Old School -- My New Colt SAA

[Jake'sDad]

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

[308sako]

My childhood dream gun

[jhs1969]

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]

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]

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.

[LHS]

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]

... 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]

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

[mag318]

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]

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.