Revolvers vs one shot Pistols

[jamaldog87]

why is it that black powder  Revolvers cost way less then a single shot black powder Pistol?

[Hairtrigger]

Ruger Old Army vs a Traditions Buckhunter?

You need to consider quality

[longcaribiner]

There was a time that single shot pistol and kits were a fraction of the price of revolvers.  Those kits were made in Japan or Spain and the quality was just fair.  To a certan degree, the economy of scale has an affect.   Making a 1,000 rvolvers on jig used for 30 years canbe mad pretty cheap, compared to new tooling to turnout 200 single shot pistols.   

COWBoy actionshooting has created a renewed interest in C&P revs.  Single shots flooded the market 30 year ago, and are still ot here pretty cheap.

[simonkenton]

I too figure it must be the economy of scale.
All things being equal the single shot pistol has to be much easier and cheaper to produce.
People just don't buy very many of the single shots.

[Chris]

You can spend all you want on single-shot pistols fellas...from modern precision target models to collector pieces.

...Chris

[jamaldog87]

well i had got a 44cal for 76$( a Cabela's Confederate Navy)  then i sold it(had a hard time loading and useing it) and got a 50cal with looks like a Traditions Kentucky Pistol  and it was 110$ and they both were used.

[coyotejoe]

Well some people will sell a used gun for 1/2 of what it cost them 30 years ago while other folks want more than it costs new today, so you can't really judge by used gun prices. Traditions does sell several singleshots, brand new, for less than a new brass framed revolver and considerably less than a new steel framed revolver.

[S.S.]

what is really crazy is several companies selling the same exact
italian made replicas and there being a couple hundred dollars
difference in price.

[coyotejoe]

Well even with the deflated dollar it amazes me that you can still pick up percussion revolvers for considerably less than a similar cartridge gun. It surely would seem to cost more to manufacture a percussion cylinder, bored from both ends, milled out around the nipples, threaded for nipples and nipples installed, than to make a simple bored through cartridge cylinder. Add the complications for milling the frame for a loading lever and the lever itself compared to a simple ejector rod and I should think the percussion revolver would cost quite a bit more, especially the open top style. But compare the price of a '58 Remington percussion to a '75 Remington cartridge gun or an 1860 Colt to a Richards/Mason conversion. The Ruger Old Army was priced considerably above a Ruger Blackhawk and that made perfect sense, the Old Army was a much more complicated gun and more costly to produce, but not so with the Italian replicas.