Mike Irwin
Staff
The biggest complaint US soldiers had in testing the Model 1873 was the heavy recoil from the standard round.
The biggest complaint US soldiers had in testing the Model 1873 was the heavy recoil from the standard round.
Wonder if they scrounged .45-55-405 carbine ammo.
Wonder what they thought when the Army went to .45-70-500.
Maybe I was and Mike meant the 1873 Colt. Reports vary on the reduction in revolver load, some say recoil, some say it was because the early guns were not passing proof test.
LOL.....
The Model 1873, is the Colt
The Model of 1873, is the Winchester
The Sharps is in there somewhere too hehehehe