Was Colt wrong?
For something a little different, here is my Grover's Improved Number "Five" by Texas Longhorn Arms. It's a typical custom 5-in, .44 mag, Elmer Keith tribute gun, except it's reversed. The pics aren't reversed, the loading gate is on the left.
Why reversed, you may ask…
Texas Longhorn made a series of "reversed" SA revolvers. They contended, Colt got it wrong when they made their first cartridge revolvers. In the days of cap and ball guns, it made sense to have the cap loading cut out on the right side of the gun. The small caps required the dexterity of the strong hand -- one would switch the gun the the weak hand while capping an old charcoal burner. When Colt started making cartridge SAs, they didn't think it through, and put the loading gate where the cap cut out had been -- on the right side. In reality, the larger cartridges don't require the dexterity of the strong hand and can be loaded with the weak one. With the loading gate on the left side, Longhorn claimed the SA can be loaded without having to switch the gun to the weak hand. IMHO, the Longhorn folks were right.
For something a little different, here is my Grover's Improved Number "Five" by Texas Longhorn Arms. It's a typical custom 5-in, .44 mag, Elmer Keith tribute gun, except it's reversed. The pics aren't reversed, the loading gate is on the left.
Why reversed, you may ask…
Texas Longhorn made a series of "reversed" SA revolvers. They contended, Colt got it wrong when they made their first cartridge revolvers. In the days of cap and ball guns, it made sense to have the cap loading cut out on the right side of the gun. The small caps required the dexterity of the strong hand -- one would switch the gun the the weak hand while capping an old charcoal burner. When Colt started making cartridge SAs, they didn't think it through, and put the loading gate where the cap cut out had been -- on the right side. In reality, the larger cartridges don't require the dexterity of the strong hand and can be loaded with the weak one. With the loading gate on the left side, Longhorn claimed the SA can be loaded without having to switch the gun to the weak hand. IMHO, the Longhorn folks were right.
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