For years, I have looked at advertisments for the Rogers and Spencer, and wondered why anyone would be willing to pay something over a hundred dollars more than the 1860, 1851, and 1858 clones, for such a homely, clumsy looking revolver. At a local Gun Show this summer, I had a chance to handle one. On picking it up, it became apparent that the old saying "Form follows function" is the driving force behind it's design. Those silly looking grips with the overly flared lines, fit my hand like I was born holding the thing. The clumsy looking ramming system, in spite of using pivot screws, rams balls with less effort than the "creeping" systems on my 1860s and 1861 clones. While I find the hammer to be a bit hard to reach for cocking, the smoothness of the action more than makes up for the long reach. For me, it is the most natural pointing cap and ball revolver (my apologies to my 1851s) I have, and shoots nice tight groups at the 25 yard line. I only played with it for about 30 seconds before reaching for my billfold, and since buying it, my other 8 cap and ball revolvers have stayed in the cabinet. I'm sure not trying to talk down the other designs, just wondering if anyone else has one, and likes it as much as I like mine ?
