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**Aguila Blanca** · May 12, 2013, 09:58 AM

Cimarron offers some nice pistols, but I don't care for the Thunderer because it's pretending to be something it isn't. The Colt M1877 (which is called the "Thunderer," but was not so designated by the factory) was a double action revolver chambered in .41 Long Colt, with a distinctive variant of a birdshead grip. Now, Cimarron comes along and slaps a reproduction of the M1877 grip into a single action pistol chambered in .45 Colt and they call it "Thunderer." I don't approve of such playing fast and loose with historical references.

Further, the grip design (and the entire M1877 line) was not designed for nor offered in the .45 Colt chambering, and the grip design probably isn't well suited to such a powerful cartridge. The original chamberings were .32 Colt ("Rainmaker"), .38 Long Colt ("Lightning"), and .41 Long Colt ("Thunderer").

May 12, 2013, 09:58 AM	#16
Aguila Blanca Staff Join Date: September 25, 2008 Location: CONUS Posts: 18,473	Cimarron offers some nice pistols, but I don't care for the Thunderer because it's pretending to be something it isn't. The Colt M1877 (which is called the "Thunderer," but was not so designated by the factory) was a double action revolver chambered in .41 Long Colt, with a distinctive variant of a birdshead grip. Now, Cimarron comes along and slaps a reproduction of the M1877 grip into a single action pistol chambered in .45 Colt and they call it "Thunderer." I don't approve of such playing fast and loose with historical references. Further, the grip design (and the entire M1877 line) was not designed for nor offered in the .45 Colt chambering, and the grip design probably isn't well suited to such a powerful cartridge. The original chamberings were .32 Colt ("Rainmaker"), .38 Long Colt ("Lightning"), and .41 Long Colt ("Thunderer").