To shoot or not to shoot.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 4:40 pm

I`ve had this third gen. Colt in 44 sp for years, it`s like new but i have shot about half a box of ammo in it.
It sits in the gun safe and i`m wondering how many of you guys would carry it and use it or keep it as new.
Thanks.

I have other Single actions, Ruger, but those Colts are so nice to carry.

yooper2 · Post by **yooper2** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 5:02 pm

If it's a gun and still tight/safe, I shoot it!

The value of any object is the joy you get out of using it and the memories associated with it.

Eric

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 5:04 pm

I don't have any keepsakes. Everything in my house is a shooter. But that's me.

kimwcook · Post by **kimwcook** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 5:39 pm

Well, brother, it's not "New in the Box" anymore as you've shot it. So that being said I'd shoot it. I don't have a gun I won't shoot. I have some I haven't, but that's just because I haven't, not because I won't.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 5:53 pm

Yea ain`t gettin any younger, thanks guys.
Gotta trim some 44 mag cases too Spl`s and load up some ammo and see how she shoots.

kimwcook · Post by **kimwcook** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 6:00 pm

I'll bet she shoots a little high left. Let us know.

JerryB · Post by **JerryB** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 6:01 pm

Even though I have my old Colt .45 5 1/2 inch gun, I have always wanted a short .44 for a carry gun, and you have one in hand. If I had the money I would beg you to sell it to me. CARRY THAT THING AND SHOOT IT!!!!

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 6:04 pm

We`ll do it boys.

Borregos · Post by **Borregos** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 6:08 pm

Two words:

SHOOT IT

edwardyoung · Post by **edwardyoung** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 6:11 pm

Don't shoot it. Trade it for my Commander and let me shoot it.

Single action revolvers are obsolete, anyway.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 6:36 pm

Thanks but no thanks edwardyoung

nice gun.

Looks good in the holster, found half a box od factory lead bullets so will have a range report tomorrow.

pokey · Post by **pokey** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 6:43 pm

nice piece.

2ndovc · Post by **2ndovc** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 7:10 pm

That'd be about worn out if'n it were mine.

jb

kimwcook · Post by **kimwcook** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 7:12 pm

Just a tip, Pitchy and I'm probably not telling you something you don't already know. When you go to load, load one, skip one and load four, then pull the hammer all the way back and it'll go down on an empty chamber. That's the only real safe way to carry a Colt SAA. Like John Wayne said, you only carry five, but if you feel you're heading into trouble, load six. Oh, when you bring the hammer to half cock to load don't just put the hammer back down from half cock. Always take it to full cock and then down. Always take the hammer to full cock and then down anytime you pull the hammer back to check if it's loaded or anything else. At the least you'll scratch the cylinder with the bolt head if you don't. There's nothing like a Colt SAA with a 4.75" bbl. for packing. I think you'll enjoy it immensely.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 7:15 pm

kimwcook wrote:Just a tip, Pitchy and I'm probably not telling you something you don't already know. When you go to load, load one, skip one and load four, then pull the hammer all the way back and it'll go down on an empty chamber. That's the only real safe way to carry a Colt SAA. Like John Wayne said, you only carry five, but if you feel you're heading into trouble, load six. Oh, when you bring the hammer to half cock to load don't just put the hammer back down from half cock. Always take it to full cock and then down. Always take the hammer to full cock and then down anytime you pull the hammer back to check if it's loaded or anything else. At the least you'll scratch the cylinder with the bolt head if you don't. There's nothing like a Colt SAA with a 4.75" bbl. for packing. I think you'll enjoy it immensely.

Yepper buddy, i`m familiar with the loading of Colts but thanks for the reminder.

kimwcook · Post by **kimwcook** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 7:17 pm

I figured you probably did, but I'd hate myself if I didn't tell ya and something happened. Just don't shoot yourself in the foot.

No live ammo fast drawing.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 7:19 pm

My problem is focusing on them thar fine sights, if i can hit a pie plate at 25 yards i`ll be lucky.

6pt-sika · Post by **6pt-sika** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 7:24 pm

If it were me , I'd sell the Colt and by a nice S&W 629 4" and have some money left over for other stuff !

Plus you can carry six in that and not worry about all that other stuff .

KirkD · Post by **KirkD** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 7:24 pm

My policy is that if it is too nice to shoot, I sell it and buy something I can shoot.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 7:27 pm

6pt-sika wrote:If it were me , I'd sell the Colt and by a nice S&W 629 4" and have some money left over for other stuff !

Plus you can carry six in that and not worry about all that other stuff .

Got one, but with a six in barrel

Maybe i`ll carry two or three.

6pt-sika · Post by **6pt-sika** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 7:29 pm

Pitchy wrote:
6pt-sika wrote:If it were me , I'd sell the Colt and by a nice S&W 629 4" and have some money left over for other stuff !

Plus you can carry six in that and not worry about all that other stuff .
Got one, but with a six in barrel

Maybe i`ll carry two or three.

I bought a used 6" 629 barrel a year or two ago and put it on my 629 . Never did like the feel as much as I do with the 4" barrel . So mine has the 4" back on it and I sold the 6" barrel for a tidy profit .

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 7:41 pm

6pt-sika wrote:
Pitchy wrote:
6pt-sika wrote:If it were me , I'd sell the Colt and by a nice S&W 629 4" and have some money left over for other stuff !

Plus you can carry six in that and not worry about all that other stuff .
Got one, but with a six in barrel

Maybe i`ll carry two or three.
I bought a used 6" 629 barrel a year or two ago and put it on my 629 . Never did like the feel as much as I do with the 4" barrel . So mine has the 4" back on it and I sold the 6" barrel for a tidy profit .

But they ain`t no SAA, wouldn`t look good with my cowboy outfit.

ollogger · Post by **ollogger** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 7:44 pm

Take it & shoot er, ya cant take it with ya
Six Gun pretty much told me that when my wife bought that fine 25-35
for me So today i went down to the gravel pit & put 60 rounds
into all them little targets laying around
Alot more fun than shooting paper
ollogger

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 7:54 pm

I can`t wait till tomorrow to take a few shots, thanks bro`s.

jeepnik · Post by **jeepnik** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 8:09 pm

Pitchy, shoot the darned thing. An unfired gun is like one of those trailer queens they have at auto shows. They just seem so forlorn not being able to get out on the highway and do what they were meant to do. Set it free and burn some powder.

gak · Post by **gak** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 8:45 pm

+1 to what everyone else has said, shoot it! And don't be afraid to put some holster patina on it either!

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 8:48 pm

KirkD wrote:My policy is that if it is too nice to shoot, I sell it and buy something I can shoot.

+1 Pitchy. Great gun; great caliber. Enjoy shooting it!!!

Post by **Old Savage** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 12:27 am

And what would you consider selling it for?

Canuck Bob · Post by **Canuck Bob** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 1:26 am

I'd shoot that iron. If you do just blame me for bad advice when regret comes calling.

2X22 · Post by **2X22** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 1:44 am

Pitchy, without reading all the replies, if'n it were me, I be packin' and shootin' it every single day. Every single day!

2x22

Teek · Post by **Teek** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 2:44 am

I'm awaiting a range report. I'll gladly pay you $500 for your gun. Just kidding...sort of...it's worth better than $2,000 you know. Of course, you know. So, how did it shoot? Yes, I would shoot it, but no, I would not shoot it. Sorry to the rest of you, but a Colt is something I would'nt give up in a carry/shoot situation (evidence).

Teek

Teek · Post by **Teek** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 2:47 am

Let's just say I'd shoot it, but not carry it, ok?

Teek

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 8:39 am

Teek wrote:Let's just say I'd shoot it, but not carry it, ok?

Teek

Thanks guys, OS i`m not sellin at this time

Teek, the difference with me is i`m in the country and carrying this gun will be in a western holster around here. It would not be my first pick as a carry gun as a self deffence gun, that would be a 1911.

M. M. Wright · Post by **M. M. Wright** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 9:44 am

Pitchy,
Don't bother trimming those Mag cases. Just gimme your address as I have a bunch of 44 Specials that I'll never use. Be happy to send them to you.
Oh, and shoot it. I have several old Colts and shoot all of them. Even have a pair of engraved 2nd gens that I have shot SASS matches with.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 9:46 am

M. M. Wright wrote:Pitchy,
Don't bother trimming those Mag cases. Just gimme your address as I have a bunch of 44 Specials that I'll never use. Be happy to send them to you.
Oh, and shoot it. I have several old Colts and shoot all of them. Even have a pair of engraved 2nd gens that I have shot SASS matches with.

PM sent bro, Thanks

Nath · Post by **Nath** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 10:06 am

I got mixed emotions on this!

First one is wow and I am happy fer' ya'.

Second is I am as jealous as a jealous thing can get!

If I could walk with a piece like that and get it to shoot straight with a flatish bullet it would be taking all manner of small game let me assure you!

You have fun our friend, I'm listening out for those five slow fire rounds,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,still listening,,,,,,,,

N.

bdhold · Post by **bdhold** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 10:23 am

keeping it for somebody else?

You've already shot it. Shoot it again.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 12:54 pm

Guess it`s a keeper, off hand two hand hold kneeling at 20 yards shooting a six o-clock hold.
2 1/8th group of four.

Video here.

kimwcook · Post by **kimwcook** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 1:04 pm

I'll say that's a keeper. I'd pack that till the blue wore off.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 1:05 pm

Thanks pard, considering i can hardly focus on the sights not bad.

kimwcook · Post by **kimwcook** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 1:20 pm

Yeah, they weren't target pistols, but the packability and pointability is the overwhelming attributes. Plus the history and aesthetics are cool. It definitely works for you and with some load development you can probably shrink that group to half or more.

Nath · Post by **Nath** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 1:40 pm

kimwcook wrote:Yeah, they weren't target pistols, but the packability and pointability is the overwhelming attributes. Plus the history and aesthetics are cool. It definitely works for you and with some load development you can probably shrink that group to half or more.

Target pistols! Kimwcook, thats got rabbit pie written all over it, squirl stew and pheasant roast too.

Nope, it's garbage. Send it here and I can use it for a paper weight.

N

3leggedturtle · Post by **3leggedturtle** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 7:56 pm

Pitchy I'll be up saturday to help you shoot that ol' 44. I'll even let you shoot my 45/70 in return

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 8:10 pm

3leggedturtle wrote:Pitchy I'll be up saturday to help you shoot that ol' 44. I'll even let you shoot my 45/70 in return

Cool, see ya then.

Malamute · Post by **Malamute** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 10:26 pm

kimwcook wrote:Yeah, they weren't target pistols, but the packability and pointability is the overwhelming attributes.....

Funny, as I read this, and the previous post, I was just thinking how a Smith K frame rear sight and a Colt Flat Top Target front would make it so much easier to see the sights.

Years ago, I used to think of how to make a Ruger into a fixed sighted SA. Now, I have a couple Vaqueros, and am thinking about how to put decent adjustable sights that are easier to see on them. I used to want another SAA, but if I was to get another Colt, I think it would be a New Frontier, or put adjustables on an SAA.

In any event Pitchy, it's a great pistol, I loved the Colt .44 spl's I had years ago, and are a couple of the true regrets I have in guns I've traded off.

buckeyeshooter · Post by **buckeyeshooter** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 12:51 am

kimwcook wrote:Well, brother, it's not "New in the Box" anymore as you've shot it. So that being said I'd shoot it. I don't have a gun I won't shoot. I have some I haven't, but that's just because I haven't, not because I won't.

Well I DO have a bunch new in the box I will not shoot, keep them for 'speculation' read that making money! However you said you alreadyshot it-- won't hurt to shoot it more as long as you don't put holster wear or 'character' marks on it.

gundownunder · Post by **gundownunder** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 7:02 am

Maybe i`ll carry two or three.

That's how the desperados of old did it.

Down here were we call 000 (911) if somebody wants to kill us, I would be thrilled to bits at the idea of carrying that as my regular carry gun.

If I've read the literature correctly, nothing clears leather and fires an accurate shot faster than a Colt single action, and a 44 caliber hole through the middle is going to wreck a ferals entire day, so why wouldn't you carry one.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 8:48 am

Wouldn`t mind having one of these in 44 spl. to go with it.

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 10:16 am

Pitchy wrote:Thanks pard, considering i can hardly focus on the sights not bad.

I know the problem... and learned it ain't the gun's fault!

The 44Spl ain't ever interested me, much... but I have two 3rd gen Colt SAAs in .45Colt... I've had to have one rebuilt once, and the other'n been tuned to be a matching pair (with slightly different trigger pulls to use one left-handed)... and have never regretted any shot I put thru them. In fact, both left the factory with 7-½" barrels, but now sport 4-¾" ones! Don't regret that decision either!

You can see where the "new" one didn't quite take the bluing after being cut and new front sight installed... still shoots like a dream!

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 10:23 am

Nice pair ya got there pard.