Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Handguns Bought a Colt SAA, 3rd Gen in .45 Colt

But it's the 3rd Gen made after they went back to the two piece cylinder (removable bushing), which are sometimes informally referred to as 4th Gen, but Colt rejects that label, only accepting the three gen distinctions. It's a 2005. I think I paid the right price for it at a total out of pocket of $1,600, including transfer, background check, etc.. It's in very lightly used condition, and very well cared for. Looks basically mint. Mainly, it's been a safe queen till I got it, but no longer. I intend to shoot her a lot, though also take good care of her.

Buying one of these, the way I see it, is about like taking money out of one pocket and putting it into another, since you're not losing any money, and might even (theoretically, assuming you ever resell) make some down the road. And in the mean time, you get to enjoy owning and shooting it. Hard to beat that.



Here she is next to my Uberti, which is also a .45 Colt, but came from the factory with a fitted .45 ACP cylinder, too. The Uberti is a great shooter, not much if any inferior to the Colt in any way that I can discover, other than lacking the pony on the frame.



Here's the Colt at the range. I shot her today, soon as I picked her up from the FFL.



This was the first five shot group (two went into the same hole), fired at fifteen yards, standing, off hand, one handed, slow fire.



Couldn't be happier with that group.

Nice, been wanting one for a long time, good shooting too.

Great Colt SA there TRH and you shoot it well. I'd say you did fine at that price.

Gorgeous revolver. Would love to have one. Looks like it , and you, shoot very well.

Very nice, congrats 👍

Cool gun! I hope you continue to enjoy it!

I hate you

Very nice TRH

LOL. Thanks.

It's been a bucket list gun of mine for many years, too. Thanks.

Thanks to all.

Can you shoot full power (Ruger) loads in it?

I don't think you can shoot monster loads in the New Vaquero. You can in the Old Vaquero (I have one in .44 Magnum, pictured below), and in the Blackhawks and Super Blackhawks. I wouldn't shoot any monster loads out of this Colt. It's not built for it.

I probably wouldn't shoot hot loads in it either just curious. Beautiful gun ,congrats. 👍

Just think how much better off you would be if that relic was chambered in 9MM Miraculose Farce.
If it were you would be set for anything from plinking to planetary invasion. It would replace a 16 inch battleship cannon.
I am sure you have remorseful remorse on your mishap.
May the Farce be with you.

You're living the dream brother; congrats!!

Thanks. Nothing like having the real thing.

I was actually in the market for a well worn First, or early Second, Gen, that was in mechanically good and shootable condition, but as I was discussing this on another forum, someone PMed me offering to sell me either of his Third Gen SAAs at a very reasonable price (He said he was getting up in years, and was drastically cutting down his firearms collection). He had one in 4.75" an one in 5.5" both in like new condition (basically safe queens), bought new by him at about the same time (2005). So, after taking some steps to protect myself in the deal from the potential for fraud, I went ahead and bought his 5.5" specimen.

Wonder if you could get enough Bullseye in the case to get it up off its behind? Probably not. Kinda sad really. Plus its an old design to boot. Maybe you could trade it on an M&P 9MM with some boot.
Hope you can.

Doofus, I learned a while back just to skip over your posts, but I figured everyone deserves a chance at changing for the better, so read your last one above.

No change. Back to skipping.

Last month I walked into a small gunshop in Green Valley, AZ and was surprised to see that they had a brand new 2020 production Colt SAA .45 on the shelf. I wanted to buy it but needed to show some self-discipline. So I walked out and came back the next day to buy it. I have two other Colts, 2 Turnbull finished AWA's and a USFA, and this Colt is as nice as any of them.

They still know how to make them, but I understand they only put out a couple hundred or so each year.

The 3rd gen guns (especially the later ones) are great revolvers and are very nicely put together. All the ones I've played with are accurate and shoot to point of aim. Plus, they're fun to shoot. You'll never lose money on a Colt SAA.
Bob