Makes sense, thats exactly the type of answer I was looking for.
I like reading the old gun rags and books from the old border lawmen like Bill Jordan , Charles Askins , Skeeter Skelton etc and they all seemed to love their wheel guns. All these guys had experience with the 1911 but really seemed to advocate wheel guns. With Cooper having a similar military background, I always wondered why those lawmen had such a different opinion.