Right, so... I'll assume that since no one touched the question about the forcing cones, either A) it's false, or 2) it's not worth bringing up.The THIRD option is the fella what told me that don't know anything anyway. Oh well!
A big thank you to ya justician. I 'v sure been drool'n over all these on the forum, i'v told the wife she really need's a 71-72 in .38 spl. less noise & recoil( ya'll beliv'in this,,,,,right) than my 75 44/40. Hootnix
The people I shoot with either have opentops in .38 or .44, so forcing cone cracking has not been an issue. I have read several discussions here as to why the .45 might have problems. Basically it seems like chambering for the .45 removes too much metal. That said, I know forum discussions that there are several who shoot the opentop in .45.Your most welcome. My wife thinks my .38 opentops are too heavy. She shoots Cimarron Lightnings instead.Justician
Alright!!! please explain to me, ( one more time) the differance between 71's & 72's, .........
here are my two .44 colt 71-72 open tops and my nearly completed jesse james holsters i've been working on for about 6 months.the gun on the bottom saved my life from a thug about a year ago.
Nice pair there, I like the semi used look.I have the early and late mod's. The early (top) is in 38 which I have ordered a 44 barrel for it and would like to open the cylinder out to 44 colt. The bottom Late is in 45 Schofield. got both second hand at a good price.
I've got a Colt Python that got me through a couple of shooting incidents. Like mine, I bet that revolver will be the last one that you would ever get rid of.Justician
And finally, here is a Cimarron OT which should be of interest to anyone who owns an Uberti OT. This was the first one, s/n X01. It's a .44.The ivory "Eve" grip was carved by Paul Persinger and is a copy from a photo of a period grip.