Replica Schofield Revolver USA 1875 by DENIX

Since Smith & Wesson owned the Rollin White patent for a bored through cylinder, production of the Smith & Wesson Model 3 began in 1870, well before the most popular metal-cartridge Colt revolver of the time, the 1873 Single Action Army , and one year before the 1872 Colt Open Top model.

An early version of the Smith & Wesson Model 3 (called the "American") was adopted by the U.S. Army in 1870, chambered in .44 S&W American caliber, a cartridge made specifically for this model, a gun that for its times was of very innovative design, with its top-break type design, allowing faster reloading than other revolvers of the same era.

But already in 1875 (two years after the adoption of the Colt SAA) the U.S. The Army Ordnance Department commissioned a new supply of Model 3 American revolvers to implement some modifications recommended by Major George W. Schofield, from whom the weapon took its name.

However, there was one condition: the new Model 3 revolvers had to be compatible with the new ordinance cartridge that in 1873 the U.S. Army had adopted for its revolvers: the .45 Colt. Unfortunately, the dimensions of the Smith & Wesson Model 3 were such that it was impossible to chamber the .45 Colt without lengthening the cylinder and, with it, the entire frame of the gun.

Smith & Wesson then created a new cartridge, the .45 Schofield, which represented a sort of compromise, with similar performance to the .45 Colt, but with a shorter length that made it possible to chamber it in the Model 3.

The Smith & Wesson Schofield proved to be an effective and reliable weapon and, in addition to serving in the Indian Wars, the Spanish-American War and the Philippine War, was also chosen by prominent figures on both sides of the law, such as Virgil Earp, Wyatt Earp (who used it in the famous Ok Corral shooting), Jesse James and Cole Younger of the infamous James-Younger gang, Robert Ford, John Wesley Hardin, Pat Garrett, Billy The Kid and even President Theodore Roosevelt.

Made famous (again) by Clint Eastwood's film "The Unforgiven" (1992).

Reference 1008/NQ
Dimensions: 36 cm
Weight: 1,145 g
Epoch: Western and American Civil War 1861-1899
Replica Made in Spain
Type Collectible: Revolvers

Available in-store in the Melrose Park SA store only
If not currently in stock, may be available "Special Order".

Please note that this item is a replica in appearance only, it is non functional and could never be a functional firearm.