Schofields

[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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