I'm friends with Jan Libourel. I'll ask him about this issue. My present personal carry is a Colt New Service .45 with 255 grain handloads ( old .454 bore) and 7 1/2" barrel. If I dont scare an adversary to death, I can use Butch Cassidy's reason for carrying a SAA in 7 1/2"- He would simply bang that barrel on the nose of uncooperative bank clerks. Theres a lot to be said for vintage wheelguns; superb triggers, the inherent safety of a heavy DA pull around children and reliability of feeding exotic ammo. Not that I need exotic ammo throwing garbage can sized slugs downrange slow enough to track . I got the argument of cartidge capacity one day at my range. I produced my Colt's mate for 12 rounds total. <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />