-see front sight.
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