Colt Detective Special

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1851 navy used in most italian spaghetti westerns

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>>64918643
It's shrimple

>>64918643
>Name a more classic and iconic revolver.
All the cap and ball revolvers you tried (and failed) to shit on in your next sentence are more iconic. They were much more prevalent in the Old West and the only reason people think SAA were the most common was because most Hollywood actors were too weak to to consistently load the cap and ball revolvers that would have been more common in the era their films were set in.

>>64918672
Black powder, especially revolvers, is the most relaxing thing to shoot. Forces you to take your time with each shot to be consistent between loadings. That revolver in particular is one of my favorites.

>>64918776
i didnt get it until i held a navy specifically something about how it sits in the hand is excellent. no other revolver come close. really wish there was anything in 357 with a swingout cylinder and that grip. single or double action.

>>64918672
>1851 navy used in most italian spaghetti westerns
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>>64918776
>Black powder, especially revolvers, is the most relaxing thing to shoot.
It's the same feeling as rewinding a cassette to listen to the music again. You're taking time to bring the enjoyment and it feels 100x better once you do get to enjoy the labor of waiting a few minutes.

>>64918776
lot to be said for the 1860 colt too

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>>64918643
For some reason, everyone online has suddenly started thinking that the Old West only lasted from 1865 to 1875 and wth that in mind, your comment on cap and ball revolvers being the mainstay in the West makes sense since that was mostly what was carried in that narrow era.
The thing is, you're wrong. The West lasted far longer. The Old West as we think of it went from at least 1840 all the way until 1920 or later. Dudes had flintlock pistols and knives at the start of it and Lugers and 1911s by the end.
In the latter stages of the West, after about 1876 or so, the SAA was easily the most popular full size pistol in the West. Look at any picture of the era and you'll see them in holsters.

>>64919016
meant for >>64918687

>>64918947
>lot to be said for the 1860 colt too
Definitely.

>>64919016
>The thing is, you're wrong.
Nah.
>The Old West as we think of it went from at least 1840
I'd start it earlier.
>all the way until 1920 or later.
Absolutely not. The West was dying by the 1890s and was fully dead by the 1910s. The thing is that people who were around in the 1870s to 1890s were still alive in the "1920s or later," so romanticists want to try and extend the timeline (see my Frank Hamer example below).
>Dudes had flintlock pistols and knives at the start of it and Lugers and 1911s by the end.
Some of them did; when new tech came out, not everyone sold what they had (and was working for them) to immediately get something newer (which happens in every industry; just last year I was forced to get another car because my 1997 SUV broke down for good; I haven't been switching cars every year because a slightly better one came out). Look at Frank Hamer using his revolver and lever gun to take out Bonnie and Clyde, who had Thompsons and BARs; he used what he had and trusted, and he didn't feel the need to upgrade immediately once something better was around.
>after about 1876 or so, the SAA was easily the most popular full size pistol in the West.
Anon, by 1876 approximately 18,000 Colt Single Action Army (SAA) revolvers had been produced and sold. By 1873 there were 200,000+ Colt 1851 Navy. Which of those numbers do you think is bigger, 18,000 or 200,000+?

>>64919104
>By 1873 there were 200,000+ Colt 1851 Navy.
NTA but the 1851 Colt Navy was THE handgun of the Civil War. Of course more of them had been produced. Plus it had a head start.

>>64919826
The colt 1860 army was the most used handgun of the civil war.

Aesthetically the Schofield can't be matched

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Why that's easy.

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>>64919826
>>64919893
You really don't want to start dickmeasuring with production numbers and popularity. Derringers and vest-pocket pistols outsold all the cool wheelguns by a huge margin. The main reason why everybody loves colts, whether they admit it or not, is because they were widespread in early Westerns. Why is that? The US Army surplused a bunch of them back in the day, so those were the cheapest guns around when hollywood needed to buy props.

>>64920557
1st model and new model American beat it easily.

Remington > Colt