The Uberti Revolver Carbine is quite manageable to shoulder and operate with one hand just like a revolver with a shoulder stock. Police troopers in South Australia and Western Australia were equipped with Smith & Wesson Schofield revolvers with shoulder stocks for mounted police use and so the idea of a revolving carbine that can be used one handed from horseback seems to make sense. Revolving carbines were not popular in the American West, certainly not in the lever action era although they did achieve some popularity in Australia. Revolving carbines were not greatly popular in the United States but were not uncommon in places like Australia. Greener in his book вЂњThe Gun and Its DevelopmentвЂќ sums up British thinking about trying to quickly reload oneвЂ™s revolver in close quarters combat when he says вЂњIf six shots are not sufficient to deal with the emergency then perhaps the remaining time may be better spent than in hurriedly trying to reloadвЂќ. 3 and its Schofield variant were much quicker to reload. It is interesting that this revolver became so well regarded and so popular given that its main competitor, the Smith & Wesson No. Happily Lawrence was able to resolve the situation before his attacker could figure the gun out. At one point his Colt SAA was grabbed by a guy who tried to shoot him, but the guy did not realize he had to cock the hammer first. Lawrence discovered that the single action of Colt was a great safety feature. Lawrence aka вЂњLawrence of ArabiaвЂќ was one of the most famous British men to carry one and American General George S. This also means that for those involved in Cowboy Action shooting in the United States or Colonial Action shooting in Australia, or for enthusiasts and re-enactors all over the world a Colt Single Action Army is going to be a historically accurate revolver for the period 1873 onwards right up until the wars of the early twentieth century. So the вЂњGun that won the WestвЂќ was very well traveled and featured in some of the most famous battles of the nineteenth century and the Victorian era. British officer armed with Colt Single Action Army revolver during the Zulu Wars of 1879-1896.

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