Been cycling through the handguns in the safe, checking them out, cleaning and lubing. Sometimes, after they've been cleaned and lubed, they look too nice not to snap a picture of them before packing them back up and putting them away again. I also want to get out and shoot just about every gun I pull out of the safe that hasn't been to the range in a while, but there are only so many hours in a day, and only so many days in a week. I try, though.

Let me know when those two need a new home! Love it.

If you get the right pair combination, maybe they will procreate!
nice set of Colts.

Very nce!

Good looking pair! I’m going to get one of those one day with a 5.5 inch barrel and put an 1860 grip frame on it. I did that to a clone and to me it makes the perfect single action.

Did they fool you? Both made by Uberti.

Cool idea. Longer grip for larger hands.

Ain't a whole lot of things in this world that are sexier than a revolver except maybe a 1911.

Nice set.. and round.

Should have never let my Uberti go

Nothing is more fun than a pair of 1873s Rio7

Beautiful Colts. Love the stag grips.

Nice revolvers guys!


I just have the measly, lonely, single 45 Colt now.

Dang Hawk, I don't think anybody here suspected you had so much cool stuff in your collection.

Rock, I can't see that scabbard with the Mod 73 in it? Where is it?

Very nice Hawk. You have some really good stuff in that safe.

I have a pair of these somewhat rare USFA 100% US built Inspector Series Colt Cavalry. One Ainsworth and one Nettelton

I'll trade you my two for your one. Is that real ivory?

Really?

Those are reputed to be better than anything Colt ever put out. I was on the edge of ordering one many times before the company became defunct.

You, Rio and TRH have good taste, and pistols.

Some nice looking six shooters here, boys. Here is the only center fire single action Colt I have left. Had six at one time but other people wanted them more than I did ... and had the $$$$ to convince me to sell them.

This is a Colt Frontier model, .357 Magnum, real Sambar stag grips. I still have the original box, grips, and papers. It is accurate, too.



L.W.

This is the Uberti 44special with the 1860 grip frame on it. Great feeling single action. I'm going to make the same conversion one of these days to a Colt, hopefully in 44 special. I had the Colt at one time but life got in the way of keeping it. The Colt didn't shoot nearly as good as the Uberti anyway and I worried too much about scuffing it up, so down the road it went. This Uberti is one that shoots where it is pointed and I don't mind using as a beater.

Sorry, Amigo.

No trade.

Beautiful pistols. Thanks for showing.

I kick myself for selling my USFA Flattop Target 44 Special/Russian. I bought it NIB with a really nice set of upgraded French walnut grips. Of course I shot it and it shot very well. Really a beautiful piece. Sad story on USFA...

I once bought a Cimarron Model P junior in .38 spl that I really wanted to like. It's just a scaled down SAA. It would have been a slick little revolver but the sights were off to the left and a bit low. I could have loaded or filed the sight to correct elevation, but there's not much to do about a fixed sight handgun with bad windage. I had a Ruger Bearcat with the same problem,...only worse. I wanted to like it, also.

I'd still like to have a Model P junior that shot to point of aim. A miniature Model P in .38 spl is a very slick concept.

These:

https://www.cimarron-firearms.com/model-p-jr-38-special-5-1-2-in.html

Here's one of my favorite guns. I think a stainless SAA (Uberti) combines the best of both worlds............

Bristoe, someone that's familiar with the windage issue in SAA's can fix that problem for a mere fraction of what a replacement would cost.

It's a matter of tweaking the barrel slightly left or right with the threads that screw into the frame. Shouldn't take long, or cost much atall.

Some nice leg irons.

Couple of BBQ guns, real ivory and real stag, real Colts.

Just Had this delivered to me.
EMF Pietta GWII Gunfighter Combo .45 Colt with 45 ACP cylinder as well.

Very nice.

Yeah,...I pretty much figured that it was an issue of barrel timing.

Somebody say real ivory?

jbmi, That's very nice pair of Hog Leg's Rio7
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Nice. My 5.5" barrel Uberti (seen in post #1 of this thread) also came with a .45 ACP cylinder, and it hits dead on with .45 ACP. I generally only shoot .45 ACP out of it, in fact, due to the lower cost of range ammo.

Smith & Wesson?

I know who has this one and it's for sale,

Jesse James' preferred sidearm.

Wow. Nice 👍
I just bought this Great Western

Wasn't Marshal Dillon's Peacemaker, of Gunsmoke fame, a Great Western?

Beautiful guns!

Not sure on Marshal Dillion, but I believe John Wayne was given a matching pair of Great Western revolvers and that’s what he carried in The Shootist.

3rd Gen .45 with a factory tune and ivories
Bob

Yes. It's a 1st model Russian or 2nd Model American in the Russian caliber, depending on how you want to describe it. Made in 1874. It came from Fredricksburg, Texas and if the ivory grips are not factory original, they are at least, very, very old.

Or fake ivory...

You have some real nice Revolvers

From what I've been told by Jim Martin Great Westerns were the go to Colt Clones for TV and Movies back in the 50's, 60's and 70's

Yes John Wayne used the Great Western Engraved Just like yours and His personal Guns .
Super nice

Now that will work !!

Thank you sir. Yours are very nice as well. Always admire them.

Love the Smith.. I have a Bowie like that won it in my Predator Calling Club raffle. Actually a decent Bowie for the money. Full tang construction, pinned fake stage scales, razor sharp...

SWEET !

Nice !

Nice !

I have heard that they were fine revolvers

Nice Piece

That Stainless is very practical ,especially when shooting blackpowder.
Looks good too !

They were! I had a Nettleton Model. Gave it to my best friend. Sadly, he passed nearly 10 years ago. Hope his wife passed it down to his son.

only a pietta but its nice and for sale.

Just got back from the range with the 5.5 inch Uberti SAA. This thing shoots like a dream. Sights are dead on with either the .45 ACP or the .45 Colt cylinder installed. That's almost unheard of, even with real Colts. Today I shot it with the .45 Colt cylinder installed.



This target shows a five shot group, from a standing, off-hand, two-handed hold, at fifteen yards.



This one shows 3 five-shot strings, fired from a standing, off-hand, one-handed hold, at ten yards.



Love this gun.

I can't believe no one asked about that serial no 7 colt I posted.

How much?

6 figures.

Just takes the right buyer.

Provenance and documentation is of utmost importance as well as condition, fit, finish and having the configuration to match the documentation.

I dealt a bit in old west memorabilia with some pretty heavy hitters in the past.... And can tell you high dollar guns always sell better with a story.

Like if a famous outlaw, or lawman, or showman owned it. Or it killed someone famous, or someone famous killed somebody with it. (All requiring the same proof of course.)


Sometimes the ones you thing would fetch outrageous amounts, fall way short of expectations. Sometimes they meet them.

he has the documentation on it, and it is all original. never been reblued or anything still has original grips, but it does look like a 150 yr old or however old it is, gun.

I was pretty amazed when I saw the single digit serial no.

I didn't look up the SN but at #7 I'm sure that's an 1873 manufactured gun. That gun is worth some money just due to its age and low number, regardless of a story. A story with documentation would make it worth more, of course. A friend of mine bought and sold one of Bat Masterson's famous guns that he'd ordered from Colt's themselves. Documented. He's been deceased for awhile now.

Back a few years ago Tom Horn's Winchester brought $190k at auction.

Excellent example of the market.

Roger, you never know what something will bring until it's done... But, I'm just taking a stab and saying the #7 would bring maybe $50k.

I've seen Colt Cavalry SAA's in very good shape with all the military proof marks, good blue, and nice wood and 3 digit serial numbers go for $25-35K.

have no idea what they're worth, just that the last time he put it up for auction it didn't meet the reserve.I'll have to ask again how he came to have it but it was a pretty interesting story involving some really old time ranching family.

Back in my cowboy action days, I found this pair of Gen 3's that had been engraved by a retired Weatherby engraver living in TX. The bud I got them from was from TX. I sent them to Nutmeg Sports for dead elephant grips and deep dish medallions. I sent a grip frame from another Colt I had shaped from Rosewood and they duplicated the shape.

They're .38 Spec., have some of the nicest irridescent case colors I've seen on Gen 3's.

Last photo is the Gen 3 .357 grip frame I shaped from rosewood and had checkered. It was the prototype for the ivory grips.

DF

Wow! That pair with ivory grips are impressive. I'd love to own those.

Very nice pair!

Love the engraving as well as the grips!

I particularly like that engraving on the bottom of the grip frames. That's a classic Colt pattern and location.

So often you hear how Single Action Armies, even actual Colts, don't come from the factory with their sights regulated dead on. This one did. I think that's pretty cool.

That's a good shooting hogleg!

When you boil it all down, that's what matters most.

Can't disagree.

I love Ivory, but that Rose Wood would be hard not to love.

Yeah, they're pretty nice.

I fitted the one piece rosewood grips, installed the deep dish medallions, sent them to Errol Case in MO for checkering/carving. He does great work.

Rosewood is so oily it generally won't take a finish very well. Soaking in acetone takes a lot of the oil out of the wood. I then was able to finish it with a tung oil/urethane prep from Brownells.

DF

I failed to mention, the rosewood grip is one of a pair of Gen 3 .357 CAS guns that my son now has.

I still have the ivory set and a set of Rugers set up to run like Colts. They're short stroked, regulated for 110 gr. bullets at CAS speeds. Errol Case did the carving/checkering on those, too. Walnut with Ruger medallions that I fitted and finished.

Note the difference in hammer stroke distance tricked out Ruger vs. .357 Colt. Them Rugers do run fast.

DF

Very, very cool thanks for the report you’ve certainly been making the best of the lockdown!!

Linguine shooters.lol

LOL. Yes.

$130K in 2015.

There's several reports of what it brought, it appears.

The auctioneer thought it brought $149,500..

http://www.oldwestevents.com/press-releases/2015/2/9/tom-horn-winchester-leads-18-million-sale

Maybe $130K is the bid price and $149.5K is after auction premium & tax.

Could be. I was acquainted with some of the Irwin descendants referenced in the article; they own/owned a large furniture store in Douglas, Wyoming.

15%
Sounds in the right ballpark for an premium auctionhouse..

VERY nice revolvers here!