View Full Version : Old School -- My New Colt SAA
Pistol Shooter
12-07-11, 16:52
I picked this up a few weeks ago and am tickled to death. :)
As a young child, I grew up watching TV shows like Rawhide, Paladin, Gunsmoke, et al. and I've always wanted a Peacemaker.
Colt SAA 7 1/2" barrel in .45 Colt. As originally issued to the U.S. Army troops 139 yrs. ago.
http://i377.photobucket.com/albums/oo220/cashbailey_photos/cowboygun004.jpg
Sweet. This is on my buy list. What other barrel options were there?
Nice, mine is gen 3 1980's SAA nickel 7 1/2 45LC.
Pistol Shooter
12-08-11, 09:51
Sweet. This is on my buy list. What other barrel options were there?
Thanks.
The other barrel lengths are 4 3/4" and 5 1/2". I chose the 7 1/2" because it was the size originally adopted by the Army in 1873.
It's nice and I'm envious, I'd go with the 7 1/2" barrel too. Are you going to get a holster for it or anything to go with it?
Got mine, made in 1882, 49 years ago in a hock shop in Seattle while visiting at the World's Fair . Lied about my age, paid $84 cash, and walked out the door with it. No ID, no ATF forms, no parental permission, none of that stinkin' stuff.
Still have both--the gun and the attitude.
Molon labe.
First Gen been in the family for generations. I gave it to my lil'bro last year.
http://i491.photobucket.com/albums/rr280/45Fundi/IMG_5953.jpg
http://i491.photobucket.com/albums/rr280/45Fundi/IMG_5951.jpg
PS, do the third gens have a transfer bar allowing 6 rounds to be safely carried or is it still 5 plus an empty chamber under the hammer? Very nice revolver!
PS, do the third gens have a transfer bar allowing 6 rounds to be safely carried or is it still 5 plus an empty chamber under the hammer? Very nice revolver!
Colt stayed with the same design. No transfer bar.
beautiful weapon I had the pleasure of shooting a friends one time it was a fun gun to shoot
Bruce in WV
01-04-12, 13:24
Now, send it off to Jim at Nutmeg sports (http://www.nutmegsports.com/) for a true old time Colt factory custom shop action job. It will feel like a different gun.
Sometimes they do a combination offer of ivory grips and an action job.; it will really set your rig apart from the crowd, and a very good value for the dollar.
I sent mine to colt a year ago.. Brent at the customshop took care of mine. I just wanted them to smoth out the action..
Lost River
01-05-12, 11:17
Got mine, made in 1882, 49 years ago in a hock shop in Seattle while visiting at the World's Fair . Lied about my age, paid $84 cash, and walked out the door with it. No ID, no ATF forms, no parental permission, none of that stinkin' stuff.
Still have both--the gun and the attitude.
Molon labe.
That just made me chuckle.
Too funny!
I chose the 7 1/2" because it was the size originally adopted by the Army in 1873.
The original:
http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/7441/dec2011211.jpg
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PRGGodfather
01-05-12, 16:40
Love them. Just got my first Colt SAA 5.5" bbl in .45 LC, too. Can't wait to shoot it.
Fordtough25
01-06-12, 21:43
Awesome SAA's! I would love to have one, I have a Ruger Blackhawk in 45 Colt that I shoot alot. I will have one someday for sure!
Very nice, I suspect you will be very happy with it.
Minor sidetrack, i've often though about picking up a repro, what are the good companies that produce decent ones.
This post made me laugh. God Bless America!
Got mine, made in 1882, 49 years ago in a hock shop in Seattle while visiting at the World's Fair . Lied about my age, paid $84 cash, and walked out the door with it. No ID, no ATF forms, no parental permission, none of that stinkin' stuff.
Still have both--the gun and the attitude.
Molon labe.
charmcitycop
02-06-12, 01:43
.......
Eddie Janis at Peacemaker Specialties did one of mine a few years ago, after Clint Smith told me about him. The action is so light, you can't believe it's going to fire. But it does. Every time.
http://peacemakerspecialists.com/testimonials.html
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x160/308sako/DSCN0087.jpg
My childhood dream gun
Thinking of getting a Colt SAA myself. Looking at a NIB, should I use it or keep it a virgin safe queen? How many of you shoot your Colts?
trackstar55
02-23-12, 08:28
I have a Colt SAA newly made one in 4 3/". I had a few issues with the quality control and had to send it back. I got a completely new gun.
I am happy with the new one they sent me. I ended up getting a .45acp cylinder for it (Colt provides this service for about $200).
I want a nickel one to match it.
I am very happy with it. I don't shoot it much, but when I do, its fun.
I am thinking about a USFA plinker. A 22lr with a fullsize SAA frame.
Check out their website. They make some nice SAA and they make them in the old Colt building under the Blue Dome.
bloodyspartan
10-22-12, 16:16
If you ever watch that Munden guy shoot . YOU WILL BUY TWO.
One to shoot and one to hold, then shoot.
I have a Colt SAA newly made one in 4 3/". I had a few issues with the quality control and had to send it back. I got a completely new gun.
I am happy with the new one they sent me. I ended up getting a .45acp cylinder for it (Colt provides this service for about $200).
I want a nickel one to match it.
I am very happy with it. I don't shoot it much, but when I do, its fun.
I am thinking about a USFA plinker. A 22lr with a fullsize SAA frame.
Check out their website. They make some nice SAA and they make them in the old Colt building under the Blue Dome.
I have a friend with a 1st-gen Frontier Six-Shooter (Colt commercial SAA in .44-40) dated to 1895 or so, a year or two before they switched to smokeless powder. Is there a reduced smokeless load you can use with these old guns (like the old Nitro-for-Black loads in express rifles) or is it a BP-only limitation? The gun's been refinished (poorly, I might add) so it has no collector value, but if it's shootable with smokeless loads I might make an offer for it.
ThirdWatcher
10-23-12, 01:21
... I chose the 7 1/2" because it was the size originally adopted by the Army in 1873.
+1 I bought mine new 5-6 years ago and went with the 7-1/2" bbl .45 Colt for the same reason. When the time comes, it'll go to my Warrior Princess that served in 1st Cav. :)
IIRC, the USFA's run about the same price as the Colt's.
A square 10
12-05-12, 09:09
there are a bunch of current mfgrs of the repro SAA , cimaron - ruger - uberti etc , they cater to the SASS cowboy action shooters ,
im shooting 43/4" cimarons , a 51/2" ruger , and a 51/2" taurus myself , in galco leather
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r188/Asquare10/mikesrifles2002-3.jpg
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http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r188/Asquare10/mikesrifles2073.jpg
The Colt SAA is a true classic and to many of us, a very beautiful revolver. Growing up on the great Westerns in the 50s the Colt SAA was one of the first revolvers I acquired when I became old enough. It's still my favorite revolver.
bloodyspartan
12-23-12, 14:08
Thinking of getting a Colt SAA myself. Looking at a NIB, should I use it or keep it a virgin safe queen? How many of you shoot your Colts?
Dou you really want to go to your grave and say , Hell I never even fired my Colt or USFA safe queen, to know what it was like in the real Old Days?
What kind of Men are we to purchase a gun and never fire it.
UGH.
Kind of Like having a Howard Clark Samurai Sword and Slicing Butter and Bread.
Actually a great many Colt SAAs are way to valueable to shoot Here's my Sheriffs Model that is one of 525 made that will never be fired. But if you get one with some wear on it or a later one you definately shoot it. They are a lot of fun to shoot and I'm still always amazed at how well they point shoot.
I've been hunting a blued colt saa in .45 with 4 3/4 or 5 1/2 barrel for a while now without much luck. After shooting a friends I can echo what others have said about how well they point and shoot.
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