My 5.5" 1872 Open Top is .45 Schofield and my 7.5" 1872 is .45 Colt. The cylinders are exactly the same length and I was able to swap barrels and cylinders back and forth between the two. I am thinking of taking a .45 Colt chamber reamer and bump the shoulder forward in the Schofield cylinder.
Any thoughts?
Its no big deal, as I generally only load Schofields, even though three of my four .45 CAS revolvers (Colt 1873, Kirst 1860, and 1872 7.5") have .45 Colt cylinders. It would be nice, though, to be able to use the Colts in all four of my revolvers.