Hey! To all.
I purchased the AE 45 Colt Trapper Friday, and had to wait until today, Monday to get the background check ran. Looking forward to loading up some test rounds and heading to the gun club. I have a Uberti 45 Colt "Evil Roy" model to be the Trappers companion or visa versa, maybe the Trapper will be the companion of the two. Been doing some net searching to find out its year of birth. Serial number: 6413xxx. Kind of a crap shoot finding the manufacture date. Anyone here maybe have dates of manufacture for the Trapper? This one is roll marked New Haven Ct. I don't know if the Miroku factory ever made any Trappers? Seems I read that Miroku didn't start
manufacturing the Winchester 94's until the mid 2000's. This one is in very good condition, with a couple small scratches on the top back end of the receiver. Bore looks as new. Stock is nothing special, but very nice straight grained walnut. Doesn't look to have been used much. But, I guess long enough to put scratches on it. Price was 450.00, I think I done well. Anyone have any cautions about these toys? Do's, and don'ts?
My go to load in my Uberti is 9 grains of Herco under a 250 to 260 grain cast. Any experiences would be much appreciated.
Regards