Cleaning a SA revolver

[Travlin]

Markiver54
Amen on the clip/ magazine difference. I am glad that I am not the only one. Another pet peeve is folks saying "cinder block" when it is really a concrete block. Cinder blocks were made from cinders left over from burning coal mostly in northeast Penn. and the triple cities area of New York State and †hey are charcoal black in color.

[Mags]

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Living in the volcanic PNW, I had thought cinder blocks were made from volcanic cinder, sand and Portland cement.

[markiver54]

I think one of my biggest peeves is people saying, Hot Water Heater!
Correct me if I'm wrong, but, if the water is already hot, it doesn't need to be heated! it's a WATER HEATER!
I've even heard plumbers and people in the industry saying it.

[Mags]

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I like my hot water heater.... It keeps the water hot.

[BigAl52]

Kinda a like 45 Long Colt Its 45 Colt not Long Colt

[markiver54]

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I like my hot water heater.... It keeps the water hot.

Were you a plumber Mags?... JK

[Travlin]

They are called "45 Long Colt" because of two reasons. The first was to keep from confusing it with the 45 S&W cartridge that was shorter. The other was that at one time Remington made a shorter cartridge with a small powder charge . This fact can be found in Elmer Keith's writings. I believe his book SIXGUNS.

[Travlin]

Mags,
In the early fifties, my father and grandfather as carpenters worked on a subdivision called CINDER CITY. It was in the Broome County ,(Binghamton) area of New York State.

[BigAl52]

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What's the difference between a .45 colt and a .45 long colt?
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Garret Hannegan
Garret Hannegan, 30 years shooting and testing handguns and ammunition
Answered Apr 5 2018
From Wikipedia:
"The .45 Colt, which is sometimes called .45 Long Colt (.45 LC) (11.43×33mmR) cartridge, is a handgun cartridge dating to 1872. It is a black-powder revolver round developed for the Colt Single Action Army revolver. This cartridge was adopted by the U.S. Army in 1873 and served as an official US military handgun cartridge for 14 years. While it is sometimes referred to as .45 Long Colt or .45 LC, to differentiate it from the very popular and ubiquitous .45 ACP, and historically, the shorter .45 S&W Schofield, it was only an unofficial designation by Army quartermasters.[1] C...(more)

Here is what I found Travelin for what its worth. It maybe called that but its only to prevent confusion IMHO

[Mags]

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adding to the story... Some army units at the time were issued S&W Schofield revolvers. Unfortunately, the revolver used a shorter proprietary cartridge that soon created a problem of logistics. Cases of ordinance were simply marked “Pistol, 45 caliber”. The longer rounds were being shipped to units that were armed with the M1875 Schofields and the end result was that the longer rounds would not chamber in these revolvers. The Colt shooters could easily use the shorter Smith & Wesson cartridge, so the quartermasters began referring to the Colt round as “45 Long Colt”.

[Travlin]

One of the wonderful things about a meeting place such as this is that it tends to stimulate an exchange of information about many interesting topics. And so we all learn from it . Thank you to all who contributed.

[Mags]

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Finally got around to checking out what I actually do. Trigger just to the right of old school. Trigger right in the first joint. So next time out I'll practice trigger in the center of the first finger pad.

. . . where you place your finger on the trigger can affect point of impact, even windage.

Interesting that you pointed that out. I had been working on zeroing my 1894C and have been shooting a little to the right. After soon reach, I can across these graphs. Now, I am focusing more of finger placement, before I make any adjustments for windage. Due to a heavy trigger pull, I have noticed that I use more of the old-style when shooting my 1894C. So, I plan to keep shooting it, until the fire control wears in. Then, I suspect the pull will be lighter. I noticed that it is a bit lighter (about 350 rounds later) on my 336W now. My H009 seems to be oaky. It seems to have a smooth predicable pull. But, I seem to use the old-style with it also.

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