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Presently, mine is this old Ruger Vaquero.

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My 5 1/2-inch Bisley.

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I've had several but am down to this one, so I guess that makes it my favorite!

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Same here.


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Probably this relatively basic OM 357 conversion Alan Harton did for me many years ago.

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Number two would be this 5 shot Bisley by Larry Crow.

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First generation with 3 3/4 inch barrel and Bisley hammer...

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Damn, that's nice.


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Ruger RedHawk 4 inch barrel, with wheel wieght cast 325 Gas checked wide meplate bullet, and a healthy dose of H110

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The only 45 Colt I have ever owned....

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Originally Posted by lastround
The only 45 Colt I have ever owned....

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If you don't mind me asking how long is the barrel on your .45, and is that a factory production gun?

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Probably my favorite revolver in any caliber: Ruger Vaquero -
45 Colt, blued/case colored, black micarta birds head grip,
with (un-catalogued) 4 5/8" barrel.

Link pictured is 3 1/4" barrel.

> http://cdn2.armslist.com/sites/arms...6889_01_ruger_vaquero_birds_head_640.jpg <

Also have a matching Single-Six Vaquero, in 32 H&R Mag. Both, are Old-Models

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This one, a Bowen Bisley Vaquero.
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4-5/8" stainless blackhawk, or the 5-1/2" stainless bisley.


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My S&W Model 625 Mountain Gun is my favorite 45 Colt chambered handgun. I also really like my Ruger Bisley 45 Colt.


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Originally Posted by TNrifleman
My S&W Model 625 Mountain Gun is my favorite 45 Colt chambered handgun. I also really like my Ruger Bisley 45 Colt.

Both great guns!

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I like the long one best.


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Same here.


Me three. Like you folks, I'm a man of simple tastes. I bought mine in 2003 or so. It still shoots very well.


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Same here.


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The only 45 Colt I have ever owned....

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If you don't mind me asking how long is the barrel on your .45, and is that a factory production gun?



12dogs, the barrel is 4.2" on that Redhawk, and yes, it is totally factory production. Ruger re-started production of the Redhawks around the first of the year. It did come with the rubber grips which I changed out as soon as I got it home. They just didn't feel right to me since my other Redhawks have the factory wood grips.



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I hope in the spring, after tax season, to order out of the Colt custom shop a 7-1/2" black powder frame with some extras in .45 Colt for black powder shooting. That will be my favorite six shooter if it comes off.


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It used to be this 5.5" Collt SAA with ivory...
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But NOW it is this 4.25" round butt, Freedom Arms 97.
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Great bunch of guns and thank you all. Keep 'em coming.


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The top is a first generation with handmade Rosewood grips...

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An unassuming 4 5/8" Ruger Blackhawk - reworked by Bowen.
Shoots like the shooter knows what he's doing!


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Beautiful SAAs, but how are you mounting them? Is that a wall mount?
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Actually, it is the floor in the kitchen with the gun supports under them...


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Originally Posted by shrapnel


The top is a first generation with handmade Rosewood grips...

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That's a good lookin' set of Colt's!

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These are my favorites....nicknamed
The Good- Bisley Vaquero
The Bad- Birdhead Vaquero
And The Ugly- Redhawk 5.5" with express sights

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Originally Posted by CraigC
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The top is a first generation with handmade Rosewood grips...

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That's a good lookin' set of Colt's!


They are all first generation with 7 1/2 inch barrels, various calibers...


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2nd gen Colt SAA, 7.5" barrel with hard rubber grips.


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Colt SAA 4.75" and ivory.
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Well for awhile it was this one....S&W 25-7 one of 2,000 made with a 5" barrel and unfluted cylinder.

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But then, I found this darling in a gun library at a Cabela's and offered it to my buddy for a gun to carry while we were in the Bighorns hunting Elk, but he declined it, so I brought it home.
625-6 Mountain Gun in .45 Colt that someone has had a competent gunsmith perform an action/trigger job on that is out of this world smooth!



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I too, replaced the rubber grips on mine in favor of the original style wood grips. I like it a lot. The holster is a Simply Rugged.

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Out of curiosity, any of you guys shooting black powder out of the SAA?


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My one and only 45 right now.
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Originally Posted by frogman43
Well for awhile it was this one....S&W 25-7 one of 2,000 made with a 5" barrel and unfluted cylinder.

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But then, I found this darling in a gun library at a Cabela's and offered it to my buddy for a gun to carry while we were in the Bighorns hunting Elk, but he declined it, so I brought it home.
625-6 Mountain Gun in .45 Colt that someone has had a competent gunsmith perform an action/trigger job on that is out of this world smooth!



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By far my favorite wheelgun now in the entire world.....will be the last gun I let go of......





Like them both, but that 25-7 is a sweetheart. Don't let that puppy go1

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Only have one at the moment, wife's bisley convertable.

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I looked a long time for one of those.....and finally found one that a LEO in Detroit had. We worked out deal and I was able to bring it home.

I saw pictures of one that someone chopped the barrel on to make a snubbie out of, and my buddy Evil Twin owns one as well. so that only leaves 1,997 left in the world that might be available! grin

Good luck finding one!


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Originally Posted by frogman43
I looked a long time for one of those.....and finally found one that a LEO in Detroit had. We worked out deal and I was able to bring it home.

I saw pictures of one that someone chopped the barrel on to make a snubbie out of, and my buddy Evil Twin owns one as well. so that only leaves 1,997 left in the world that might be available! grin

Good luck finding one!

I bought a 25-5 four inch i think it was a few years ago, .45colt. From a former detroit cop. I think they had a thing for them.


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Favorite?

Any of them....


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Another Bowen for the thread - a 5-shot. He is called....."La Migra"!

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Love that front sight and sheephorn grips, 257!


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Originally Posted by lastround
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Where did you find the grip stocks?

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