Ya know, I bought this gun like 4 years ago and have never fired it. I had my 1911 for a few years also before I got around to taking it out and putting some rounds through it. How come you ask?
The revolver there looks to be a S&W Schofield or Model 3 Wells Fargo. Probably a remake but I'm not up on what kinda deal you could have possibly got for it. The remakes in new condition sell for around $1,200 and the originals are rather more expensive. It is a nice revolver and was sold to Russia in large quantities. The nice thing about them is that if you are mounted on a horse (other such thing) the barrel can be knocked against the thigh, action opened and all shells ejected at once. It is a novelty now but was useful for cavalry when it was introduced (Schofield was a cavalry captain credited for aiding in the design.) The Wells Fargo was not really an official designation but purchased by them in large quantitiies. Do you know what it is chambered for? Thought I could help possibly in identifying the revolver for you.
The revolver there looks to be a S&W Schofield or Model 3 Wells Fargo. Probably a remake but I'm not up on what kinda deal you could have possibly got for it. The remakes in new condition sell for around $1,200 and the originals are rather more expensive. It is a nice revolver and was sold to Russia in large quantities. The nice thing about them is that if you are mounted on a horse (other such thing) the barrel can be knocked against the thigh, action opened and all shells ejected at once. It is a novelty now but was useful for cavalry when it was introduced (Schofield was a cavalry captain credited for aiding in the design.) The Wells Fargo was not really an official designation but purchased by them in large quantitiies. Do you know what it is chambered for? Thought I could help possibly in identifying the revolver for you.
Ya know, I bought this gun like 4 years ago and have never fired it. I had my 1911 for a few years also before I got around to taking it out and putting some rounds through it. How come you ask?
I think there was a small window of time there were complaints of workmanship, approx 15 years ago.
But I've heard nothing but good stuff about them for years now.
Very tough and reliable.
I know they use them in the military, at least the Navy guys I shot with at a small base in Homestead Florida did some time ago.
They had Rem 870 too but didn't like the potential to jam if a round slid prematurely out of the tube. My 870 has never done that but I believe it is a trait all Rem 870's could have happen?
Did anyone ever make a device or gizmo to stop that?
True but that doesn't always directly translate to price. Fifteen million Winchester '94s out there but everyone seems to think there worth $500 more then what they cost as they went out of production. People get real, they aren' that rare. Sorry personal experience trying to get one recently.
I just meant that since H&R made a lot of them it might be one of theirs, couchtr26. I wasn't thinking of what it might be worth.
Personally, I like top-break revolvers. I'm always amused when people assert the reason they aren't made today is because the design is inherently weak. No problem; over-engineer it to compensate!
It reminds me of the people who dump on gaff-rigged sails as inherently inefficient. So? If a gaff rig is ten percent less efficient than the same-sized bermuda rig, make it 10 percent larger, or even 20 or 30 percent larger. Gaff-rigged boats can carry more square feet of sail, because it's carried lower.
Allow me to apologize for jumping to a conclusion there Troy2000. I made a poor assumption I shouldn't have made. However, I'm irked about the Win '94s. I couldn't believe here in OK whenever you see one for sale it is $750 or $800 firm. I just bought a Marlin 336C. I like the .30/30 lever but would have really preferred a Win '94. Sadly, I was unemployed as they went out of production (OK Tax Commission released all workers there for less the 3 years.) However, I digress.
Last edited by couchtr26; 02-26-2007 at 08:11 PM.
Reason: dumb mistake
Allow me to apologize for jumping to a conclusion there Troy2000. I made a poor assumption I shouldn't have made. However, I'm irked about the Win '94s. I couldn't believe here in OK whenever you see one for sale it is $750 or $800 firm. I just bought a Marlin 336C. I like the .30/30 lever but would have really preferred a Win '94. Sadly, I was unemployed as they went out of production (OK Tax Commission released all workers there for less the 3 years.) However, I digress.
The dealer gave him twenty dollars less than he had paid for it new two or three years ago, which means he basically got to shoot it for free. But it also tells you what they're going for retail now, because he took the price straight out of a book.
Pretty nice collection Pred. That's a cool looking AR you got there. That's only a dream for us California boys though.......
Per Wikipedia, "Replacing the Lower Receiver of a standard AR-15 with one that has a fixed (10 round) magazine will render the firearm "California legal", and able to utilize banned features such as a telescoping stock and pistol grip. The magazine is not detachable so to load the rifle a shooter must pull the rear takedown pin, hinge the upper receiver on the front takedown pin, and load the now exposed magazine either with a stripper clip or by hand, then close. Popular lower receivers for this purpose are manufactured by Stag Arms, Fulton Armory, Dane Armory, Mega, and Ameetec. Stag makes a lower receiver called the STAG-15 which is considered an "off-list" receiver by the CA DOJ and is temporarily legal. As of December 2006, Doublestar, Stag Arms, CMMG, and MEGA all qualify as "off-list" lowers in the state of CA. This receiver can be made into a full rifle if the following requirements are met: the receiver has a fixed magazine with no more than 10 cartridges - in which case the rifle may have pistol grips, folding or collapsing stocks, etc.; or, the receiver may have a detachable magazine but may NOT possess any sort of attachment such as pistol grips, folding or collapsing stocks, etc."
As I understand it, at the moment you can build one with all the bells and whistles if you have a fixed magazine, or you can build a plain vanilla one with a detachable mag. You just can't have it both ways. And they can't ban them retroactively. If you build one that later is added to the list, you can grandfather it in, register it as an "assault rifle" and legally keep it.
Sorry for the sidetrack, Pred. That's a nice little set you have there. How do you get along with that CZ-52? I've been thinking about getting one this year.
I got the CZ-52 for Christmas. I haven't had a chance to fire it yet, but hopefully I can take that and my Glock out before long when the weather gets just a little bit nicer.
