COLT single action Army revolver, advice needed.

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by luger.parabellum

I've been recently itchin to buy a Colt "single action army" revolver to use at the range...I was thinking about .38/.357 due to price and availability...

Sergio, your choice of caliber seems to indicate that you would accept a 'retro' SAA. There is a company here that imports the Italian clones of old western revolvers, Cimarron F.A. Co.. The quality is excellent; they advertise that the parts of their SAA revolvers will interchange with Colt. I bought one of their Colt 1872 Open Top revolvers in 38 Special and it is outstanding. 7 1/2" bbl, Army grip. Made by Aldo Uberti. It's not an original, but it can be shot without trepidation.

I have only come across one SAA that needed work in my lifetime; it had a broken flat spring (either the sear spring or the hand spring; I don't recall which). It was fairly easy to repair using a reworked flat mainspring from a Browning 380 but getting those old screws out without damaging them is best done in a dedicated fixture.