Schofields

[Gareth W-B]

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Fantastic initial review. Thanks Patric. Mine arrives this weekend. Can't wait (but guess I'll have to, lol ). Atb: G.

[Bjacobs571]

I handled one of these in Protek last week. They look very nice and have the weight and feel of the real thing. I have a deactivated uberti copy of one of these.
Funny you were testing one on a Red bob target as he bought one of the pellet firing ones last Friday

[mrto]

Thanks for the quick review,Patrick.Do you have a favourite yet of the two Schofields as I am poised and ready to buy one,though I know inevitably I will get both!

ATB.

[gingernut]

I don’t think I have a favourite MrT hence the double purchase.

I doubt the bb model will be as accurate as the pellet one but it a great looking gun.

I don’t know if you can shoot pellets through the bb one.
Barrels look the same but you can’t really see.

Bb shells load at front pellet at rear hence pellet supposed to be bit more powerful.

Hope to get to the range as it warms up a bit.

Incidentally I never did get spare Peacemaker grips.
Just swap them around now and again.

[mrto]

I don’t think I have a favourite MrT hence the double purchase.

I doubt the bb model will be as accurate as the pellet one but it a great looking gun.

I don’t know if you can shoot pellets through the bb one.
Barrels look the same but you can’t really see.

Bb shells load at front pellet at rear hence pellet supposed to be bit more powerful.

Hope to get to the range as it warms up a bit.

Incidentally I never did get spare Peacemaker grips.
Just swap them around now and again.

Thanks Patrick,maybe I'll get the pellet version first for a change this time although I prefer the nickel and white grip look as I'm sure you well know.

I didn't find my 'friendly' local gun store helpful in the slightest when it came to ordering spare anything from Umarex,so I
will grip swap from time to time as the mood takes me.


Regards,
Mark.

[gingernut]

Thanks Patrick,maybe I'll get the pellet version first for a change this time although I prefer the nickel and white grip look as I'm sure you well know.

I didn't find my 'friendly' local gun store helpful in the slightest when it came to ordering spare anything from Umarex,so I
will grip swap from time to time as the mood takes me.


Regards,
Mark.

I wanted to put the nice black Ranger grips on a nickel one Mark but only the co2 side comes off.
Their is no screw on the other side because of the badge.
I think there are two little internal screws that I need to look at.

They will look great.

As you know the ivory grips on the gloss black are nice too.
Little things.....

But Umarex are missing a trick here I think.
Must be a profit in grips.

[mrto]

I wanted to put the nice black Ranger grips on a nickel one Mark but only the co2 side comes off.
Their is no screw on the other side because of the badge.
I think there are two little internal screws that I need to look at.

They will look great.

As you know the ivory grips on the gloss black are nice too.
Little things.....

But Umarex are missing a trick here I think.
Must be a profit in grips.

A cased pair of nickel SAA's,one with white grips and one with black grips would look nice.I agree Umarex would do well to make a selection of colours available in after market grips.

I suspect,though they like to control the colour configuration as a way to sell the same gun many times over.

Thankfully, there is now robust competition to Umarex in Western revolvers, let's hope another company makes an SAA available,but with removable cylinder as Umarex should have done....

[Gareth W-B]

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Fantastic initial review. Thanks Patric. Mine arrives this weekend. Can't wait (but guess I'll have to, lol ). Atb: G.

It's here! ... I went for the antique finished BB firing example with the faux ivory grips. The finish is truly fantastic. No wonder Taiwan wanted to ensure their country's name was on it as the country of origin via the wording 'MADE IN TAIWAN' as Patric has pointed out? But seeing as how said acid etched wording is no more than ten point tall, no more than an inch in length, and subtly only on the right hand side just above the grip, seriously, as Patric also pointed out, this really is not a problem.

The break-action is similar to that on my Webley MkVI antique finish BB pistol, and also as with my Webley MkVI, the Schofield incorporates an intriguing mechanism which pushes the cartridges up off their seats as the pistol is broken to aid their easy removal/replacement.

Being the BB version, loading the cartridges is simple as they load from the front, so all I do is pour a hand full of BB shot into an old up-turned Pringles lid (the lip stops the shot from escaping), then one by one place a removed cartridge front tip over a BB (holed to accommodate the ball), gently press down to secure the shot in place (learned this trick with my Webley, whose cartridges also load from the front), re-load all six to the revolver mechanism, and once loaded, close the barrel mechanism, and Bob is your Uncle.

Accuracy at ten yards while I am getting used to my new BB Schofield this morning already seems considerably better than with my BB Peacemaker, and on an even parr with my aforementioned Webley BB Mk.VI. Further up-dates to follow, but at present, am thoroughly delighted, and can't see that changing any time soon. As said, more later . Atb: G.

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[Gareth W-B]

Accuracy at ten yards while I am getting used to my new BB Schofield this morning already seems considerably better than with my BB Peacemaker, and on an even parr with my aforementioned Webley BB Mk.VI. Further up-dates to follow, but at present, am thoroughly delighted, and can't see that changing any time soon. As said, more later . Atb: G.

At 10 yards the Schofield BB gave me 10p piece sized groups of six shots;
At 10 yards the Peacemaker BB gave me 2p piece sized groups of six shots, and
At 10 yards the Webley Mk.VI BB gave me 10p piece sized groups of six shots, too.

All three gave/give me X70 good power shots followed by x12+ okay plinking shots per Co2 bulb (envisage this increasing as the weather warms), and all three are a delight to own, cherish, and shoot -- although on many levels, my new Schofield is the best of the batch by far (here, however, I may be currently slightly bias, as at present said Schofield is enjoying the mantle of newest toy syndrome lol ) ...

[gingernut]

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.

[Gareth W-B]

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.

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?

[gingernut]

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.

[mrto]

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........

[Paul55]

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.

It was Jesse James's revolver of choice, not a bad pedigree

https://youtu.be/kBjCO5YnoD4

[Gareth W-B]

It was Jesse James's revolver of choice, not a bad pedigree

https://youtu.be/kBjCO5YnoD4

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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