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=Additional Images= | |||
[[File:Colt1878nickel.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Nickle plated 1878 Double Action Colt w/ 7.5" barrel]] | |||
[[File:Handgun-Colt1878-right.JPG|thumb|none|400px|Colt 1878 w/ 7.5" barrel]] | |||
[[File:Colt-Model-1878-Double-Action-Revolver-2.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Colt 1878 with 5.5" barrel - .44-40 WCF]] | |||
=Discussion= | |||
This is a loading gate revolver right? Something about it almost makes me want to think it's a break-top. | This is a loading gate revolver right? Something about it almost makes me want to think it's a break-top. | ||
::Yes, it's a solid frame design with a loading gate. Except for the double action trigger the drills are the same as the SAA. That said none of the parts are interchangable. - [[User:Nyles|Nyles]] | |||
I've heard it said that firing a revolver with a single-action trigger pull will be generally more accurate than a shot fired from a double-action trigger pull. Why is this? - [[User: 2wingo]] | |||
:It's because with double action, the trigger pull is longer, so you lose some of the steadiness in your aim when firing in double-action. [[User:Jeddostotle7|Jeddostotle7]] ([[User talk:Jeddostotle7|talk]]) 23:14, 6 January 2013 (EST) | |||
Latest revision as of 06:28, 2 June 2021
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Discussion
This is a loading gate revolver right? Something about it almost makes me want to think it's a break-top.
- Yes, it's a solid frame design with a loading gate. Except for the double action trigger the drills are the same as the SAA. That said none of the parts are interchangable. - Nyles
I've heard it said that firing a revolver with a single-action trigger pull will be generally more accurate than a shot fired from a double-action trigger pull. Why is this? - User: 2wingo
- It's because with double action, the trigger pull is longer, so you lose some of the steadiness in your aim when firing in double-action. Jeddostotle7 (talk) 23:14, 6 January 2013 (EST)