"Old" Colt SAA 44-40 to go with Winchester lever.

rangerider7 · Post by **rangerider7** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 11:22 am

Funny how things happen. I went to the San Antonio Gun Show this weekend and traded for this 1906 Colt SAA. It is in great mechanical condition, all original, some bluing left and a little case hardening in hidden places. The screws don't look to have been turned. The stags are beautiful to me and fit like a glove. As you may know from a previous thread, I just bought a new Colt SAA 44-40 a couple of weeks ago to shoot with the lever. I plan on shooting this one but you can never tell, I might have to put it in a display case too. The 1st generations are getting tough to find in decent condition anymore. I saw so many messed with Colt SAAs this weekend.

Tuco Tom · Post by **Tuco Tom** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 11:34 am

Yeh got to love a Frontier Six Shooter, nice SAA. I assume the holster came with the deal?

Mike D. · Post by **Mike D.** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 11:37 am

My 1st generation Frontier Six Shooters get lots of use and look like it. Despite thousands of .44-40s run through them, they have NEVER broken or seen a gunsmith.

One of them has a nice set of initials engraved on the buttstrap, but I've never tried to have it authenticated in any way. I have no clue about the notches, either. I bought the gun for $40 back in '62 and it was exactly like it looks today.

rjohns94 · Post by **rjohns94** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 12:53 pm

Very nice. Great find. I would shoot it.

gamekeeper · Post by **gamekeeper** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 1:21 pm

I never got to own a SAA before the Nanny State took our rights away.

I envy you guys and I go all shades of green when I read these posts.

Occasionally I come across the odd SAA in .44 rim fire which we can still own due to the ammo being obsolete but the last one I saw cost Â£2000 and was pretty beat up!

Thanks for posting rangerider she sure looks a beauty.

Mike D, I sure wish that pistol could talk.

Mike D. · Post by **Mike D.** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 2:26 pm

It is a shame that the British "deciders" took away your ability to own antique Colts, Gamekeeper. I stopped looking at them some time ago, back when the prices got even more stupid than they are today. Some of the junkers that you see at local shows are an embarrassment to Sam'l Colt himself. The same goes for Winchesters. I don't understand the $3000 price tag on rust bucket clunkers, but everyone's got a gold mine, I suppose.

I wish that the engraved one could talk, too. It still speaks lead and flame OK, so I guess that'll have to suffice.

kimwcook · Post by **kimwcook** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 6:01 pm

Rangerider7, you're killing me and my keyboard. You're a lucky man to keep coming across those old Colt SAA's and being able to pick them up.

rangerider7 · Post by **rangerider7** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 8:20 pm

Kimwcook, I have been lucky for the past few months. I have been trading quanity for quality, sometimes 3 for 1. It has been good for me through the last 42 years of collecting. I hope it stays that way.

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 10:57 pm

game keeper wrote:I never got to own a SAA before the Nanny State took our rights away.

GK - you really need to move over here! Of course, at the rate we're going, we're not too far behind.

rangerider7 wrote:Kimwcook, I have been lucky for the past few months.

RR7 - that is perhaps the understatement of the year! Every time I see one of your posts I just automatically reach for the drool rag!

Jaguarundi · Post by **Jaguarundi** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 2:01 am

Nice Colts Guys

!rangerider7 yours is a gem

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