Well, not having any particular need for a cowboy gun, I recently bought a Taylor's Smokewagon Deluxe and picked it up this week. This is the color case hardened model with a tuned action. I bought the 5 1/2" version. It looks to be very well put together and finished. Well worth the dollars.
I took it to the range last night and was impressed. I reloaded some beginning ammo with 250 gr. RNFP bullets and 6.5 - 7.0 gr. of HP-38 powder. I tried 6.5, 6.8 and 7.0 grains of HP-38. Each had a little more recoil than the previous, but were all very comfortable to shoot. All shot to point of aim, so the sights are well regulated. The trigger is very crisp and light, but not too light. Today I took the cylinder to a friends machine shop (has pin gauges) to see what size chambers it had. It had exactly .452" chambers, which partially explains why it shot so accurately last night.
Very happy with it so far. Can't wait to shoot it again. Will post some pic's later when I get a chance.
I took it to the range last night and was impressed. I reloaded some beginning ammo with 250 gr. RNFP bullets and 6.5 - 7.0 gr. of HP-38 powder. I tried 6.5, 6.8 and 7.0 grains of HP-38. Each had a little more recoil than the previous, but were all very comfortable to shoot. All shot to point of aim, so the sights are well regulated. The trigger is very crisp and light, but not too light. Today I took the cylinder to a friends machine shop (has pin gauges) to see what size chambers it had. It had exactly .452" chambers, which partially explains why it shot so accurately last night.
Very happy with it so far. Can't wait to shoot it again. Will post some pic's later when I get a chance.
Last edited: