The article is here. The 1875 Outlaw is Taylor's & Co.'s copy of the Remington's 1875 single action revolver, but with a shorter 5-1/2 inch barrel. The primary differences between the Colt SAA and the Remington 1875 is that the Remington has a slightly elongated frame providing more room between the grip and the back of the trigger guard (and thus more room for your fingers around the grip); and Remington retained the "triangular" fin from its 1858 "New Army" black powder revolver. (For its part, the Colt SAA copied the Remington 1858 by adding a top strap to the frame, strengthening it).
Although purists might object to the 9mm chambering, it actually makes a lot of sense in a single action revolver like this (more sense than chambering a double-action revolver in 9mm, IMHO). That is because to unload the revolver you have to manually push each cartridge out with the ejector rod, so it makes no difference if the case has a rim or not.
Tracy does not mention the price in the article, but the website has an MSRP of just under $700. Tracy mentions that he also paid extra for it to be "Taylor Tuned" which he said added about $150 to the price.
Charter Arms makes a 9mm snubby that has a unique device to chamber the 9mm cartridges with a moon clip. I wonder if this revolver has the same feature?
ReplyDeleteNo. This revolver uses a closed cylinder that is loaded/unloaded a single round at a time through a side loading gate. The moon clips are for revolvers with swing open cylinders when using rimless cartridges intended for semi-auto pistols. The clips secure the cartridges together and provide a surface against which the extractor star can work to push them out. Unfortunately, because the clips are generally fairly thin, they are also easily bent or warped. It is because single action revolvers like the Colt Single Action Army or this Remington 1875 clone do not need moon clips for loading or unloading that I think they are a good revolver platform for rimless cartridges.
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