Really enjoyed your article on the old Colt double actions.

https://americanhandgunner.com/our-experts/the-sixgunner-three-old-colts/

Really like the look of that 1878 model. Never have seen one in person, but definitely like the look in pictures.

THANK YOU!

Yes, thank you Mr Taffin. I have had an interest in the 1878 Colt since buying a relic co Siri on one years ago at an auction. I haven’t jumped into buying a shootable or nearly shootable one, since I like projects.

I have been fortunate enough to own a few New Services and I really like them. I just sold a .38/40 that shot well, but nearly a foot low. I tried various loads and bullet weights and it still shot very low. I figured it had survived a century with the shark fin front sight still in tact and I wasn’t going to be the bad guy to file it down so I moved it down the road.

I have had a really rough .455 that was trimmed for .45 acp in moon clips and .45 AR. I load it to close to original specs and it shoots surprisingly well with how horrible the bore is.

I also lucked into an affordable 1909 in .45 Colt that is a wonderful revolver to shoot. I’m honestly not sure if I like it or my .45 Colt mountain gun more!

Lastly I picked up a mush mash that looks like a 1917 frame but the cylinder is .45 Colt and the barrel
Is from who k owns where and is around 8”! It’s pretty loose and even though it shoots, it’s kind of a project. I have another.455 6-1/2” barrel here that I’m thinking of putting on the oddball long Tom and maybe even cutting it to 4”.

I have liked S&W N frames for along time but they seem
To beat up my hands. The colts don’t seem as abusive with the same level loads (6.0 red dot under a 454424)

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OFFERED THOSE LONG BARRELS. HAD ONE ON A .45 COLT NS--I SHOULD HAVE KEPT IT!

had a big egg about 4" down the barrel where someone had stuck a bullet in the barrel and then shot it out the next shot. I cut the barrel off to 3" and used it that way.

I’m not sure if this one is ‘professional’ or home brewed. It has a pretty skinny profile and a shoulder at the frame intersection. It also has a barrel bad style front sight.

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Jim, I bet that was a handy deal! I have a Brazilian 1937 with a similar goose egg, but it’s duh closer to the frame, between the frame and the ejector rod lug so the current barrel isn’t useable. I picked up a British barrel for it that have fit to a decent barrel cylinder gap bit as of now t ha no throat. I need to cut some sort of bevel and try it out. I w9dl love to cut it down to belly gun status and go from there but we’ll have to see how it does with a full length tube first.

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