I am interested in Cowboy Action Shooting.
It looks a lot like the SCA, with guns.
I loved the dress-up aspects of SCA, but disliked some of the rules.
I don't want to complicate my life with an additional chambering if I can help it.
My Anaconda is in the cowboy legal .45 Colt, so it seems logical to look at that round. I can get just about any cowboy revolver in it, I'd love a Schofield repro but SAA and Rem 1875 are also available.
The rifle is a bit of a problem. In the real old west, there wasn't a lever gun chambered for .45 Colt.
Today, however, there are several Winchester 1892 clone makers and some are in .45 Colt. Marlin makes a spiffy Model 1894 just for cowboy shooting in this caliber. The gun that gets my juices flowing is a reproduction Spencer 1865 Carbine.
Oh, what to do, what to do?
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23rd-Jun-2010 07:35 am (local) weerdbeard
how is a DA Colt not an anachronism for Cowboy action shooting?
23rd-Jun-2010 02:35 pm (local) mcthag
If it's a Colt Lightning a DA Colt is A-OK!
I might not have been clear. The Anaconda is not what I intend to use. It's just making me consider making my revolver/rifle combination be in .45 Colt because I already have ammo in that caliber.
I don't already have anything chambered for any other cowboy round (unless you count my .357 snubbie).
23rd-Jun-2010 11:20 am (local) ravenclaw_eric
If my finances permitted, I'd love to have a 45 Colt revolver and one of those Bond Snake-Slayer derringers in .45 Colt/.410. Unfortunately, DA 45 Colt revolvers are rare and mucho expensivo.
I blame the "Dirty Harry" franchise. After that, all the wanna-bes wanted .44 Magnum, and the factories cranked those out in preference to .45 Colt.
23rd-Jun-2010 02:50 pm (local) mcthag
.45 Colt was never a huge seller outside the SAA.
S&W did make a version of their model 25-5 in it, but it's rare as hen's teeth.
Colt made the very fragile "Omnipotent" based on the Lightning in 1878 for the .45 Colt; it did not sell well either. The Anaconda was only around for three years before Colt's financial woes killed off their entire DA revolver line; making it rare too.
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