Sounds like a busy day!
As a Milky Bar Kid I can see why the real Colt was the favoured Wild West tool.
I wouldn’t want to lug a Schofield around!
Thats why you needed a horse to carry it for you.
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Sounds like a busy day!
As a Milky Bar Kid I can see why the real Colt was the favoured Wild West tool.
I wouldn’t want to lug a Schofield around!
Thats why you needed a horse to carry it for you.
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Lol, and backed up by the fact that the Colt Peacemaker is by far the sexiest looking, too, BUT the build and finish quality on the Schofield raises this particular range of Co2 pistols to another level -- a little like comparing an HW80 to a BSA Super Sport?Originally Posted by gingernut
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I have now looked down barrels on both Schofield models ( I was too dumb to remove the top cartridge before!)
There is no difference ,they are both smooth bore.
So buy whichever gun and ammo you fancy.
My RFD has spare shells so guess they are available.
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I picked up a Schofield today, the steel grey bb one with white grips and what a beautiful gun it is.I found the action with shells in the cylinder a little stiff on cocking as a couple,but not all of the shell rims would bind slightly on the synthetic valve port face,a little pelgunoil smeared on this part freed things up plus a little judicious oiling elsewhere also helped.The action is now slick,quick and smooth!
The Schofield with Umarex bb's is accurate and at half a dozen yards shoots to point of aim and groups well.The sights provide a very good sight picture,clearer than the Colt or Remington's sight pictures.
Whilst in the shop I was seduced by the stunning beauty of a 7.5" barrelled pellet Umarex Colt SAA.The blued finish very much mimicking nitre blued steel and with ivory grips the gun is exquisite,indeed,so it came home with me,too!
A couple of very enjoyable hours have just been spent in the garage shooting paper groups and peppering steel soup cans something the bb shooters excel at!
The 7.5" SAA seems to have a bit more power than the 5.5" barrelled ones as one would expect from a longer barrel on a Co2 pistol,which was welcome.
Happy days,I wonder what will appear next from days of yore in a Co2 replica........
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I would love to see and own a Co2 Mars pistol as I will probably never see let alone own a real one.
FWB P8X,Hammerli AP40, Steyr LP1 Walther LPM-1, CPM-1, CP1, CP2, LP3, LP53, LP300, LP400, Terrus, Pardini P10, FX Wildcat .177, HW100 .22, AA S410 .22, BSA R10 MK2 .177, , HW77, 80, 90 BB AK47, S&W 586 and more blow back Co2 BBs than you can shake a stick at
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Yes,there are a number of early semi-autos that would be nice to see in a Co2 replica my favourite being the Steyr...
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It was Jesse James's revolver of choice, not a bad pedigree
https://youtu.be/kBjCO5YnoD4
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Indeed it was. The Smith & Wesson Schofield was always noted as Jessie James's pistol of choice. And forget the film deviations, for the S&W Model 3, the S&W Army, and the S&W Schofield (difference between these three being the styles of break latches, only, otherwise they are all basically the same pistol) were also the hand guns which Wyatt Earp et al used during the 'Gunfight at the OK Corral' in Tombstone, Arizona, back in 1881, with several involved actually using the fully fledged Schofield, due to its ease of reloading.
Yep, the Schofield had -- and has -- all the pedigree needed to propel it to being the number one post Civil War Wild West American pistol of choice -- very closely followed by the sexier looking (but less easy to re-load) Colt Peacemaker.
I did a whole module on the history of America's frontiersmen and the expansion West, as part of my degree back in the day, as being a child of the 1960s and 1970s when the Wild West ruled our three channel TV screens, I just can't help but love that whole 'Cowboy' period of history.
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I love the idea of doing a degree partly based on the Old West. Like you I revelled in the exploits of The Virginian, The High Chapparal, Wagon Train & of course Clint in Rawhide. Much later on a brother in law lent me a set of Time Life books that covered life in the Old West. What an eye opener!! The best bit now is that I get the chance to relive all those "gun fights" of my childhood. Happy Days indeedI did a whole module on the history of America's frontiersmen and the expansion West, as part of my degree back in the day, as being a child of the 1960s and 1970s when the Wild West ruled our three channel TV screens, I just can't help but love that whole 'Cowboy' period of history.
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Yep those were all good shows. From your list I especially liked The Virginian (much better than Bonanza imo), but my two favourites as a boy were Alias Smith & Jones (the name of which was parodied by a comedy sketch show in the 1980s which went by the name of Alass Smith & Jones and featured Mel Smith and Griff Jones), and Branded. Remember that one?
I love the idea of doing a degree partly based on the Old West. Like you I revelled in the exploits of The Virginian, The High Chapparal, Wagon Train & of course Clint in Rawhide. Much later on a brother in law lent me a set of Time Life books that covered life in the Old West. What an eye opener!! The best bit now is that I get the chance to relive all those "gun fights" of my childhood. Happy Days indeed
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The immortal Chuck Connors
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXlUS5-ag_g
Dave Allen did a spoof of the opening sequence. He played the part of the CO. He went through all the motions but when it came to the sword breaking part he didn't turn the blade & cut off his leg
I miss Alas Smith & Jones, I loved their head to head sketches.
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Some bb Schofields are reluctant to rotate pellet shells so we can’t assume shells are interchangeable.
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Wow! Thanks for the link. Yep, that's the one, takes me right back, cheers.
The immortal Chuck Connors
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXlUS5-ag_g
Dave Allen did a spoof of the opening sequence. He played the part of the CO. He went through all the motions but when it came to the sword breaking part he didn't turn the blade & cut off his leg
I miss Alas Smith & Jones, I loved their head to head sketches.
Yep, I remember that Dave Allen sketch from the day, as it made me laugh, and ...
Like you, I really liked Alas Smith & Jones, too, but I miss Alias Smith & Jones more.
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