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Old March 29, 2013, 02:13 PM   #27
Bart Noir
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I dearly wish I had not sold that Cattleman I had, since it had been given lots of attention by a good gunsmith and had a great trigger pull and a beautiful dark wood grip. Dang me!

The safety in the hammer is a very nice addition. You can have all the fun of the traditional Colt loading method and yet have the ability to safely carry 6 rounds.

What, you say! IIRC the Uberti manual says that it is safe to carry 6, if you just draw the hammer back a short distance after loading. The safety is then engaged and blocks the hammer from moving forward enough to fire the round, as mentioned above.

Let me be the first to mention the brass grip frame on the OP's gun. That is not authentic to the real cartridge Colts of the 1800s and it is a sign of this one being the cheap version of the Cattleman.

Colts certainly did make cap-n-ball revolvers with brass grip frames.

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