Brass or steel frame?

cottontop · January 29, 2010, 04:21 PM

I have been considering getting started in the C&B addiction. I am curious about the difference in performance and durability of brass compared to steel frames. Do the brass frames not hold up as well? Thanks in advance for your replies.

robhof · January 29, 2010, 07:35 PM

This has been covered several times, do a search for more details, but in short, the steel frames are stronger and can take repeated firings of full charges with no damage, the brass with repeated full charges will stretch and work loose as well as deform the blast shield. There are many very old brassers still in use and with light to moderate charges they will last many years.

cottontop · January 29, 2010, 10:29 PM

Thanks for the reply. I will do a search for related topics when I get home, it's a little more difficult on my blackberry. Common sense was pointing me in the direction of your answer.

Fingers McGee · January 29, 2010, 11:44 PM

Mary Ann

RC Cola

Tastes Great

DrLaw · January 30, 2010, 12:15 AM

Also Mary Ann, also Royal Crown, but really, really like Canfield's Swiss Cream and Vernor's.

So in other words, properly taken care of, it is 6 of one and a half dozen of the other as concerns brass and steel frames.

The Doc is out now.

arcticap · January 30, 2010, 04:32 AM

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Colt replicas, brass or steel frame cap and ball revolvers, which do you prefer and i

cottontop · January 30, 2010, 11:32 AM

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mykeal · January 30, 2010, 02:26 PM

It's even sadder that some people can't take good natured ribbing with a sense of humor. There were no personal attacks or denigration in anything that was written by anyone, until the OP decided to start name calling.

The issue of brass vs steel framed revolvers gets debated virtually every day on this and several other forums. It's entirely reasonable that it would occasionally be the subject of some joking. It's entirely unreasonable that someone would use that to begin a personal attack on people whose purpose was humor without putting anyone down.

January 29, 2010, 04:21 PM	#1
cottontop Member Join Date: October 9, 2008 Posts: 15	Brass or steel frame? I have been considering getting started in the C&B addiction. I am curious about the difference in performance and durability of brass compared to steel frames. Do the brass frames not hold up as well? Thanks in advance for your replies.

January 29, 2010, 07:35 PM	#2
robhof Senior Member Join Date: September 16, 2007 Posts: 712	robhof This has been covered several times, do a search for more details, but in short, the steel frames are stronger and can take repeated firings of full charges with no damage, the brass with repeated full charges will stretch and work loose as well as deform the blast shield. There are many very old brassers still in use and with light to moderate charges they will last many years.

January 29, 2010, 11:44 PM	#4
Fingers McGee Senior Member Join Date: March 19, 2008 Location: High & Dry in Missouri Ozarks Posts: 2,113	Mary Ann RC Cola Tastes Great __________________ 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

January 30, 2010, 12:15 AM	#5
DrLaw Senior Member Join Date: June 3, 2007 Location: Wild Western Illinois Posts: 559	Also Mary Ann, also Royal Crown, but really, really like Canfield's Swiss Cream and Vernor's. So in other words, properly taken care of, it is 6 of one and a half dozen of the other as concerns brass and steel frames. The Doc is out now. __________________ General McAuliffe said it best "Nuts."

January 30, 2010, 11:32 AM	#7
cottontop Member Join Date: October 9, 2008 Posts: 15	static removed Last edited by 4V50 Gary; January 30, 2010 at 02:44 PM. Reason: noise deleted

January 29, 2010, 10:29 PM	#3
cottontop Member Join Date: October 9, 2008 Posts: 15	Thanks for the reply. I will do a search for related topics when I get home, it's a little more difficult on my blackberry. Common sense was pointing me in the direction of your answer.

January 30, 2010, 02:26 PM	#8
mykeal Senior Member Join Date: October 8, 2006 Location: Northern Michigan Posts: 2,772	It's even sadder that some people can't take good natured ribbing with a sense of humor. There were no personal attacks or denigration in anything that was written by anyone, until the OP decided to start name calling. The issue of brass vs steel framed revolvers gets debated virtually every day on this and several other forums. It's entirely reasonable that it would occasionally be the subject of some joking. It's entirely unreasonable that someone would use that to begin a personal attack on people whose purpose was humor without putting anyone down.