Re: strength of investment castings: the high stresses of firing referred to do not matter, as the cylinder and barrel, which carry these stresses, are made from bar stock, not castings.
Discuss the Colt Cowboy for me......
I have never seen a Colt Cowboy other than magazine ads and some mention in magazine articles. I would appreciate it if someone would give a brief history and description of the revolver. I never heard of its use outside of Cowboy Action Shooting. Was the gun of interest to casual shooters and/or outdoorsmen? Where did it fit in the array of Italian replicas, and how did it compare to them and Rugers?
Bob Wright
Bob Wright
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A lot of people thought the same thing Jim, that Coca Cola had made a terrible mistake.`Although the product wasn`t received well by the masses, it got the company a whole lot more shelf space than they had before. About a year or so before the new Classic Coke was launched, Coca Cola was losing quite a chunk of their market share to Pepsi.
Bud
Bud
About a year after the "cowboy" came out the head of sales @ Colt called me [I won't use his name,he's no longer there] & wanted me to do an action job on a Colt for him,when he got it back he said he didn't know that a colt action could be done this nice w/genuine Colt parts & not use piano wire springs,then he asked me what I thought of the "cowboy"-I told him I didn't like it & wouldn't own one & that I'd re-named it "the coca cola colt",he asked why & I asked him if he rememberd when coke changed the recipe & it turned out to be a disaster & he said yes,I told him that that's what Colt has done by bringing out the cowboy & that it was the same kind of a mistake.
As to the stress incurred during firing, the barrel and cyinder do take the stress of pressure, but the frame takes a considerable of stress from recoil. The top strap is placed under considerable tension at the firing of the round from the inetia of the barrel.
I can tell you from experience having stretched a top strap until the rear of the cylinder bound against the top of the frame!
Bob Wright
I can tell you from experience having stretched a top strap until the rear of the cylinder bound against the top of the frame!
Bob Wright
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