That's nice. But your posting is invalid.
You posted a number of revolvers and then made the claim "All of
these were superior to the SAA."
When I respond to what you ACTUALLY posted, you can't come along afterwards and toss up something else entirely and then claim I'm wrong or that my posting is somehow meaningless.
BUT...since you want to go that route, I'll play your silly game.
You posted the Remington
1875. If you'll look very closely at this model, you'll find that it came AFTER the Colt
1873.
This was Remington's foray into the single action cartridge revolver business and while it was clearly based on the previous cap and ball Remington 1858, it quite obviously was heavily influenced by the road already paved by the Colt 1873.
BUT WAIT! THERE'S MORE!
See, Remington wasn't really all that happy with leaving it at the 1875...they went on to make the M1888 and the M1890, each of which (and this may come as a shock to you) morphed closer to the Colt 1873 in appearance.
All three models of which, mind you, were of the "inferior" single action, gate loading, non-break-top design which you seem to despise so much in your OP!
Quite frankly, you're embarassing me with the sudden lack of trolling finesse compared to your opening post! This is WAY below CFF standards! Better up your game there!
EDIT:
Sorry...I forgot to post pics of the Remington 1888 and 1890. Here are a couple, in that order.
Things that make you say "Hmmm..."
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Oh, my dear, dear sir. I'm so sorry you were unable to grasp my brilliance. Let me condescend for you, briefly, to bring us up to the current day.
In the beginning, there was the first troll post. Darkness was over the surface of the deep, and into this came PB, pointing out the era that the Colt served as the main pistol(yes, I am going to call it that) of the US Army. And the clearly technologically superior pistol of many of the countries of Europe during that time. And yea, it was good, for much historical knowledge was shared of little known history.
Into this came USCM, dark of haired, destined to carry the crown of aquilonia upon a troubled brow. And he sayeth that these be false prophets, as Pietta doth still make some weird copies of the Peacemaker for some reason.
The pink one, blessed be the name of the prophet, points out the obvious parallels to other firearms still in production compared to similar ones of their era, and how just using production as a sign of superiority is not a good idea. And yea, it was logical, and so it was good.
So, too, came JRV, but he was ignored, for reloading is sorcery, and all such talk of the devil is shunned.
Then came RetiredUSNChief, -- hold up, here's an aside, something that happened last week. So, I was in a big AAR, a 'consolidated gains,' last week. We had some downtime, and a major said to another, 'So, Major ___, any advice for the company grade officers?' I, apparently have a voice that carries, so when I whispered, 'Practice how to ignore the technical people,' that must've carried, and the CW4 sittting in front of me turned around and gave me the death stare. They must have a class on that.
-Anywho, then came RetiredUSNChief, the singer who, like Melkor, attempted to bring discord into the music of the Ainur. And subtly did he attempt to weave his deceptions. He spoke pithy oneliners, to write off the glories of the past. He brings up metallurgy and strength of actions, leaving out that metallurgy was potato in 1870, and strength of action was a useless dead end, because they thing it needs strength for, smokeless powder, wasn't evented until a decade and a half later, and that falls into the fallacy of presentism.
Then he mocks the aesthetic beauty of the Swiss and Abadie revolvers, with they art-deco-esc fusion of steel and brass into a panoply of beauty, and argues that the revolting Peacemaker is a thing of comeliness when compared to the statuesque beauty of the clearly superior European pistols.
Boldly and forthrightly, the bunny ignores the false jeers and false proposed technical prowess of the SAA by the Chief, and answers only with the esoteric complaint, that of beauty. The bunny has seen his beloved European revolvers slandered in the beauty factor and so decides to use a page from the playbook of the enemy.
If only American revolvers can be beautiful, which is obviously wrong, then the bunny will show the obviously more beautiful Remington with the flange reminiscent of the cap and ball guns, with their brass and steel amalgamations, harkening back to a more beautiful, civilized time. He points out the terrible turkey neck the SAA has hanging out there, compared to the beautiful swept lines of the Remington. Obviously, still inferior to the European ones, but, since the people hear have conceded the superiority of the European revolvers from a technical standpoint, all that's left is arguing the aesthetics.
And lo, the depravity of man is shown. For the poor, deluded fools, in their debased state, view the Remington as the ugly duckling with the turkey neck, and not the SAA. They shall not gaslight the good people of the forum, for the light of day shows their awful plight laid bare.
Into this returns the Chief, with another attempt at confuse-a-cat. He attempts to shift goal posts, by arguing that it is I, not him, who gave up the high ground from a technical perspective, fie on it! He then gaslights the thread. The first post showed a range of dates during the lifespan of the Colt, and Chief attempts to reframe the argument as having to have been only something of prior work to be valid, a prima facie false statement, especially in the nearness of the dates. But Illuvatar shaped the second song around the discord of Melkor, defeating his barbs, and so too shall it always be with the Chief.
