Colt Army Special

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Here we have a Colt Army Special vintage 1918 and a Colt Officers Model vintage 1926, both chambered in .38 Special. These are both very accurate and pleasant to shoot.

The clockwise rotation of the cylinder is interesting and using snap caps from realisticsnapcaps.com to examine and test the timing is a way to enlighten yourself on revolver function.....especially checking out the differences in design and function to different designs namely the Smith & Wesson design or the Colt Model 1892, its predecessor. This basic design seen here lasted for MANY years.

You can see in the range test firing portion of the video the Officers Model has much less fiery blast escaping out the sides of the cylinder during firing, a true test to it's tighter construction and tolerances....plus it IS a bit younger and I'm sure that matters a bit.

I will post a follow up video to better demonstrate how to use a light source to sight down the bore of a revolver to test visually check its timing.....needed three hands here and failed miserably. It's a helpful technique which needs to be shown in its own video.

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