tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36483455.post3342853058994320518..comments2023-12-07T03:49:54.864-05:00Comments on The Arms Room: The other Model 1873 revolver...Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36483455.post-26196473819778224912014-01-27T01:17:59.955-05:002014-01-27T01:17:59.955-05:00Jog, jog, jog the elbow...Jog, jog, jog the elbow...Angus McThaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09295013525738248801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36483455.post-20710539579580456412014-01-15T01:28:55.292-05:002014-01-15T01:28:55.292-05:00Yes indeed, the French handguns tended to be rathe...Yes indeed, the French handguns tended to be rather clever designs, and well-made of first-rate materials. The Achilles' heel of them all was their pitiful cartridges. The wonderful 1935 design finally became something more than a curio was it was reworked in 1950 to fire a halfway decent cartridge. The revolvers were always weak, although due to peculiarities of French gun control laws, many of the revolvers have been extensively reworked into something practically approaching modern handguns whilst remaining, legally, unregulated "antiques". Best avoided, I'd say, as shooters - for a proper antique military revolver with a proper knock-em-all-down cartridge, go British.tom swifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14418218837811379488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36483455.post-27499504681630258842014-01-14T17:06:43.639-05:002014-01-14T17:06:43.639-05:00Prepare for Instalanche!
And thank you for "...Prepare for Instalanche!<br /><br />And thank you for "gracile". Great word. Never heard it before.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36483455.post-65009066306218611282014-01-13T16:31:29.921-05:002014-01-13T16:31:29.921-05:00The revolver of choice for fighting Bedouins and M...The revolver of choice for fighting Bedouins and Mummys (Mummi?)Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05414687981098467556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36483455.post-62249253932522179642014-01-13T10:11:43.708-05:002014-01-13T10:11:43.708-05:00The French Navy had a slightly more powerful loadi...<br />The French Navy had a slightly more powerful loading for the Mle73. And you can step the cartridge up a lot, I have seen them converted to 45ACP. Although I think hardball is too stout. <br /> <br />Having to use tools a lot produces pretty good design sometimes doesn't it?<br /><br />French and British officers had to shoot a lot more people in what we would see as defensive encounters than any other pistol designing group in the 19th century. In those armies, handguns were personal defense weapons.<br /><br />The American army was different. The Civil War used pistols mainly as a weapon for cavalry charges. Thus the SAA is a somewhat improved version of the 1860 Army. A short, rapid fire one handed carbine with an accuracy-assisting single action pull, and extra heavy load to bring down horses. <br /><br /> <br /><br />staghoundshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05976667812875074135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36483455.post-34789677303750467062014-01-13T09:58:00.571-05:002014-01-13T09:58:00.571-05:00McThag,
I will attempt to do that.
If I haven&#...McThag,<br /><br />I will attempt to do that. <br /><br />If I haven't mentioned it by the end of the week, jog my elbow again (it's SHOT time, which means I'm more-or-less 'on call' for a bit.)Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36483455.post-68032467944876214662014-01-13T08:45:16.356-05:002014-01-13T08:45:16.356-05:00Dare you take a pic with it cocked so I can see th...Dare you take a pic with it cocked so I can see the relationship of the mainspring with the rest of the guts?Angus McThaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09295013525738248801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36483455.post-37642626248415637642014-01-12T20:55:10.416-05:002014-01-12T20:55:10.416-05:00What NFO said. You come across the coolest stuff.What NFO said. You come across the coolest stuff.Murphy's Lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17164780742334950772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36483455.post-692869185743995052014-01-12T18:48:19.789-05:002014-01-12T18:48:19.789-05:00Great write up, thanks! And definitely an unusual...Great write up, thanks! And definitely an unusual piece!Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.com