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Presently, mine is this old Ruger Vaquero.
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My favorite....
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My hunting rig:
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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 along with it's low wall mate
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Probably this relatively basic OM 357 conversion Alan Harton did for me many years ago. Number two would be this 5 shot Bisley by Larry Crow.
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Here is the one I had made for my only grandson. This is mine, a Turnbull redo of a 125th Anniversary
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First generation with 3 3/4 inch barrel and Bisley hammer...
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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....
If we live long enough, we all have regrets. But the ones that nag at us the most are the ones in which we know we had a choice.
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3rd generation New Frontier:
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The only 45 Colt I have ever owned.... 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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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.
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. -Ernest Hemingway The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.-- Edward John Phelps
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Me three. Like you folks, I'm a man of simple tastes. I bought mine in 2003 or so. It still shoots very well.
and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? (Micah 6:8) d.v. Musings on TDS
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The collection of taxes which are not absolutely required, which do not beyond reasonable doubt contribute to public welfare, is only a species of legalized larceny. Under this Republic the rewards of industry belong to those who earn them. Coolidge
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top one. stamped U.S.
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The only 45 Colt I have ever owned.... 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.
If we live long enough, we all have regrets. But the ones that nag at us the most are the ones in which we know we had a choice.
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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... 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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shrapnel, Beautiful SAAs, but how are you mounting them? Is that a wall mount? TIA
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. -Ernest Hemingway The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.-- Edward John Phelps
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Actually, it is the floor in the kitchen with the gun supports under them...
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I like which ever one has at least 1800 grains of lead and 130 grains of W296 in the cylinder�..
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The top is a first generation with handmade Rosewood grips... 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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The top is a first generation with handmade Rosewood grips... 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. Bob
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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. 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! By far my favorite wheelgun now in the entire world.....will be the last gun I let go of......
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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. Doc
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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. 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! 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! Good luck finding one!
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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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! 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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These will do. Depends on the day
Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty of give me death! P. Henry
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Love that front sight and sheephorn grips, 257!
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The only 45 Colt I have ever owned.... Where did you find the grip stocks?
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