hartcreek wrote:
There is nothing weak about a revolver that does not have a solid back strap. I have used my Uberti Walker for bear season. 60 grains of pyrodex will get it done. You have a start of black powder.
I said "top strap", not "back strap".
Once the solid frame Remington came along, the Army didn't accept any more revolvers with open tops.
Colt tried a factory cartridge conversion in the 1871-1872 but it was rejected as being too weak of a design even in the anemic .44 Henry Rimfire.
So they came out with the 1873 Single Action Army, with a top strap.