An Abomination: Let’s desecrate a Schofield

rudukai13

rudukai13

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Alright, so I have come to the decision to change the optic on the Schofield as the current high-mounted tube-style sight isn’t working for me from a visual standpoint. I’ve decided I want to try to go with a more Eotech-style optic. Here’s where I need help - which one should I get? Currently looking at these options:

- Vortex UH-1 Gen2
- Holosun 512C
- Eotech EXPS
- Sig Sauer Romeo8

Are there any other options in this style I should be considering? Right now I’m leaning fairly heavily towards the 512C, for the solar backup and cause it’s significantly more affordable. Plus it’s still fun to piss off the purists by adding a rail and optic and piss off the tactical nerds by using a Chy-nah dot.

Any suggestions?
 
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Smith

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I like your shooting hat. You wear that on the range?

PS: The fat revolver rounds strapped to the side look super badass.
 
rudukai13

rudukai13

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Smith said:
I like your shooting hat. You wear that on the range?

PS: The fat revolver rounds strapped to the side look super badass.
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I bought it when I graduated a coding bootcamp a while back, we were told to bring our own graduation caps to the last day :cool:
 
rudukai13

rudukai13

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Uberti lists the stock Hardin model Schofield at 2.6 lbs, or 41.6 oz.

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This is…Slightly more. 4 lbs 6.5 oz or 70.5 oz. For reference, a Mk XIX Desert Eagle in 50AE is listed around 69.8 oz.

So much for needing the Knucklegun, I can just pummel somebody with this anchor when it’s empty
 
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The 512 should be here tomorrow, and it’s looking like Tuesday afternoon will be the very first range trip for the gun to get zeroed and tested. It will be the very first rounds shot through the gun, stock or otherwise. We’ll see how it does!
 
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IT IS OFFICIALLY STILL A FUNCTIONAL GUN!

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Brought it back to the gunsmith that helped build it today and got it zeroed at 10 yards. Once Bart had the POA dialed in, he proceeded to punch a single ragged hole with the wheelgun.

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These were the very first rounds ever fired through the revolver and it performed flawlessly. I shot a couple cylinders through it myself and I must say the recoil isn’t noticeable in the slightest when you’re behind the gun. Shooting 45 Colt out of a boat anchor unsurprisingly results in hardly any recoil whatsoever. I did learn a couple interesting things - for one, the ammo quivers did start to loosen during recoil so when I got home I applied some blue loctite to each and tightened them back down.

More interestingly, it turns out the polymer tip of the FTX bullet in the Leverevolution loads is just barely too long for the Schofield cylinder, and doesn’t allow the cylinder to rotate when you try to cock the hammer.

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So, no neat red-tipped bullets lining the side of the gun, but it sure shoots the American Eagle JSP loads well. Other than those two small things, the gun worked perfectly and the shroud remained rock solid. That makes this a successful project!

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Oh, and one more thing - the next outing for this beast will be to my local Fudd range. Just to see how many of them we can make cry :p
 
rudukai13

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Smith said:
Awesome!

Have you considered making it an actual Roland special? IIRC, Roland carried 2 big revolvers, here's more: https://www.range365.com/guns-stephen-kings-dark-tower

But it's been a while since I've read those books.
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If I recall correctly the books describe Roland’s revolvers as “comically large”, “Old West-style” six-shot revolvers in .45 caliber, with sandalwood grips, ornate engravings/symbols with specific personal meaning, and made by melting down the sword Excalibur to cast the frames. It’s also specifically mentioned they have swing-out cylinders, an unusual implementation for Old West style revolvers. I actually quite like the interpretation the armorers used in the movie adaptation, as the 1858 Remingtons converted to fire cartridges with swing-out cylinders and double-action triggers nicely fit the mental image one gets from the descriptions in the books:


To your question, I’ve been wanting to build a dedicated dual-wield pair of guns for a while now, and another mutant SA revolver project may be just the opportunity to do that. The Schofield is a bit heavy for that though, and holding it up with one hand certainly gets tiring fairly quickly.

I’ve been looking pretty seriously at the Cimarron Thunderer in 45 Colt for my next project, and it’s a more reasonable size for single-handed firing - which makes it a much more likely candidate for a dedicated double-gun build:

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My initial thoughts on how I’d Space Cowboy it up would lend well to dual-wielding a pair as well…Crap I think I just decided to build two of them :confused:
 
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Since the Leverevolution rounds ended up not working out I decided to order up some Winchester PDX1 bonded JHPs. This still isn’t meant to be a serious defensive or hunting gun at all, but no harm in making decent JHPs available for it in the highly unlikely event it ever is pressed into that need. Still nearly $2/round though…
 
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