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Description:
Here's an interesting old Smith & Wesson revolver for someone's potential consideration. It's in the .45 Schofield caliber and is in fact a 7 inch barreled nickel plated Schofield. These guns were only made for about 3 years from 1875 through the better part of 1877. A few were probably assembled in the early part of 1878. After that period the Colt 1873 single action became the dominent frontier pistol due to its gaining most of the government military contracts. During the Schofield's moment of production and for some years thereafter it became the favored revolver of many lawmen as well as quite a few unlawful members of our population. The gun never fell out of favor for many years as a number of the nearly 9,000 of the produced weapons were used right up into the early 1900's. Some were carried up San Juan Hill with Roosevelt's paramilitary rough riders as they
gained the advantage over the Spanish army and helped turn the tied during the Spanish-American conflict in1898. The favor of this pistol faded slowly over the years but it was brought back into the lime light with Clint Eastwood's movie "Unforgiven". He used one of these pistols to finally pass along frontier justice in the town of Big Whiskey, Wyoming.
Since the movie brought attention back to this particular type of pistol several Italian Gun makers as well as the Smith & Wesson company itself have produced copies and these secondary weapons have become quite popular amongst the cowboy action shootists. The one presented here for your review is most likely one of those sold into the civilian market after it was produced in a group of one thousand and delivered to the National Armory in Springfield, MA. in April of 1877. The gun almost surely eventually made its way to either Schuyler, Hartley and Graham or possibly the Bannerman company for eventual sale into the civilian market after government contracts favored the Colt pistol. This pistol is no doubt an original one that was developed for U.S. use as it is so stamped but it does not have the inspector cartouches on the grips suggesting it never made its way into the hands of military personel during the Indian wars. This is most likely the reason for its unusually fine condition as can be seen in the photographs. The grips are in good shape and are stamped with the serial numbers that appear on the pistol. The trigger, hammer and trigger guard as well as the cylinder release on top of the pistol frame are all case hardened as they should be. The nickeled finish is much better than most seen in these old guns. The bore is very good showing bright and shiny lands and groves but it does have a few slightly darkened areas often seen in pistols that have used black powder. Its action is smooth with a 3 1/2 pound crisp trigger pull. I've fired the pistol at 25 yards off a sandbag using a 230 grain cast round nose bullet and 5 grains of W231 powder. It tollerated this charge well patterning to point of aim with a group a little shy of 2 inches. If you measure only four of the six shots fired the group would be only one inch which makes this pistol an accurate one and one that would easily compare with most pistols produced today. These old things were made well and in good shape they offer exacting accuracy. It remains in excellent condition for its age and would add favorably to any antique pistol collection. My age tells me it's time to pass it along for another collector's care. Will do my best to answer any questions that might come up if the pictures and my commentary leave any unanswered ones. Thanks for taking a look.
Jack
Price:
$6,200.00
Curio/Relic: Yes Antique: Yes Handgun Caliber: .45 Schofield (.45 S&W Schofield, .45 S&W) Manufacturer:
Smith & Wesson Model:
Schofield Serial Number:
8519 Barrel Length:
7 inch
Description:
Here's an interesting old Smith & Wesson revolver for someone's potential consideration. It's in the .45 Schofield caliber and is in fact a 7 inch barreled nickel plated Schofield. These guns were only made for about 3 years from 1875 through the better part of 1877. A few were probably assembled in the early part of 1878. After that period the Colt 1873 single action became the dominent frontier pistol due to its gaining most of the government military contracts. During the Schofield's moment of production and for some years thereafter it became the favored revolver of many lawmen as well as quite a few unlawful members of our population. The gun never fell out of favor for many years as a number of the nearly 9,000 of the produced weapons were used right up into the early 1900's. Some were carried up San Juan Hill with Roosevelt's paramilitary rough riders as they
gained the advantage over the Spanish army and helped turn the tied during the Spanish-American conflict in1898. The favor of this pistol faded slowly over the years but it was brought back into the lime light with Clint Eastwood's movie "Unforgiven". He used one of these pistols to finally pass along frontier justice in the town of Big Whiskey, Wyoming.
Since the movie brought attention back to this particular type of pistol several Italian Gun makers as well as the Smith & Wesson company itself have produced copies and these secondary weapons have become quite popular amongst the cowboy action shootists. The one presented here for your review is most likely one of those sold into the civilian market after it was produced in a group of one thousand and delivered to the National Armory in Springfield, MA. in April of 1877. The gun almost surely eventually made its way to either Schuyler, Hartley and Graham or possibly the Bannerman company for eventual sale into the civilian market after government contracts favored the Colt pistol. This pistol is no doubt an original one that was developed for U.S. use as it is so stamped but it does not have the inspector cartouches on the grips suggesting it never made its way into the hands of military personel during the Indian wars. This is most likely the reason for its unusually fine condition as can be seen in the photographs. The grips are in good shape and are stamped with the serial numbers that appear on the pistol. The trigger, hammer and trigger guard as well as the cylinder release on top of the pistol frame are all case hardened as they should be. The nickeled finish is much better than most seen in these old guns. The bore is very good showing bright and shiny lands and groves but it does have a few slightly darkened areas often seen in pistols that have used black powder. Its action is smooth with a 3 1/2 pound crisp trigger pull. I've fired the pistol at 25 yards off a sandbag using a 230 grain cast round nose bullet and 5 grains of W231 powder. It tollerated this charge well patterning to point of aim with a group a little shy of 2 inches. If you measure only four of the six shots fired the group would be only one inch which makes this pistol an accurate one and one that would easily compare with most pistols produced today. These old things were made well and in good shape they offer exacting accuracy. It remains in excellent condition for its age and would add favorably to any antique pistol collection. My age tells me it's time to pass it along for another collector's care. Will do my best to answer any questions that might come up if the pictures and my commentary leave any unanswered ones. Thanks for taking a look.
Jack
Price:
$6,200.00
Curio/Relic: Yes Antique: Yes Handgun Caliber: .45 Schofield (.45 S&W Schofield, .45 S&W) Manufacturer:
Smith & Wesson Model:
Schofield Serial Number:
8519 Barrel Length:
7 inch
Description:
Here's an interesting old Smith & Wesson revolver for someone's potential consideration. It's in the .45 Schofield caliber and is in fact a 7 inch barreled nickel plated Schofield. These guns were only made for about 3 years from 1875 through the better part of 1877. A few were probably assembled in the early part of 1878. After that period the Colt 1873 single action became the dominent frontier pistol due to its gaining most of the government military contracts. During the Schofield's moment of production and for some years thereafter it became the favored revolver of many lawmen as well as quite a few unlawful members of our population. The gun never fell out of favor for many years as a number of the nearly 9,000 of the produced weapons were used right up into the early 1900's. Some were carried up San Juan Hill with Roosevelt's paramilitary rough riders as they
gained the advantage over the Spanish army and helped turn the tied during the Spanish-American conflict in1898. The favor of this pistol faded slowly over the years but it was brought back into the lime light with Clint Eastwood's movie "Unforgiven". He used one of these pistols to finally pass along frontier justice in the town of Big Whiskey, Wyoming.
Since the movie brought attention back to this particular type of pistol several Italian Gun makers as well as the Smith & Wesson company itself have produced copies and these secondary weapons have become quite popular amongst the cowboy action shootists. The one presented here for your review is most likely one of those sold into the civilian market after it was produced in a group of one thousand and delivered to the National Armory in Springfield, MA. in April of 1877. The gun almost surely eventually made its way to either Schuyler, Hartley and Graham or possibly the Bannerman company for eventual sale into the civilian market after government contracts favored the Colt pistol. This pistol is no doubt an original one that was developed for U.S. use as it is so stamped but it does not have the inspector cartouches on the grips suggesting it never made its way into the hands of military personel during the Indian wars. This is most likely the reason for its unusually fine condition as can be seen in the photographs. The grips are in good shape and are stamped with the serial numbers that appear on the pistol. The trigger, hammer and trigger guard as well as the cylinder release on top of the pistol frame are all case hardened as they should be. The nickeled finish is much better than most seen in these old guns. The bore is very good showing bright and shiny lands and groves but it does have a few slightly darkened areas often seen in pistols that have used black powder. Its action is smooth with a 3 1/2 pound crisp trigger pull. I've fired the pistol at 25 yards off a sandbag using a 230 grain cast round nose bullet and 5 grains of W231 powder. It tollerated this charge well patterning to point of aim with a group a little shy of 2 inches. If you measure only four of the six shots fired the group would be only one inch which makes this pistol an accurate one and one that would easily compare with most pistols produced today. These old things were made well and in good shape they offer exacting accuracy. It remains in excellent condition for its age and would add favorably to any antique pistol collection. My age tells me it's time to pass it along for another collector's care. Will do my best to answer any questions that might come up if the pictures and my commentary leave any unanswered ones. Thanks for taking a look.
Jack
Price:
$6,200.00
Curio/Relic: Yes Antique: Yes Handgun Caliber: .45 Schofield (.45 S&W Schofield, .45 S&W) Manufacturer:
Smith & Wesson Model:
Schofield Serial Number:
8519 Barrel Length:
7 inch
Description:
Here's an interesting old Smith & Wesson revolver for someone's potential consideration. It's in the .45 Schofield caliber and is in fact a 7 inch barreled nickel plated Schofield. These guns were only made for about 3 years from 1875 through the better part of 1877. A few were probably assembled in the early part of 1878. After that period the Colt 1873 single action became the dominent frontier pistol due to its gaining most of the government military contracts. During the Schofield's moment of production and for some years thereafter it became the favored revolver of many lawmen as well as quite a few unlawful members of our population. The gun never fell out of favor for many years as a number of the nearly 9,000 of the produced weapons were used right up into the early 1900's. Some were carried up San Juan Hill with Roosevelt's paramilitary rough riders as they
gained the advantage over the Spanish army and helped turn the tied during the Spanish-American conflict in1898. The favor of this pistol faded slowly over the years but it was brought back into the lime light with Clint Eastwood's movie "Unforgiven". He used one of these pistols to finally pass along frontier justice in the town of Big Whiskey, Wyoming.
Since the movie brought attention back to this particular type of pistol several Italian Gun makers as well as the Smith & Wesson company itself have produced copies and these secondary weapons have become quite popular amongst the cowboy action shootists. The one presented here for your review is most likely one of those sold into the civilian market after it was produced in a group of one thousand and delivered to the National Armory in Springfield, MA. in April of 1877. The gun almost surely eventually made its way to either Schuyler, Hartley and Graham or possibly the Bannerman company for eventual sale into the civilian market after government contracts favored the Colt pistol. This pistol is no doubt an original one that was developed for U.S. use as it is so stamped but it does not have the inspector cartouches on the grips suggesting it never made its way into the hands of military personel during the Indian wars. This is most likely the reason for its unusually fine condition as can be seen in the photographs. The grips are in good shape and are stamped with the serial numbers that appear on the pistol. The trigger, hammer and trigger guard as well as the cylinder release on top of the pistol frame are all case hardened as they should be. The nickeled finish is much better than most seen in these old guns. The bore is very good showing bright and shiny lands and groves but it does have a few slightly darkened areas often seen in pistols that have used black powder. Its action is smooth with a 3 1/2 pound crisp trigger pull. I've fired the pistol at 25 yards off a sandbag using a 230 grain cast round nose bullet and 5 grains of W231 powder. It tollerated this charge well patterning to point of aim with a group a little shy of 2 inches. If you measure only four of the six shots fired the group would be only one inch which makes this pistol an accurate one and one that would easily compare with most pistols produced today. These old things were made well and in good shape they offer exacting accuracy. It remains in excellent condition for its age and would add favorably to any antique pistol collection. My age tells me it's time to pass it along for another collector's care. Will do my best to answer any questions that might come up if the pictures and my commentary leave any unanswered ones. Thanks for taking a look.
Jack
Price:
$6,200.00
Curio/Relic: Yes Antique: Yes Handgun Caliber: .45 Schofield (.45 S&W Schofield, .45 S&W) Manufacturer:
Smith & Wesson Model:
Schofield Serial Number:
8519 Barrel Length:
7 inch