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Just as a sidelight. The Army solved the ammunition problem for the SAA and the Schofield in a simple way. They never made or issued ANY .45 Colt* ammunition from 1874 to the end of the single action era. All the revolver ammuntion made at Frankford (and the Army issued nothing else) was of the intermediate length which could be used in either revolver.
In fact, the Army never issued ANY .45 Colt ammunition after 1874. While testing what became the Model 1909, the Army found that the small rim of the .45 Colt caused the case to jump the extractor and hang up the gun. So they had Frankford make a special cartridge with a larger rim and that was the issue ammunition with the Model 1909 revolver.
*.45 Long Colt if you prefer.
Jim
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