Picked up the Schofield .45 today!

Brought along my bore light and feeler gauge to check it out good after my previous Ruger Alaskan issues!
Ruger needs to take lessons from Uberti on first run Quality off of this one as it is right on with .004-.005 cylinder gap and no end play movement at all on cylinder plus when hammer is pulled back the cylinder is locked up tight without any kind of rotational movement it is like that when hammer is down also.
Fit finish and bluing is right on the money.
Very pleased with the Schofield and now I need a break in this endless rain to get some range time with it!

Well I'll be the first to say, WOW! How nice. I just watched the movie 3:10 To Yuma, one of the bad guys had a Schofield. If it's possible will you post some more pictures of it open and how the mechanism works? Does it eject all the empties at once?

If I ever have the money - a 5.5" in 45 Colt would be mine. TD

You don't see these very often and while checking out Buds Gun Shop online I found they had some in stock...had to grab one. The 5.5 inch would be a nice one too!
Yes..when you break it open the empties go flying.

One nice revolver! Always like that gun but never had the $$ to get one.

The speed unloader function...practice practice! :mrgreen:
https://www.facebook.com/larry.strum.3/videos/10204473269270922/?l=8209451000060229511

I love those revolvers. S&W made a few, but they ran around $2k.

There's a feller at the gun club that often brings his .44 Russian version of this gun. It is really gorgeous. And what a great shooter it is! 8)

WAYNO.

Real nice!

In my opinion, one of the classiest revolvers ever made.

I found a blue 45 Colt and recently found a nickel 45 Colt for less than the blue version

What an absolutely gorgeous gun!

Thought I would have to find a Schofield type holster but maybe I lucked out as my old holster I had
made for my SBH Hunter .44 Mag seems to fit the gun well enough! It has the needed clearance for the latch button.

I'd love to own a S&W.

Great looking revolver there. What kind of accuracy are you getting? I assume it will accept standard velocity .45 Colt loads, not just the cowboy shooting game variety? Rod

Rodfac said:

Great looking revolver there. What kind of accuracy are you getting? I assume it will accept standard velocity .45 Colt loads, not just the cowboy shooting game variety? Rod

Click to expand...

Due to the never ending rain around here in Central Va. haven't gotten it out to shoot yet. I try to get out on the weekend. It should be fine with standard .45 Colt loads which I load 250 gr. lead over 8.0 gr. of Unique.
I will post a video when I get it out....one sunny dry day!

Mus408: that's a good load for the 45. I tried a bunch of different loads with unique and 8 or 8.1 seemed to be the best.

One of these is on my wish list.

I have many revolvers in 45 Colt. I must say that my favorite is the Uberti Schofield with a 5" barrel. The chamber throats were perfect. The trigger is perfect. The barrel chamber gap is right on the money. It is a very good shooter. The only problem I've had is the cheesy hammer block safety. It becomes worn and turns into a hammer block. After ordering new ones from Taylor's, I just took the cheesy thing out and threw it away. I use it as it was designed in 1875. Load five chambers leaving the one under the hammer empty. The bluing is impeccable, it is comfortable to shoot. I shoot 250 gr Speer LSWC with 9.0 gr of Unique. It is much more comfortable than my S&W 25-5 with 8-38" bbl. It is absolutely worth the money. It is a crowd pleaser!

EXACTLY what Ruger should offer, in .357 mag. I would buy one in half-a heart-beat!