Should it Stay, or Should it Go?

kwhi43 · May 15, 2010, 08:00 PM

Since I put the Howell 45 Colt cylinder in my 1851 Sheriffs Model, I took off
the loading lever. I don't know about the looks though. What do you all think?
Should it stay, or should it go?? Does make for a more compact gun.

robhof · May 15, 2010, 08:38 PM

It kind of looks like a king size version of the Wells Fargo. It does make it sleeker and if it's not necessary, why put it on, it only adds weight.

Tomsfiretruck · May 15, 2010, 08:52 PM

IMHO................It just looks funky without the loading lever

SouthCali · May 15, 2010, 08:56 PM

looks better without, imo

arcticap · May 15, 2010, 09:00 PM

The extra weight should help to compensate a little bit for the muzzle rise, and leaving it off makes it more sleek and handy.
Choosing whether to keep it on or not depends on how you feel when you shoot it.
Shoot it both ways and then whichever configuration it's left as will end up proving to be the most suitable.

copdills · May 15, 2010, 09:12 PM

I like it on , if the recoil from 45 lc don't make it drop

ebr-lvr · May 15, 2010, 09:12 PM

I like it sans lever, definately !!

Fingers McGee · May 15, 2010, 10:09 PM

leave it on. Pistol looks naked without it

FM

CajunPowder · May 15, 2010, 10:15 PM

I think leaving it off gives you the opportunity to look at it an mull over a modification that will add value and utility to the piece ... that also takes the place visually of the loading lever ... somewhat.

Like a detachable shell poker for that day when you get a cracked-burned-bulged case that is stuck in one of the chambers.

Also, if you are using it for carry, leave the lever off, you cannot have any chance AT ALL of having the lever interfere with its operation.

MODS:

- itty-bitty, teeny-tiny NAA laser under the barrel ! Old World meets NEW

- rod or wooden stick, (blued), that cosmetically looks like the loading lever.
- for poking a shell out on reload.
- for running a patch through the bore

- bayonet attachment ... Just Sayin' ...

- grenade launcher attachment, (get this from ClemBert).

suzukibruce · May 15, 2010, 11:11 PM

dont forget a utg quad rail.... nice peice btw i like it better without it

madcratebuilder · May 16, 2010, 06:48 AM

Real SA revolvers have loading levers...except the Paterson.

Dino. · May 16, 2010, 08:27 AM

Looks pretty good either way, IMO.
I'd maybe just switch up from time to time.

Hardcase · May 16, 2010, 01:18 PM

I'm with Dino on this one. It's a beauty either way!

460SW · May 16, 2010, 05:31 PM

No Loading Lever Here Folks...

Not much of a Barrel either..

Hawg · May 16, 2010, 05:43 PM

Quote:

No Loading Lever Here Folks...

Awww man, it's just crying for one.

bedbugbilly · May 16, 2010, 06:00 PM

Not that my opinion is worth anything . . . cause it isn't.

My vote though, is to take the loading lever off. Obviously, it looks good with and wothout . . . but . . . . think about if this had been a conversion done to the pistol, say, in 1880. The loading lever is no longer functional so it really doesn't serve a purpose. If I was a cowpoke that was going to carry this, I think I'd like the fact that it was more streamlined without the lever and in my mind (whether it was true or not), I'd probably be thinking that with a new holster contoured for the new shape without the loading lever, it would "clear" leather faster when I needed it. After all, now that it's converted to those new fangled self contained cartridges, it will never be re-converted back to cap and ball. Just my 2 cents worth which ain't worth the copper it took to strike 'em! Either way . . . . you've got one fine looking revolver! I hope it brings you many hours of enjoyment!

kwhi43 · May 16, 2010, 07:13 PM

Thinking about selling it to buy my next toy. Haven't even shot it yet!

Hawg · May 16, 2010, 07:20 PM

Quote:

If a pair of '51 Navies were good enough for Billy Hickok, then a single Navy on my right hip is good enough for me . . . besides . . . I'm probably only half as good as he was anyways.

Then wouldn't you need four?

RemTim · May 16, 2010, 08:06 PM

460sw, that is sweet!! Yours too kwhi. Yours looks great both ways!

ClemBert · May 17, 2010, 09:32 PM

ON

May 15, 2010, 08:00 PM	#1
kwhi43 Senior Member Join Date: August 21, 2008 Location: Kansas City Posts: 1,393	Should it Stay, or Should it Go? Since I put the Howell 45 Colt cylinder in my 1851 Sheriffs Model, I took off the loading lever. I don't know about the looks though. What do you all think? Should it stay, or should it go?? Does make for a more compact gun.

May 15, 2010, 08:38 PM	#2
robhof Senior Member Join Date: September 16, 2007 Posts: 712	robhof It kind of looks like a king size version of the Wells Fargo. It does make it sleeker and if it's not necessary, why put it on, it only adds weight.

May 15, 2010, 08:52 PM	#3
Tomsfiretruck Member Join Date: November 29, 2009 Location: Temple, TX Posts: 24	Loading lever IMHO................It just looks funky without the loading lever

May 15, 2010, 09:12 PM	#7
ebr-lvr Member Join Date: March 16, 2010 Location: missouri hollar Posts: 56	I like it sans lever, definately !! __________________ Col. Jeff Cooper..remembered When a deadly situation presents,One will not "rise to the occasion" but will " default to his highest level of training"

May 15, 2010, 10:09 PM	#8
Fingers McGee Senior Member Join Date: March 19, 2008 Location: High & Dry in Missouri Ozarks Posts: 2,113	leave it on. Pistol looks naked without it FM __________________ Fingers (Show Me MO smoke) McGee - AKA Man of Many Colts - Alter ego of Diabolical Ken; SASS Regulator 28564-L-TG; Rangemaster and stage writer extraordinaire; Frontiersman, Pistoleer, NRA Endowment Life, NMLRA, SAF, CCRKBA, STORM 327, SV115; Charter member, Central Ozarks Western Shooters Cynic: A blackguard whose faulty vision see things as they are, not as they should be. Ambrose Bierce

May 15, 2010, 08:56 PM	#4
SouthCali Junior member Join Date: May 1, 2010 Posts: 195	looks better without, imo

May 15, 2010, 09:00 PM	#5
arcticap Senior Member Join Date: March 15, 2005 Location: Central Connecticut Posts: 3,166	The extra weight should help to compensate a little bit for the muzzle rise, and leaving it off makes it more sleek and handy. Choosing whether to keep it on or not depends on how you feel when you shoot it. Shoot it both ways and then whichever configuration it's left as will end up proving to be the most suitable.

May 15, 2010, 09:12 PM	#6
copdills Member Join Date: June 18, 2007 Location: Clover South Carolina Posts: 62	I like it on , if the recoil from 45 lc don't make it drop

May 15, 2010, 10:15 PM	#9
CajunPowder Junior member Join Date: April 1, 2010 Location: Louisiana - Cajun Triangle Posts: 223	OFF ! I think leaving it off gives you the opportunity to look at it an mull over a modification that will add value and utility to the piece ... that also takes the place visually of the loading lever ... somewhat. Like a detachable shell poker for that day when you get a cracked-burned-bulged case that is stuck in one of the chambers. Also, if you are using it for carry, leave the lever off, you cannot have any chance AT ALL of having the lever interfere with its operation. MODS: - itty-bitty, teeny-tiny NAA laser under the barrel ! Old World meets NEW - rod or wooden stick, (blued), that cosmetically looks like the loading lever. - for poking a shell out on reload. - for running a patch through the bore - bayonet attachment ... Just Sayin' ... - grenade launcher attachment, (get this from ClemBert).

May 15, 2010, 11:11 PM	#10
suzukibruce Senior Member Join Date: May 14, 2010 Location: camden maine Posts: 137	dont forget a utg quad rail.... nice peice btw i like it better without it

May 16, 2010, 06:48 AM	#11
madcratebuilder Senior Member Join Date: November 2, 2007 Location: Northern Orygun Posts: 4,923	Real SA revolvers have loading levers...except the Paterson.

May 16, 2010, 08:27 AM	#12
Dino. Junior member Join Date: November 2, 2006 Posts: 908	Looks pretty good either way, IMO. I'd maybe just switch up from time to time.

May 16, 2010, 01:18 PM	#13
Hardcase Senior Member Join Date: April 14, 2009 Location: Sunny Southern Idaho Posts: 1,909	I'm with Dino on this one. It's a beauty either way! __________________ Well we don't rent pigs and I figure it's better to say it right out front because a man that does like to rent pigs is... he's hard to stop - Gus McCrae

May 16, 2010, 05:31 PM	#14
460SW Member Join Date: October 29, 2008 Posts: 21	No Loading Lever Here Folks... Not much of a Barrel either..

May 16, 2010, 06:00 PM	#16
bedbugbilly Senior Member Join Date: November 19, 2009 Posts: 3,287	Not that my opinion is worth anything . . . cause it isn't. My vote though, is to take the loading lever off. Obviously, it looks good with and wothout . . . but . . . . think about if this had been a conversion done to the pistol, say, in 1880. The loading lever is no longer functional so it really doesn't serve a purpose. If I was a cowpoke that was going to carry this, I think I'd like the fact that it was more streamlined without the lever and in my mind (whether it was true or not), I'd probably be thinking that with a new holster contoured for the new shape without the loading lever, it would "clear" leather faster when I needed it. After all, now that it's converted to those new fangled self contained cartridges, it will never be re-converted back to cap and ball. Just my 2 cents worth which ain't worth the copper it took to strike 'em! Either way . . . . you've got one fine looking revolver! I hope it brings you many hours of enjoyment! __________________ If a pair of '51 Navies were good enough for Billy Hickok, then a single Navy on my right hip is good enough for me . . . besides . . . I'm probably only half as good as he was anyways. Hiram's Rangers Badge #63

May 16, 2010, 07:13 PM	#17
kwhi43 Senior Member Join Date: August 21, 2008 Location: Kansas City Posts: 1,393	Thinking about selling it to buy my next toy. Haven't even shot it yet!

May 16, 2010, 08:06 PM	#19
RemTim Junior member Join Date: April 10, 2010 Location: North Carolina Posts: 225	460sw, that is sweet!! Yours too kwhi. Yours looks great both ways!

May 17, 2010, 09:32 PM	#20
ClemBert Senior Member Join Date: March 2, 2009 Location: Orlando Posts: 936	ON

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