Taylor’s & Co Second Model Schofield .38 Special 7″ Blued Revolver

Description

Major George Schofield looked at the Smith & Wesson No. 3 and saw one problem: a trooper on horseback needed a way to reload fast with one hand. His solution became one of the cleverest revolver designs of the frontier era. Pull the barrel latch back with your thumb, the action tips open, and the star extractor lifts all six spent cases out together. No loading gate, no ejector rod, no punching out empties one at a time. That same top break action made the Schofield a favorite well beyond the cavalry, and names like Jesse James and Wild Bill Hickok kept it in circulation long after the Army moved on.

What Taylor's Brings to the Second Model Schofield

Taylor's & Co builds this Second Model on modern Uberti manufacturing, so you get the original lines with steel and tolerances the 1870s could only dream about. The frame is forged steel wearing a deep blued finish, set off by case hardened accents on parts like the trigger guard, and the two-piece walnut grips fill the hand with that distinctive hump-backed grip frame the Schofield is known for. The barrel latch does double duty as the rear sight notch, paired with a fixed blade up front, exactly the way the originals were laid out.

Shooting the Schofield in .38 Special

Here is where this version earns its keep as a range gun. Chambering the classic top break in .38 Special means ammo is easy to find, affordable to shoot all afternoon, and gentle on the wrists. The 7 inch barrel gives you a long sight radius that makes ringing steel at cowboy match distances feel almost unfair, and the single action trigger keeps things crisp and predictable. At roughly 12.75 inches overall, it has real presence on the hip without being a burden.

Whether you are building out a cowboy action rig, adding a piece of frontier history to the safe, or just want a revolver that draws a crowd at the range every time the action snaps open, this one delivers the goods.