SAA porn...

[cshold]

1st. Gen. Turnbull restoration.

[Old Savage]

Nice - yours?

[cshold]

No not mine Fred.
Turnbull has a Facebook page.
If you do the like thing, every few days or so they post
pictures of some of there completed or restorations in progress.
Have plenty of drool rags at the ready

[pwl44m]

I would hate to mess My Rust Bucket up like that.
Perry

[J Miller]

Pseudo SAAs ..... ( I've never been well funded enough to own a real one. )
IJ:


OM BH 45:


My OM BH .357 with the long gone John Wayne grips:


My OM Super Single 6:



Custom OM Ruger BH .45 Colts from Cosby Custom Guns in IN:

I shot these at the first LeverGuns IN get together and they are sweet. I wish they were mine.

Joe

[Model 52B]

Not Single Action Army pistols, but inspired by the SAA and in the same basic mold. .45 Colt Ruger Blackhawks in 7 1/2" and 4 5/8" lengths:

[damienph]

Pseudo SAAs ..... ( I've never been well funded enough to own a real one. )
Joe

Me either Joe. Don't think that mine is worth a Turnbull Resto...

It actually functions ok, including cylinder lockup and indexing, forcing cone/cylinder gap is a little more than I am comfortable with (that and the two bulges in the barrel). Barrel isn't really at an angle to the frame, looks that way because of poor cell phone pic.

[J Miller]

Model 52 B,

Nice early NM BHs, I had a couple like that way back in the 70s. ( 1970s .... )
What brand and model # are those holsters?

damienph,
That is my kind of old pistol. I'd shoot that one just for the heck of it.

Joe

[Model 52B]

Model 52 B,

Nice early NM BHs, I had a couple like that way back in the 70s. ( 1970s .... )
What brand and model # are those holsters?

They are nothing fancy - Triple K, model 114 "Cheyenne". I grew up on a ranch where a pistol, carbine or rifle was mostly a tool and I still value practicality at a decent price point.

They are unlined, but the quality is good and they are nicely blocked so retention is good even without the hammer loop. The pistols also don't rattle around in the holsters, so even unlined, they tend to be kind to the finish. Another thing I like about the holster is that you can either thread it on a regular belt or quickly unsnap it put it on a slotted buscadero style belt.

IIRC, Ruger sells them on their shop ruger.com page, but they are available at Midway, etc. I've noted they also match the color of Cabela's leather belts so I suspect they are made by the same folks.

[Chuck 100 yd]

damienph , What is with that top strap??? It looks like it is way too thin. The front sight is also much smaller than factory. Someone must have gotten a new grinder for Christmas.
I probably would shoot it with Cowboy loads but nothing hotter.

[Griff]

[cshold]

Hummm!
This thread seems to be lacking something.
Awe yes

A cowgirl

[Model 52B]

Hummm!
This thread seems to be lacking something.
Awe yes

A cowgirl

She sure has got big...guns.

[.45colt]

About 10 years ago the Wife and I were up in N.Y State visiting Friends,so I just had to look Turnbull's up. .talked to one of the Guys behind the counter He showed Me several Guns.pulled one beater SAA from down below then handed Me a totally restored one to look at.just like in the picture. He said "before and After".simply stunning. Nice Stuff. .

[rangerider7]

pwl44m, I like yours better. Call me crazy. RR7

[Sixgun]

Made in 1917--unfired----------6

[pwl44m]

pwl44m, I like yours better. Call me crazy. RR7

Thank You
Perry

[jhrosier]

Still my favorite:

Clements Custom .44 Spl Vaquero

Jack

[damienph]

damienph , What is with that top strap??? It looks like it is way too thin. The front sight is also much smaller than factory. Someone must have gotten a new grinder for Christmas.
I probably would shoot it with Cowboy loads but nothing hotter.

I suspect that it is not made in USA. The top strap is on the thin side and has been re-welded at one time; maybe related to one (or both) of the barrel bulges. The barrel has been shortened and either a new front sight attached or remnants of the old one re-attached. The front sight is in the lettering that is rollmarked on top of the barrel, obliterating some of it. There is evidence that the revolver was nickel plated at one time. The left side has a small crack developing at the front bottom edge of the cylinder window. There is no doubt that this thing has been fired a lot.


The left side of the grips has three notches carved in them, not sure if they signify kills of some sort or the number of times the shooter escaped serious injury after blowing the top strap or lodging a couple of bullets in the barrel.

[3855]

1st generation Colt SAA, circa 1898. Chambered in 38 W.C.F. Still shoots good!

[Pitchy]

My Colt 44 spl.

[Barcelona Rick]

Griff tell me about that Interarms Silver Cup frame 1911.....live in the country and I don't think I have ever heard of an Interarms frame or is it a complete pistol with Colt grips ? Appreciate it sir....

rick

[J Miller]

Griff,
The two in your second pic look sort of anemic and flat, didn't they get fed enough?

Sixgun,
I can help rectify that unfired situation.

casastahle,
Are those a pair of 44s or 45s? Inquisitive minds want to know ....

Model 52 B,
Thanks for the ID.

Pitchy,
How does that SA 44 shoot? I've only shot one SA in 44 Spcl and it wasn't a Colt.

Joe

[Pitchy]

Well Joe to be truthful i haven`t shot it that much, i bought it new about 20 years ago and kept it in the safe as new.
Just recently got it out a few times and been carrying it, the times i have shot it it was pretty accurate and fun to shoot.
Someday i`m going to work up a good mild load for it and load up a bunch and shoot it more.
Been to busy building boats.

[Lastmohecken]

Well, at least I got my Super Blackhawk to load up

[hightime]

Not all single actions are Colts.

[Malamute]

I use a couple SA Rugers. I've had several colts in the past, I sure regret trading them off. My favorite was a 4 3/4" nickel 44 spl.

I did a nice flat top 45 Blackhawk also, and had a Colt Flat Top Target styled front sight made for it. I never quite warmed up to the large Ruger front sights on their adjustable sighted guns.

A slightly modified Vaquero 45,



The usual place one rides, unless on me,



A nice Miles City style holster with the Ruger 45 and an old Green River knife,

[Lastmohecken]

single actions 9.jpg

Here's a picture of some of my singleactions, Colt nickel plated 357 at about 5 o'clock, the rest are Rugers, except for the Armi-San Marco 45 at 12 o'clock

[rangerider7]

3855, now you are talking. That Colt SAA has a history and it shows. It feels good to the touch. RR7

[Griff]

Griff tell me about that Interarms Silver Cup frame 1911.....live in the country and I don't think I have ever heard of an Interarms frame or is it a complete pistol with Colt grips ? Appreciate it sir....
rick

Interarms imported 1911 frames in the 60s and 70s... and were sold as frames or complete guns... I had a bunch of surplus parts and assembled this into a complete gun in 1974, and sold it in 1995 to help pay for a slight downturn in the family economy... bought it back 2 years ago from another shooter at our club... the 3rd owner since me. He had some crummy plastic grips, which promptly landed in the trash... these panels were the factory panels from my 1982 Combat Commander next to it...

While the Interarms (I just call my "parts gun"), had been rebuilt, it'd been fired a lot... and it didn't take long (just a few hundred rounds), for it to develop a severe issue... grip safety wasn't required for it fire. My son took it upon himself to again rebuild it, but with a couple new parts... We're planning on a two-tone Ceracote™ refinish job. Here, it's nearly ready to go to the refinisher:


New parts include mainspring housing, grip safety, trigger, interrupter, several pins, all new springs, hammer, mag release, slide stop and thumb safety, although those last two are going to get replaced with more workable parts. The son & I have similar sized hands, and we've decided that the new Wilson extended slide stop is too short, and their thumb safety is too wide! These grips are the factory panels from my Taylor's Tactical 1911 and will be replaced also... Haven't decided if it'll get the Hogue double diamond wood grips currently on the Taylor's, or???

So far it's an definite improvement:

Griff,
The two in your second pic look sort of anemic and flat, didn't they get fed enough?

Sixgun,
I can help rectify that unfired situation.
Joe

Joe... they've been fed A LOT! If they hadn't... they wouldn't be quite so UGLY! They're still single actions! Just use shorter ammo!!!

and Sixgun, I gotta agree with Joe... since it already has "ring around the cylinder"... firing it ain't gonna hurt it none!

[1894c]

I would hate to mess My Rust Bucket up like that. :lol: :mrgreen:
Perry

actually I like yours better...something cooool about an honest, hard-used, working gun... :)

[pwl44m]

I would hate to mess My Rust Bucket up like that.
Perry

actually I like yours better...something cooool about an honest, hard-used, working gun...

Thk U Sir, and it shoots - 38wcf. I've only shot it for function.
Please every one,- understand that Turnbull is nice, I have even dreamed of having mine done but I have a brand new 3rd Gen in the box that will suffice also in 38 wcf.
Perry


Whouda thunk this would turn into a show & tell, I love it.

[veeman]

One Colt, one Uberti, both 44-40.
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j78/v ... 99ce7c.jpg

[Snaketail]

Here's a pix of the one my grandfather carries when he was a sheriff in northeast Texas - 38WCF.

[olyinaz]

Damien, I'm going to guess that's a Mexican copy. Sure looks like many I've seen anyhow.

Yet another flavor of SA:

[cshold]

My all-time favorite Turnbull Colt SA restoration.

To date anyway.

[pwl44m]

Cass, that reminds Me of the Gun I saw last weekend at a Gun Show. Colt SAA marked "Bisley Model 38 wcf" on the barrel with regular grips. The Guy said it was all orignal. I said but it is a Bisley with the wrong grips, how can it be original. He said Somebody probably put them on it to which I replied "then it caint be original", Didn't matter, He was sticking to the orginal story. Could I be wrong ? I didn't argue, just waked away scratching My head.
Perry

[Griff]

Cass, that reminds Me of the Gun I saw last weekend at a Gun Show. Colt SAA marked "Bisley Model 38 wcf" on the barrel with regular grips. The Guy said it was all orignal. I said but it is a Bisley with the wrong grips, how can it be original. He said Somebody probably put them on it to which I replied "then it caint be original", Didn't matter, He was sticking to the orginal story. Could I be wrong ? I didn't argue, just waked away scratching My head.
Perry

The phrase, "...some people..." comes to mind. Or, if you prefer, "...you just can't fix stupid..." All you can do is inform them of their error... and as you did, walk away!

[Buck Elliott]

Damien, that gun of yours is a Mexican knock-off of a Colt SAA.. It combines colt features with some aspects borrowed from the Remington single actions..

First time I saw one was in '65, and belonged to a good friend, who brought it back from Mexico.. It was in pretty tough shape, and was missing a few parts, which we replaced with homemade pieces.. It was chambered for .44 WCF, and was horribly inaccurate..

Sixgun, that Colt may be unfired, but it sure ain't unturned.. Has been played with by someone who didn't understand the proper manipulation of a single action.. Go ahead and shoot it, like it was meant to be...

[cshold]

Cass, that reminds Me of the Gun I saw last weekend at a Gun Show. Colt SAA marked "Bisley Model 38 wcf" on the barrel with regular grips. The Guy said it was all orignal. I said but it is a Bisley with the wrong grips, how can it be original. He said Somebody probably put them on it to which I replied "then it caint be original", Didn't matter, He was sticking to the orginal story. Could I be wrong ? I didn't argue, just waked away scratching My head.
Perry

I don’t think we have to worry about Mr. Turnbull making a like statement
about the one pictured above. His restoration team even incorporated an old
mercury dime as a front sight.

[cshold]

My two Colt girls.

[pwl44m]

Here's a pix of the one my grandfather carries when he was a sheriff in northeast Texas - 38WCF.

Welcome Snaketail, U done good. Picture on Ur first post and a fine one it is. Can U tell We like SAs around here ? And DAs, and Semi Autos, and Levers, Well --- Guns. Pull up a stump and sit a spell.
Perry

[cshold]

Here's a pix of the one my grandfather carries when he was a sheriff in northeast Texas - 38WCF.

Welcome Snaketail, U done good. Picture on Ur first post and a fine one it is. Can U tell We like SAs around here ? And DAs, and Semi Autos, and Levers, Well --- Guns. Pull up a stump and sit a spell.
Perry

And Perry forgot to mention, 'These too' (cowgirls)

[pwl44m]

Cass, My Wife sometimes aks Me "who U writen to".I seemed to have missed what U r refering to.
Perry

[Griff]

Here's a pix of the one my grandfather carries when he was a sheriff in northeast Texas - 38WCF.

Excellent 1st post.
and Welcome to the Forum!

[cshold]

Cass, My Wife sometimes aks Me "who U writen to".I seemed to have missed what U r refering to.
Perry

Sorry Perry if I posted that in away that puts you in a bad light.
Never my intention.

[pwl44m]

Cass, My Wife sometimes aks Me "who U writen to".I seemed to have missed what U r refering to.
Perry

Sorry Perry if I posted that in away that puts you in a bad light.
Never my intention.

Naw I'm just harrassin Ya. I wear the Pants around here but I have to check the calender to see if it's My day or Hers
In reference to the twins, U got some purty Girls.
Perry
BTW, that aint a Cowgirl - Shes ridin Side Saddle.

[cshold]

Cass, My Wife sometimes aks Me "who U writen to".I seemed to have missed what U r refering to.
Perry

Sorry Perry if I posted that in away that puts you in a bad light.
Never my intention.

Naw I'm just harrassin Ya. I wear the Pants around here but I have to check the calender to see if it's My day or Hers
In reference to the twins, U got some purty Girls.
Perry
BTW, that aint a Cowgirl - Shes ridin Side Saddle.

Thanks Perry

[Hombre]

These two belongs to me.
The first is in caliber 44-40 and is made 1884.
The other one is in caliber 45LC and made in 1897.
/Stefan
Sweden

[KirkD]

1st Generation Colt SAA Artillery, 1882. This one is restored and used. I just got back from a couple days in the northern bush and it went with me. I have swapped out the original cylinder for a modern one chambered in 45 Schofield. Cartridges are loaded to 45 Colt ballistics.