And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
I thought you were being a "troll" ... but then I looked at the rims of the cartridges in the belt ... shake my head and walk away, muttering under my breath ...
Not necessarily. The U.S. M1917 revolvers were originally bored straight through, requiring the half-moon clips. But they soon began boring the chambers to headspace on the case mouth. Fired cases still had to be pulled out of the chambers (unfired cases would just drop out unless the chambers were very dirty). The M1917 revolvers were chambered for rimless .45ACP
The Single Action Army revolver and clones did not have swing-out cylinders, and had to headspace rimless rounds (like the .45ACP) on the case mouth. I have a Ruger Blackhawk revolver so chambered.
Naw. Not enough screws in that Ruger.
ReplyDeleteA.I. doesn't know that, and it thinks those screws are rivets.
DeleteThe thing with A.I. is that it's always just a leeetle bit not sharp enough.
i do
ReplyDeletethough it could use a .45 lever gun
and a .45 derringer
...or to get really old, a lever in .44-40. That round accounted for a lot of deer until the .30WCF appeared on the scene. Steve_in_Ottawa.
DeleteThe point was to have all guns shooting the same ammo because the cowboy had limited carrying capacity.
DeleteAll they had was two thin little saddle bags.
But, in old TV westerns, somehow when they lit the campfire they always had a big coffee pot, cups, plates and spoons and chow to cook and eat.
It was magic!
(and on some occasions they even had a shovel for burying some 2 legged varmint they kilt.)
I am imagining that the kitchen equipment came from the chuck wagon that followed the heard.
Deleteexcept the folgers coffee ,
ReplyDeleteAnd biscuits. That’s a brand new rig and doesn’t look like it’s seen daylight. I’d shoot it though
ReplyDeleteAnd wouldn't you need moon clips for the rounds in the belt to work in a revolver? I'm not a wheel gun guy, but ...
ReplyDeleteI thought you were being a "troll" ... but then I looked at the rims of the cartridges in the belt ... shake my head and walk away, muttering under my breath ...
DeleteNot necessarily. The U.S. M1917 revolvers were originally bored straight through, requiring the half-moon clips. But they soon began boring the chambers to headspace on the case mouth. Fired cases still had to be pulled out of the chambers (unfired cases would just drop out unless the chambers were very dirty). The M1917 revolvers were chambered for rimless .45ACP
ReplyDeleteThe Single Action Army revolver and clones did not have swing-out cylinders, and had to headspace rimless rounds (like the .45ACP) on the case mouth. I have a Ruger Blackhawk revolver so chambered.
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