Inspired by North Country Gal's revolver work this past week, I gave my Colt 1871 SA Richards cartridge conversion a workout. For those who don't know the story behind this revolver, in 1871 Colt employee Charles Richards was awarded a patent for converting Colt 1860 percussion models to breech loading cartridge revolvers. He took the inventory of percussion parts and made this gun. Later as the parts ran short, William Mason redesigned the revolver to the Richards-Mason 1860 Army Conversion. Later became the 1871 Colt Open Top revolver. The army wanted a stronger frame so Colt made the 1873 Model P which is the most common Colt cowboy revolver we all know. The conversions remained popular with cowboys as they were $6.00 and the Peacemaker was $15.00. Big bucks in 1873...
So, on to the report: shooting my own reloads, 6.6 gn of Universal, 200 gr LRNFP...I am quite pleased with how the reloading is going. These shoot really well. I don't know if it's me or the ammo, but I was pretty happy with the results today.
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Next up is a little closer:
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And finally....
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And of course no range report would be complete without my Henry rifle...12 rounds
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Hope you enjoyed it, shoot safe...RR
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that being you are the one with your hand on the press; as well as, your finger on the trigger ... 
