Colt's Single Action Army Cowboy Loads

["DoubleAction"]

One day I was reading an article from John Taffin, in which he brought up an important fact about Colt's Single Action Army. One thing about this revolver is the fact that it has remained almost unchanged since 1872; During that time, black powder was used as a propellant.

With newer, more modern, higher energy cartridges one might fail to think twice before loading their single action Colt. That's why there are "Cowboy Loads" for this revolver.

The Cylinder walls of the Colt SAA seems to be where the inherited weakness of it's strength falls short with that of our more modern revolvers. The following cylinders are that of the :

Colt SAA, .45 Colt.........Uberti .44 magnum..........Ruger Super Blackawk

[MLB]

The opposite end would likely be just as revealing as it would show the effect of the fluting too. Good pic!

["DoubleAction"]

mlb said:

The opposite end would likely be just as revealing as it would show the effect of the fluting too. Good pic!

ML; I did my best, in the time I had, in trying to capture the thickness of the cylinder walls of Colt. Not taking anything from the Single Action Army; I thought this to be worth placing in our files.

I have already placed the cylinders in their frames; which is sometimes a little tricky. I wish I had thought of taking pictures from both ends; I might do this later. Thanks