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He passed away at his home on Middleburg Virginia.

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Second Hand Lion was probably my next favorite .

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My favorite line from True Grit
Lucky Ned Pepper
" Rooster what's yours intention " Rooster Cogburn I aim to kill you or see you hung at Fort Carson makes no difference .

Lucky Ned Pepper , Thats mighty Big Talk for a one eyed fat man .

Rooster, Fill your hands you ***!!

RIP

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A beauty, been thinking about the London 1851 myself

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Jim , That USFA SAA is a beauty , I kinda wish now when they came out I would have bought one. Those one piece grips are really nice . That would be my goto.

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Hey it worked for Blondie

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Its interesting to me Im right handed and have always held the SAA in right hand tilted and loading with left hand spinning cylinder with trigger fingerp. Just seems unnatural to hold it in left hand and switch back to right to shoot.

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Now on anouther note what SAA are we looking at ? Beautiful one piece walnuts and outsyanding color case .

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One of the things Ive always done on any Colt or Ruger is to take one of the cratex polishing bobs for dremmel and polish the top surface to reduce friction . Not take any metal off just bring surface to a shine. Funny thing Ive never held my Colt 's or Rugers in my left hand to load . Ive always he...

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Here is the original page from the US Ordnance manual for the SAA. Notice when loading it only states to bring the hammer to safety notch after loading .It does not differentiate whether to draw the hammer to full cock or like the way JimT been doing. Ive always heard to draw the hammer to full cock...

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Colt stated that the safety notch or half cock notch could be sheared off with a mere 35 ft lbs of force. Post 1956 SAA have much better hammer material .Through hardened medium carbon alloy steel. The old 1st Gen SAA were relatively soft mild steel with thin color cased shell. Easy bent/broken if a...

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Old thread I had.

viewtopic.php?p=983974&hilit=Carry+SAA+on+empty#p983974

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The original Colt SAA manual says its ok if gun is as new no modifications to carry 6 live rounds but never on Half cock .
That's what the Safety notch is for.

Half cock is for loading only and a drop from this position will almost definatly discharge the SAA.

Per the Colt Manual :

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When you load one , skip one, then load four more. You pull the hammer all the way back and de-cock it. This places the hammer on empty chamber.

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I think you could argue your way out of the 38-55
"straight wall" debate as its not really a straight wall . It has two very distinct body tapers.

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Wife's W2 showed in informed delivery back on 1/31/26 and three more times. Now nothing .Had to open anouther case again. USPS is going to HE LL

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You ever get any friction from diehard collectors turning a nose at a parts build rifle ? Ive done a few myself over the years mostly Winchester .Most people find it saving old classic guns much like a vintage automobile. But you always have those few that really frown on such things . I get someone...

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Saw this barrel Pacific 38-55 looks like bore is nice with a little cleaning.

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Looks like happy ending , I like it.

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You can see in this 1892 I restored 30 years ago the forging lines can be seen in certain lighting . And if you look at some of them the charcoal blue is starting to flake along these lines. This gun has been safe queen but I suspect usage on old Winchesters subject to extreme temp changes causes th...

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Older guns due to fairly soft lower carbon steels and no real heat treat tend to have a coarse grain structure. The microscopic end grains tgat break down following the orientation of the forging shape. Okd Winchesters and Marlins have been seen showing the forging grain lines in the sides like this...

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Found this hammer off 1894 listed , has severe corrosion issues. But what is very interesting is you can see the forging grains lines in the still. The corrosion broke down the end grain and eroded it .

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You scored a fine rifle there, and shoots good to boot!

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Are you going to varnish the colors?

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Each time I've done it Ive got a call . Everytime they scan that package it takes a picture of the item and they know exactly where it is. Where it was at at time and who performed the scan .

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You have same luck I have on shipping guns. Go to the web site and report as an official case. Takes just a few minutes. They will call you and when they do tell them it contains a firearm and the OIG may get involved . They can tell who and where each scan took place if suspicious activity. Has to ...

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No sight picture is clear on low setting.

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Griff wrote: ↑Sat Jan 24, 2026 12:14 pm That looks like the same sight that came on my 2004 EMF "Hartford" mdl.
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While it is a much better sight than the ones I have from the '80s, I didn't mind their simple functionality.

Sure does

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Its an near exact replica of the early Winchester sporting rear sight. And has the larger 10 MM dovetail. Mine is 1995 year.
$29 on ebay.

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Factory Rossi

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Shot anouther 10 shot group sitting today , its a shooter.

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I ordered a new Rossi buckhorn rear sight its 10 MM dovetail.
Had to use dovetail file but fit good and looks much better than the old two piece junk that came on the 92 30 years ago.

Of course I got rid of all the Rosi on mine

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A Colt SAA was $15.50 at Sear and Roebuck . A skilled worker made $15-$20 per week .

Today it would take same worker over two weeks to buy a new SAA from Colt at $2300 retail

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Lot of the reason actions crack or warp is if was originally case hardened and not annealed before doing it again.
Lot of people doing this work today is required .

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The #44 ladder sight was standard carbine sight for all 1873, 1892 and 1894 SRC . The dovetail was first moved in early 30's to accommodate the 22H Rifle sight but had to use the short 3C Elevator. Post war it was moved again to allow for longer thumb piece elevator.

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Not mine but I wish it was

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Everybody needs a win once in a while. That was the 2025 superbowl championship of gun buying in 2025

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Those sintered steel frames can be black oxide coated Brownells Oxynate 84 was especially for this.

Winchester tried to plate them with iron then blue.

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Saw an excellent condition 22 WMR XTR on gunbroker couple months ago . $699 .. I studied it and studied it , put it in my watch list went back hour or so later to buy it GONE . Best deal Ive seen on one in many years.

I should have bought one years ago but unfortunately didnt.

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Thanks, Im pretty happy with this rifle.

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Yeah the 61 is the Cadillac of slide action rifles

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Finally snagged a pre war model 61 in decent shape 1937.
Shot this .500" offhand group at 20 yards 10 shots , its a keeper.

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Potassium cyanide melts at 1174 F neither Doug or Bobby reviel actually bath used. I seen Bobby checking hardness of a finished frame on an interview. So heat is involved just not typical heat.

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Some interesting times, apparently "Doug" cant even use his last name due to legal reasons. This new low temperature color case finish specializing in modern heat treated alloy steels . That have long gave troubles with traditional bone charcoal color case. Not sure if this is potassium cy...

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A new buisness venture ,

https://www.gunsinternational.com/guns- ... 4970#mob-2

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Looks like they welded in steel pieces ?

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Is the firing pin or striker damaged .Check the protrusion of the tip. Might want to detail clean the passage in locking bolt the striker rides in.

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The locking bolt and carriers are different too. Four basic models I believe.
Those extractor cuts were just a change made to more simplified method of manufacture.

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I was pretty disappointed as I have multiple case color projects needing done . I guess it will have to be Turnbull, Wyoming Armory, or John Carroll

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Pre polished parts is what I wanted to send , he wasn't interested in mine .

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