Ran across this https://www.loc.gov/resource/cph.3a53077/
Purportedly, this was Jesse' last gun used. Not sure if it means literally. Maybe it was the type he was using at the time but not this actual revolver? One may never truly know.
Anyone on this board own a 45 Schofield? I would like to have one but I'm told they are very pricey.
Show us your Schofield!!
I don't have a Schofield but my cousin has a pair of them. They're really fun to shoot especially when there's a reload on the clock. Break it open and it tosses the casings, drop a live round in the appropriately indexed chamber and close. Cock and shoot.
You can't fan one, though, so if you're into that, it isn't going to happen without some gunsmithing to modify the action.
The only thing I didn't like about them was the grip. It felt like a curved club in my hand. The Russian has a good shaped grip but there is the finger spur on the trigger guard to snag on things.
Taylor's & Co offers a model which is basically a Russian without the spur on the trigger guard. That would be the one I would get if I were to get one. Yes, pricey but certainly a superior design of the era. It's easy to see why they were favored by some.