sandog
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I bought my first Barra Schofield almost 3 years ago. I went with the 5 inch "nickel" finish first.
The two real Schofields I used to own were both the 7 inch blued version with Army markings, one in .44/40 and one in .45 Colt.
I never shot any BB's through the Barra, having also bought the .22 conversion barrel and cartridges to shoot .22 pellets when I bought the revolver.
These are all metal except for the grips.
Pop off the left grip and insert a 12 gram Co2.
The revolver unlatches, extracts, loads and re-latches exactly like the real thing.
The trigger pull is quite nice. Mine are both close to 3 pounds.
All Schofields come as a .177 smoothbore barrel and 6 brass looking "cartridges" that each hold a BB in the nose.
But rifled barrels in .177 and .22 are available that run about $30.
They come with the appropriate size "cartridges" that hold a pellet in the base of the cartridge.
If you are doing a lot of shooting, it is easier with the pellets as you don't have to extract the cartridges to load into the nose, then reload them as you'd have to do with BBs.
I can't remember checking the velocity when I had a chronograph out last, but the velocity in .22 must be down in the 300's.
Sure smacks my metal silhouettes though.
I get 11 cylinderfulls on one Co2, so 66 shots.
That might increase if your Schofield is shooting lighter .177 pellets or BBs.
Despite the nub of a front sight and a shallow V rear, with the help of some 1.5x safety glasses so my old eyes can see the sights, I can group 3/4" to 1 1/4" at 15 yards.
Crosman Premier HP does almost as well as the JSB's and H&N's I've tried.
You can see the family resemblence when comparing the old top break Smith and Wessons to modern Smiths.
The solid rib between the sights, the re-inforcing web under the barrel (like the one that protects the ejector rod on a modern S&W) and the grip of the Schofield, all resemble my S&W M66 and M617.
The pellet cartridges that came with my .22 conversion kit have a nickel plated brass look.
I didn't mind the nickel cartridge case look on my nickel 5 inch Schofield, but I wish I could get brass looking cases for my latest Barra, a 7 inch with the aged finish.
Maybe all pellet cartridges come in nickel, and all BB ones are the brass look ?
These Barra revolvers are great practice for the rimfire and centerfire revolvers that I own, and practice that I can do cheaply and in my backyard.
These run about $130, your choice of 5 or 7 inch barrel, and gunmetal (blued), nickel or aged.
The two real Schofields I used to own were both the 7 inch blued version with Army markings, one in .44/40 and one in .45 Colt.
I never shot any BB's through the Barra, having also bought the .22 conversion barrel and cartridges to shoot .22 pellets when I bought the revolver.
These are all metal except for the grips.
Pop off the left grip and insert a 12 gram Co2.
The revolver unlatches, extracts, loads and re-latches exactly like the real thing.
The trigger pull is quite nice. Mine are both close to 3 pounds.
All Schofields come as a .177 smoothbore barrel and 6 brass looking "cartridges" that each hold a BB in the nose.
But rifled barrels in .177 and .22 are available that run about $30.
They come with the appropriate size "cartridges" that hold a pellet in the base of the cartridge.
If you are doing a lot of shooting, it is easier with the pellets as you don't have to extract the cartridges to load into the nose, then reload them as you'd have to do with BBs.
I can't remember checking the velocity when I had a chronograph out last, but the velocity in .22 must be down in the 300's.
Sure smacks my metal silhouettes though.
I get 11 cylinderfulls on one Co2, so 66 shots.
That might increase if your Schofield is shooting lighter .177 pellets or BBs.
Despite the nub of a front sight and a shallow V rear, with the help of some 1.5x safety glasses so my old eyes can see the sights, I can group 3/4" to 1 1/4" at 15 yards.
Crosman Premier HP does almost as well as the JSB's and H&N's I've tried.
You can see the family resemblence when comparing the old top break Smith and Wessons to modern Smiths.
The solid rib between the sights, the re-inforcing web under the barrel (like the one that protects the ejector rod on a modern S&W) and the grip of the Schofield, all resemble my S&W M66 and M617.
The pellet cartridges that came with my .22 conversion kit have a nickel plated brass look.
I didn't mind the nickel cartridge case look on my nickel 5 inch Schofield, but I wish I could get brass looking cases for my latest Barra, a 7 inch with the aged finish.
Maybe all pellet cartridges come in nickel, and all BB ones are the brass look ?
These Barra revolvers are great practice for the rimfire and centerfire revolvers that I own, and practice that I can do cheaply and in my backyard.
These run about $130, your choice of 5 or 7 inch barrel, and gunmetal (blued), nickel or aged.
