Well, we had a weekend of 50 degree weather and I got reacquainted with my SAA. I could look at these pistols all day long. I am hoping to drool over some member photos of one of the finest guns ever created. Here is my one and only. Its a split serial number cavalry with a 45 acp cylinder. I have close to 2500 rounds through it, and it is still as tight as the day I bought it (unfired).
Very nice. The Colt SAA can't be beat!
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Needs ivory, lol. Nice Colt!
I'll get some pictures of my Colt's taken and posted. Just Colt's right? Or are the foreign fakes allowed?
I would pay a nice chunk of change for a set of ivories! I tried frantically to get a set before the dreaded ban, but it was way to late--it was gone or hoarded already. I would love to see some clones. Actually, the pony is probably not showing up in the pic,so technically, mine could be a clone!
Here's a couple of mine.
From the Texas Ranger Museum in Waco.
Some darn nice looking guns guys!!
There are no ivory workers in Michigan? As long as Michigan doesn't have a state ban in place, intrastate sale of ivory should be legal. My ivory stash has slam dunk provenance and I cringe a little when I started hacking on some of it to make grips for my pistols. When I saw the ban coming, I got what I could to supply my needs for the long haul. There is nothing like the feel of elephant ivory.Originally Posted by birch
Ivory looks ok but slick like this makes it hard to keep a good grip without overdoing it...If I were to hunt with this one, I'd put some oversized rubber on it.
My Smith sent it back East somewhere to have the grips carved, took 3 month turn-around...when he got it back it was another month before they completed their work on the interior.
From the time I ordered the SAA it took a little over 6 months to take possession.
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I would prefer 'old yellowed ivory' also...my Smith said It would get that way...when my grandson was an old man!
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I polish my ivory to a very fine finish, and even with sweaty hands, the grip is very good. By far my favorite material.
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Holly Hannah, those are some beauties! SJH, are those 1860s the real deal? I have a friend with a really nice original, but the engraving is very worn and it has some pitting throughout. Nevertheless, a fine and envious collection indeed. I am almost to the point I could focus on single actions for the rest of my life. I have a few more of the "classics" to fill some empty real estate, but after that, I am after a second gen in 38 special.
Love Life, the stash in Michigan is non existent. I went to the Birch Run show a month ago to get my hands on some blanks. I found one person in a 500 table show who had one set of blanks. He wanted 1200 for the blanks. Ouch.
It would have been a serious internal debate with me if I didn't have any.
The 1860's are Colt's made during their Black Powder Series run back in the late 1970's early 1980's. I shoot them. Since this picture was taken I've acquired another one. They are a joy to shoot and easy to clean.
A fellow club member carved this set for me around 1967 for a whopping 60 bucks. He would do a S&W set of Magna grips for a hundred.
A GUN THAT'S COCKED AND UNLOADED AIN'T GOOD FOR NUTHIN'........... ROOSTER COGBURN
Where in God's name did you find that Rogers holster?
I bought it off of this site from a man in Georgia. I think he goes by the handle, Tug.
A GUN THAT'S COCKED AND UNLOADED AIN'T GOOD FOR NUTHIN'........... ROOSTER COGBURN
What gen is that SAA?
As long as we said it was okay to post clone pics...
Here's my Cimarron Flat Top Bisley in 45 Colt.
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