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Rogers & Spencer Revolver.
I have examoles of both Colt and Remington reproduction revolvers preferring the Colt for its looks and the Remington for its practicality. I am thinking about adding a Rogers & Spencer as Henry Krank still have limited numbers of Euroarms made revolvers in stock.
Does anybody have any experience of how these revolvers compare with the far more common Colts and Remingtons ?
Brian
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I spent a bit of time with this one a while ago.
http://https://i.ibb.co/VJy6kvp/AAD0-D3-A7-...14629092-E.png
http://https://i.ibb.co/bz0wx04/414-BA96-A-...1945-AB6-B.png
http://https://i.ibb.co/gTMCJKf/866-A0-B22-...E4112-D1-F.jpg
I really liked it, it was a good solid gun.
That one had been well used but it had a quality feel to it, everything was still as tight as a drum, i image a new one would be a lovely thing.
IIRC it was a little heavier than the Remington but for me not unpleasantly so.
I would say you could do a lot worse.
Last edited by rapidboy1; 01-11-2021 at 08:31 AM.
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Had one for about 10 years, loved it but sold it to a mate to fund another ROA. Nice big grips and the nipples point slightly
out making fitting the caps easier. Mine was the fixed sight stainless version. Really nice revolver to own and use.
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I've got one. It is worth checking the loading plunger lever as they break if the screw that releases it for disassembly is not in the right position when you load it.
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I have a 1982 one that still shoots very well. The ram pin is a week point though, as pointed out they can fail and are almost impossible to get replaced - I actually prefer it to the ROA I used to own.
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I work loads on old original guns, so the R&Sīs sure come in the door too. A tad over 5000 are said to have been made, and many of them in fair to really nice condition to this day as they were never issued during the conflict.
To late for the party.
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*rant on* As stated, i work on old guns. Get paid to that is, and i for the life of me can not understand why it is so hard to some to take to heart that no matter you use the piece or just collect them.. DO THE MAINTENANCE!
WHY is this so hard to take to heart? Nothing R&S specific, but iīve had rifle barrels out of stocks.. guns looking a million bux on the outside, left to rust til hell freezes over beneath the stock line.
Itīs not like itīs especially hard... *rant off*
Btw. The R&S are often haussed as far as their ergonomics. Might be, i say in that a case try an old Freeman Army out. Freeman was made at Hoards armory, that in essence made their living off of making muskets for the war effort, and that endeavor about made Hoards go belly up. So. They put the machines and what not up for sale, which came to be the foundation for the Rogers&Spencer revolvers.
Freeman revolvers though were way more than that, rather "modern" in their approach. Like shrouded nipples .. tapered barrel and what not, and the lock for the cylinder in turn...
Scarce though. Only about 2000 were ever made, and that during 1863/64 according to legend. A so called secondary martial arm.
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