Should it Stay, or Should it Go?
- Thread starter kwhi43
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Tomsfiretruck
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Loading lever
IMHO................It just looks funky without the loading lever
IMHO................It just looks funky without the loading lever
The extra weight should help to compensate a little bit for the muzzle rise, and leaving it off makes it more sleek and handy.
Choosing whether to keep it on or not depends on how you feel when you shoot it.
Shoot it both ways and then whichever configuration it's left as will end up proving to be the most suitable.
Choosing whether to keep it on or not depends on how you feel when you shoot it.
Shoot it both ways and then whichever configuration it's left as will end up proving to be the most suitable.
Fingers McGee
New member
leave it on. Pistol looks naked without it
FM
FM
CajunPowder
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OFF !
I think leaving it off gives you the opportunity to look at it an mull over a modification that will add value and utility to the piece ... that also takes the place visually of the loading lever ... somewhat.
Like a detachable shell poker for that day when you get a cracked-burned-bulged case that is stuck in one of the chambers.
Also, if you are using it for carry, leave the lever off, you cannot have any chance AT ALL of having the lever interfere with its operation.
MODS:
- itty-bitty, teeny-tiny NAA laser under the barrel ! Old World meets NEW
- rod or wooden stick, (blued), that cosmetically looks like the loading lever.
- for poking a shell out on reload.
- for running a patch through the bore
- bayonet attachment ... Just Sayin' ...
- grenade launcher attachment, (get this from ClemBert).
I think leaving it off gives you the opportunity to look at it an mull over a modification that will add value and utility to the piece ... that also takes the place visually of the loading lever ... somewhat.
Like a detachable shell poker for that day when you get a cracked-burned-bulged case that is stuck in one of the chambers.
Also, if you are using it for carry, leave the lever off, you cannot have any chance AT ALL of having the lever interfere with its operation.
MODS:
- itty-bitty, teeny-tiny NAA laser under the barrel ! Old World meets NEW
- rod or wooden stick, (blued), that cosmetically looks like the loading lever.
- for poking a shell out on reload.
- for running a patch through the bore
- bayonet attachment ... Just Sayin' ...
- grenade launcher attachment, (get this from ClemBert).
suzukibruce
New member
dont forget a utg quad rail.... nice peice btw i like it better without it
madcratebuilder
New member
Real SA revolvers have loading levers...except the Paterson.
bedbugbilly
New member
Not that my opinion is worth anything . . . cause it isn't. My vote though, is to take the loading lever off. Obviously, it looks good with and wothout . . . but . . . . think about if this had been a conversion done to the pistol, say, in 1880. The loading lever is no longer functional so it really doesn't serve a purpose. If I was a cowpoke that was going to carry this, I think I'd like the fact that it was more streamlined without the lever and in my mind (whether it was true or not), I'd probably be thinking that with a new holster contoured for the new shape without the loading lever, it would "clear" leather faster when I needed it. After all, now that it's converted to those new fangled self contained cartridges, it will never be re-converted back to cap and ball. Just my 2 cents worth which ain't worth the copper it took to strike 'em! Either way . . . . you've got one fine looking revolver! I hope it brings you many hours of enjoyment!
My vote though, is to take the loading lever off. Obviously, it looks good with and wothout . . . but . . . . think about if this had been a conversion done to the pistol, say, in 1880. The loading lever is no longer functional so it really doesn't serve a purpose. If I was a cowpoke that was going to carry this, I think I'd like the fact that it was more streamlined without the lever and in my mind (whether it was true or not), I'd probably be thinking that with a new holster contoured for the new shape without the loading lever, it would "clear" leather faster when I needed it. After all, now that it's converted to those new fangled self contained cartridges, it will never be re-converted back to cap and ball. Just my 2 cents worth which ain't worth the copper it took to strike 'em! Either way . . . . you've got one fine looking revolver! I hope it brings you many hours of enjoyment!