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Until you hold it in your hand, you can speculate all over the place. Pictures aren’t a good resource either, as you can miss many imperfections. High resolution, close up pictures can tell a lot, but those pictures don’t reveal much of what those guns are...

The SAA was the most copied pistol in the world. It was made by the Belgians, the Spanish and the mesicans, among others

The one above has numbers on the side of the frame. A real colt below




the fact that the ivory grips are not good fitting replacements causes added suspicion , as does the nickel finish.

A mesican knock off

This is what I'm trying to find out if they are copies or original. The screw for the grips on the ssa are dinged up and could add to what WFB says, I don't know, The Navy looks very much like the original one we had that got stolen. It was in our family for over 100 years, Will the serial numbers give any indication if they are fake or real, Thank you for posting for me as this is getting interesting

I guess I'm unaware of Colt SAA's being made in Mexico.

Do think you missed "Italy" in your list of who make copies.

But 1st Gen. Colt's do indeed have the patent dates on the left side of the frame.

But say for argument's sake it's a Uberti 7 1/2" SAA...

Is it not worth more than $200? If so, then someone went to a lot of time, trouble and expense to sell it for only $200...

Nickel and grips do not mean the piece isn't a Colt.

What is the serial number?

Colt never made pistols in Mexico Tex. mesicans made copies of the SAA colt.

If it were Italian, it would say made in Italy, and the man wouldn't be asking questions.

I am not disputing what you say. I'm only trying to learn.

that was for rockinbar, not you.

many have been fooled by SAA's. A fella can get it stuck deep in his butt if he isn't careful. I know very little compared to a lot of Colt collectors.

I have two...three of you count the Frontier Scout 22 I own. I have a Second Gen 45, and an original Colt's Bisley Model, also in 45. They are most definitely Colt.

You are teachin' your grampa to suck eggs here with a couple of folks involved in this conversation.

Just sayin'.

You are over your head already.

But please continue.

And that's what it boils down to.

Never met a Texan that didn't know something about colts. I reckon you did your learnin in Hollywood. From the real cowboys

Once again, you muddle a thread where the grownups were talking.

Worse than that, you made assumptions and judgements about another man's guns who was asking for help.

Help him, you did not..

Par for your course.

Did you have jinglebobs in the movies?