COLT single action Army revolver, advice needed.

[rhuff]

The S&W Mod 25, and 625 are some outstanding revolvers. A shooting buddy has a 625 with a 6in bbl. and a 2X scope. That thing will consistently shoot one ragged hole at 25 yards.

You can never go wrong with purchasing a good quality 2nd generation Colt SAA. If that is what you want, then settle for no less. I wouldn't consider selling my early Colt SAAs.

[Sergio Natali]

Hugh

Yes Hugh more or less like that.

You've got a beautiful commercial 1911, I suppose it's one of the first "government 1911" made by Colt.

In my life I had two of them, one was imported many years before through West Germany and still had a WG stamp on it, the other one was nothing special either, so in the end I sold both of them. At the moment I still have two 1911 A1 (one Colt and one Remington Rand), the Colt is quite nice while the RR is an "arsenal rebuild" so isn't really a collectible and being included in the "collection" I'm not even allowed to take it to the range but I like it as I think it represents a page of history and it probably has been a good war-horse maybe even after the WWII.

Sergio

[Shadowsix]

Originally Posted by Curss

Well... whatever caliber you choose, make sure you add a Winchester lever action rifle in the same chambering as well!

I agree whole heatedly.

As you can see from my avatar I have a SAA but it is a Hawes Western Marshall chambered in .38/357MAG made in 1967. The Hawes was not considered anything special and if you find one (they were made by Sauer & Son but they stopped making them in the early '80s in favor of making only semi-auto pistols from what I read) they are very inexpensive. Mine is in beautiful shape for almost 50 years old. I bought it in 1981 (it was my first cartridge handgun, my first gun was a replica 1851 Navy Colt I bought years earlier) and still love it today.

I take it to the range with my Rossi Level Action Model 92 with 24" octagonal barrel chambered also in .38/.357Mag in stainless steel so it kinda matches my nickel plated Hawes, the Rossi is amazingly accurate and my local range I like (Angeles shooting range) where they have a section with big metal targets out to 100 yard on the pistol side (you can shoot a rifle on the pistol side in the metal target area so long as the rifle is of pistol caliber).

Below are pics of my fiancee firing the lever action and below a comparison shot of the SAA's & rifle's barrels I wanted to show someone (the lever action weighs 7 pounds and at least 4.5 pounds of it is barrel!)

[Greg B.]

I bought a used second generation .357 SAA in the early 1970s for $236.00 following a Luger for $100.00. If I was going was going to sell either I believe I would make some money. If you want a Colt, get it, life is to short. Keep in mind that the .45 SAA will not handle the heavier loads like some of the Rugers. I have other single actions for cowboy action but the Colt is still my favorite.

[Sergio Natali]

I agree wih you 101%

Sergio

[Sergio Natali]

... I must add that a single action revolver is on my (longish) "wish list" now.

Unfortunately I'm not only a Luger "fanatic", but also a 1911 one, and since sometimes I like to to some muzzle loadig shooting I'm also considering buying another Pedersoli reproduction, I've already got and use an old Pedersoli "Le Page" but last week I saw a brand new one...

temptations temptations ... ;-)

[marshombre]

I acquired a .45LC stainless steel 4.75" Uberti El Patron a few years ago. Amazing pistol, extremely smooth action with a feather light trigger pull. Check out one of these, you will not be disappointed. MR