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Take yor pick, these have all served me well. The Bisley in particular with factory 250/255 gr loads.



These are particulary fun with 200 grain loads:



While I don't have a Cimarron in .45 Colt, I do have one in .44 Special. A great gun.

Good looking sixguns there

+1 on the Ruger New Vaquero. Love mine!

I have a Taurus Gaucho, pretty nice gun.

Colt has been manufacturing these for quite a while now.

To bad your on the wrong end of SD, gunshow at the fairgrounds in RC this weekend. Plenty of SAA clones floating around. Come to think of it there is a show in Brookings this weekend get off your ass and haul cash it's you be gettner time. Mb

Brookings gun show today and tomorrow. I bought a 45 Colt “Colt Clone” from Gary’s Gun shop in Sioux Falls a couple years ago.
The big gun show is coming up in Sioux Falls. Lots of venders there.

yes they do break, transfer bars break in Fast Draw matches all the time and loading gate springs get weak and cause scratching on the cylinders. I have been shooting them for the last 15 years in matches and they are strong guns. but like everything they do break and wear out. but for a normal shooter they will last you forever.

Another option is to find a Blackhawk in both .45acp and .45 colt., more fun for the $'s spent. The Vaquero's are great shooters too.

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One thing to keep in mind is the hammer safety or lack of hammer safety.
The original design does not have one....it's "load one, skip one, then load four"....the hammer rests on an empty cylinder.
Every Uberti except Arizona Ranger and Evil Roy has a floating firing pin safety now.
All Piettas are faithful to the original design.

So you have to decide, "Am I cool with a hammer safety or do I want the original Colt design ?"




Next is barrel length.
"Do I want a 4-3/4" or a 5-1/2" or a 7-1/2" ?"
4-3/4" is gunfighter length.
5-1/2" is artillery length
7-1/2" is the original cavalry length

In Uberti I'd get Arizona Ranger or Evil Roy (1lb-4oz trigger) no hammer safety
In Pietta I'd get a Great Western II Deluxe Californian (4lb- 3oz trigger) no hammer safety
Trigger pull weights can be adjusted very easily.

For Cowboy shooting? Adjustable sights ain't allowed. The FT Blackhawks are nice though!

Brian Pearce likes the Piettas because they copy the Colt pattern, have cylinder bushings and recoil plates you can replace. Very reasonable.

Brian Pearce also likes the Ubertis because they can handle 45 ACP+P loads. He does not recommend that in the Piettas.

Maybe I've missed it but nobody offered the suggestion of a old replica or an original in a Schofield.


I have the Uberti Schofield replica chambered in 45 Colt but I mostly shoot 45 Scofield through it and it shoots freaking awesome..