These revolvers are both 7 1/2 inch barrel and are in. Greer) ordnance inspection cartouche on the left wood grip. The date is still visible in the JEG (Capt. The second one is in the 48,000 SN range and was made in 1878. 16 Colt: 44 Special : 1 in 18 Charter Arms: 44 Special : 1 in 20 Colt SAA 64.
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That one is a dual sub-inspection model with both W.W. machining angle 20 MOA taper Archive - Benchrest Central Forums. The earliest is in the 17,000 SN range and was made in 1875.
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It's mfg in 1881 with Serial # 69527 and has US inspection stamps. Click on the link to my collection on My earlier post to see the one I have. Therefore, it was natural that Colt’s post-war hierarchy felt the fine old Peacemaker was a thing of the past. Then World War II brewed up requiring all of Colt’s production capabilities for military weapons. So at least the US government purchased them into 1890's and into the 140,000 range. In the last few years of 1st Generation SAA production only about 100 were shipped every 12 months.
And I have seen some later US issued ones in the 140,000 range. The US government purchased the 7-1/2" bbl Colt SAA's up to and into the early 1890's. This pistol has been fired very little becaus. And I told him it would be worth a thousand dollars more if he put ivory grips on it.Gary, are you sure you're not thinking of the Schoefeld revolver? As the purchase of Schoefeld revolvers by the US ended in 1876. Brand New This is the place for those old single action pistols for those who enjoy them as a shooter and or the collector. of 2005 (new) and had Bob Munden do a Custom Gun Work 1 (action trigger, forcing cone & sight-in) to it. But because it was a Series '70s, a Colt and a Goldcup to boot when I sold it the idiot who bought it knew what he was buying and told me that all Goldcups are finicky, that all it needed was a little stoning on the sear, trigger, and a heavier Wolf spring and he would be shooting through one hole. It misfired or hangfired at least once in very 7 rounds-absolute crap. If it fits in the box they'll ship it and they've been doing it since I bought my first Colt Goldcup in 1969. There was a thread going on the S&W Forum with pictures of guns with grips. Hi I thought to share my military colt revolver, it is a military marked Colt SAA made in 1875, inspected by Johnson, matching numbers, in very good condition, the colt is on top of an 1880 dated 5 button sack coat marked 1880 QM Jeffersonville, and some other original equipment, including an 18. Probably the worst company for quality control is Colt. Ruger Blackhawk elk grips, Ruger Vaquero elk grips, Colt SAA elk grips. The closest thing to perfection I've found in the last 15 years are anything made by Les Baer and Freedom Arms.
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I've bought many guns in the 17-2000 dollar range that had to be sent back to the factory for minor thingslike cracked frames, bent firing pins. If you want one of those you look for the words Custom Shop and add another 4-500 dollars.
Just look at Glock, Kahr, Springfield armory in particular because they are ugly, bulky, plastic and are not made of expensive parts.And a cheap one goes for 6-700 dollars and they're not tack drivers.