While various blueing methods were used during different periods, it was attractive and the molten case colored frame and hammer were stunning. By studying the finer details of vintage revolvers, it becomes apparent they were not only a working gun (something they did very well) but also offered artistic quality. Trigger guards are gracefully shaped and contoured. The cylinderįlutes are large and beveled, the hammers are of correct width to fill their slot, and the spurs are usually (prior to around 1910) hand-knurled. Their quality is noticeably better with the frame properly shaped and the backstrap and trigger guard “flats” being hand-fit and polished to exactly match the frame. While the 2nd and 3rd generation revolvers have their place, for many reasons the prewar versions are the most fascinating. In the years since, I have owned and fired many dozen Colt Single Action Army revolvers including 1st (1873-1941), 2nd (1955/56-1975) and 3rd generation (1976 through present) guns.
It also gave me a deep appreciation for the virtues of the Colt Peacemaker and the. This was the first gun I began handloading for, took my first big game animal with (at least with a handgun), and it taught many lessons. It shot very well and was a great gun for a kid living on thousands of acres of range land loaded with game. High quality, built by a craftsman from our golden era. One can nearly “feel” the history associated with a “US” marked Colt SAA revolver. Brian still uses this 118-year-old sixgun and has found it unusually accurate. This “US” Colt SAA revolver probably saw action at San Juan Hill beside Teddy Roosevelt. It featured one-piece walnut stocks, a 51⁄2-inch barrel and was of unusually It had been made into a flattop frame with an adjustable rear sight and low-profile ramp front blade. 22, a handmade hunting knife, some antique spurs, a few hides from my trap line and had enough money to purchase a nice prewar Colt Single Action Army.
He was deadly accurate with that gun and would occasionally allow me to fire a few rounds behind the bunkhouse. The ivory handles had long cracks and were yellowed from age. 45 Colt that was housed in a hand-tooled cartridge belt and holster laced with rawhide. Under his pillow the ranch hand kept a beautiful Peacemaker. To make matters worse, during this time Dad hired a seasoned ranch hand (who was formerly a saddle maker) to help with spring calving season. I listened to stories of it being used to stop a felon’s car, harvest an Alaskan moose in a survival situation and just how pleasant it was to shoot. 45 Colt cartridge was by those who had “lived” with one. I gleaned the knowledge of guns, cartridges and bullets from anyone who would tolerate me, and it quickly became apparent just how respected the old. I had made friends with a number of real old-timers, who had been lawmen, ranchers and hunters, and had the opportunity to shoot a number of Colt Single Action Army. military eventually settled on as the best all-around. I was pushing 14 years old and had developed a strong appetite for hunting big game, including deer, elk, pronghorn and black bear, and really needed a big-bore sixgun.Ĭolt SAAs fitted with 51⁄2-inch barrels are handy to carry, yet offer enough sight radius to aid in accurate shooting. Marksmanship skills were improving, and if I would do my part, the gun was capable of taking jackrabbits, ground squirrels, rockchucks, badgers and even unlucky coyotes.
I was hungry to learn everything I could about all good handguns and scraped together enough money to purchase a nice Ruger Single-Six with a 61⁄2-inch barrel and dual. Practice was daily, and it was put to good use dispatching half-drowned gophers in our alfalfa hay field and barnyard pests ranging from skunks to pack rats. I looked at and studied every gun I was allowed to handle or shoot, and by age 12 had purchased my first. Before discussing a few of the Colt’s virtues, let me share why it is a special favorite.Įven in my preschool years, I had a fascination with handguns, firing my first at age 3.
COLT SAA MOVIE
In the hands of Hollywood movie actors portraying fictional and nonfictional characters, it has stimulated interest in gun ownership, something we need now more than ever. It was present when the western frontier was young, wild and wooly – and eventually laid to rest. Shooters, average citizens, not to mention bandits and bank robbers. The "COLT FRONTIER SIX SHOOTER" indicated that a revolver was chambered in.
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