New to me Schoefield

[Roosterman]

Found it at a gun show yesterday. .45  with a 3" barrel. Made in 2005 and still has the original shipping grease dried on it, with the box, Uberti propaganda papers and the plastic bag for the gun. I figure there's going to be some boomin going on this PM.
 Can anyone recommend a shoulder holster maker?

[DeaconKC]

Mernickle can make any of their holsters for Schofields. And congrats on a nice find!
My Schofields run well on 7.5 grains of Unique under a 200 grain RNFP.

[Books OToole]

Can anyone recommend a shoulder holster maker?

For an authentic old west shoulder holster, I recommend Dave Scott. aka Irish Dave.  I have four of his rigs for:

A cut down Remington old army conversion.
A 6" S&W .32 DA
A 5" Laramie (NM3 S&W)
A 6" S&W .38 DA

All have been used in NCOWS matches at one time or another.

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[Roosterman]

Turns out my first go round with this revolver was disappointing. Couldn't reliably hit a 12" X 18" plate at 25 yards! Shooting a 250gr. bullet with 6.6grs of bullseye in .45Lc. They seemed to hit all over the place. I'm going back to black powder!

Ordered a shoulder holster from El Paso  with some Fancy Dan carving on it. 

[kwilliams1876]

Have a look at the forcing cone. Mine was terribly rough and off center. I had to recut it, and also touched up muzzle crown . I did shoot better but did not like black.

[Roosterman]

 

Have a look at the forcing cone. Mine was terribly rough and off center. I had to recut it, and also touched up muzzle crown . I did shoot better but did not like black.

None of them like black unless you smear lube over the cylinder mouths like a C&B revolver.

[Old No7]

Re: New to me Schoefield

Found it at a gun show yesterday. .45  with a 3" barrel....

Congrats!  There's a talented gunsmith at a shop in Lewiston Maine who carried the same gun every day in his shop, and on his Harley.  He pulled it (then emptied it) to show it to me after I'd ask to see a Schofield which was in the case for sale -- I really didn't need another one, I just like the "old stuff".

When folks question him about his concealed carry choice, he says "1 solid hit from my .45 Colt beats the perp's 5 or 6 misses with his 9mm GlockenSigenRugerenSmithenTaurus" (or something like that, it sounds like a dinosaur gun!).

Old No7