Thread 64461744

Is the SAA a fun gun? How many do you think are lost in the deserts of Arizona and New Mexico?

>>64461744 (OP)
yes
not enough for me to go looking and find one

>>64461744 (OP)
>Is the SAA a fun gun?
yes
if you load it with hot .357 or 44mag
if it doesn't try to rip your arm off, the reloading process just seems like a waste of time

>>64461744 (OP)
Of course. There's a reason why they have remained popular despite being rendered obsolete years ago.

The time you spend looking for one that would have rusted into a solid lump of red iron by now would be better spent saving money for a Ruger Blackhawk. It is a departure from a true SAA copy, but readily available and far more durable.

>>64462074
>It is a departure from a true SAA copy, but readily available and far more durable.
Not only that, it's also safe to load and carry with 6 cartridges, unlike the traditional SAA, which can only be carried with 5 and an empty chamber under the hammer.

only if you are a pretty good guy

>>64462085
>pussy carrying because some boomer told him SAAs are dangerous
the absolute state of reddit

They're fun because in the 45 colt chambering you can shoot a 300gr bullet at 700fps, not necessarily because of the gun itself

>>64462085
>>64462112
To be fair, most SAA clones have a rebounding hammer so you can carry them fully loaded but Ruger's transfer bar system has a significantly higher degree of safety.

>>64462074
Is the Blackhawk the same size as a SAA?
My dad has a .44 mag Blackhawk. That’s a big iron, lemme tell ya.

>>64462932
I think the 44s are Super Blackhawks which have a larger frame. You really need it for Uncle Bubba's Pissin' Hot Reloads he put together while blackout drunk on bathtub gin.

>>64461744 (OP)
>How many do you think are lost in the deserts of Arizona and New Mexico?
Thirty-seven.

>>64462971
Ah ok. When I was looking at SAA clones, I was checking out the Uberti’s. They’re pretty reasonably priced and are true to the Colts in design it seems. Granted a less desirable finish unless you get a nicer version.

>>64462984
I advise proceeding with caution on those. They look very pretty but the actual mechanical quality is iffy. I used to work at an LGS and we had a batch of Ubertis to move that were constantly having problems either new in the box or right after being sold. Perhaps there are certain models or times where they made better ones but those things were a complete nightmare to deal with.

There are CASS shooters who do tune them up and run them though, so it is possible to make one work as good as it looks. I'm just not sure if that requires skill, luck, voodoo or some combination of the above.

>>64462074
>readily available and far more durable.
Yes, you can find them everywhere because people like inexpensive trinkets, but "far more durable", c'mon anon.

>>64463042
I appreciate that heads up, friend. When I get one I may go with a Ruger Vaquero. Heard anything bad about those?

>>64462085
>>64462112
>>64462135
I do wander the desert with my SAA and I am here to warn you.
I have a 1973 Ruger Blackhawk, which WAS upgraded, and a bullet in my leg.
Check the year of your Blackhawk before you carry 6.
Otherwise, great guns.
More accurate than I am, very reliable, be sure to tighten the screws every now and again, or loctite them if you're the peculiar type.

>>64463136
Show bullet leg.

I dont know revolvers. Is there a SAA look-alike thats double action?

>>64461744 (OP)
Fun?
ITS THE GREATEST HANDGUN EVER MADE.

>>64462135
those ones dont have the iconic 4 click cocking sound though making them soulless

I love my Standard Mfg and Rugers. I would love a real Colt tho

>>64463599
Colt 1877.

>>64463587
Here it is today, almost 5 years later, dark spots are shrapnel still under the flesh.
Bulge on right side is the mass of scar tissue that surrounds the shrapnel.
I'm the luckiest man in the world.
I was wearing waxi boots and the bullet struck the buckle, and turned into shrapnel, then peppered my leg.
I have a ton of fragments still in there, but it didn't hit the bone and I can still run/climb/crawl/sprawl just fine.

>>64464942
and here it is shortly after the accident, cleaned up pretty good all things considered.
still have nerve damage there but oh well, who needs to feel BOTH of their feet anyways?

so remember /k/unts, dont be a fucking retard goofball with cowboy revolvers

>>64463136
>>64464942
>>64464953
cool
how was the experience? greentext?

>>64461744 (OP)
They are fun, I had one in 9mm but it fell apart on me after about 120 rounds and that really soured the experience for me + the one I had had a really sharp trigger bow at the bottom so I couldnt spin it without shearing off a layer of skin. Easily replaceable but I did have to send it back in for repairs and when I got it back I sold it. It was fun owning one but I learned that my Ruger Wrangler gives me the same joy as using a real bigger SAA for a fraction of the weight and ammo cost so I just roll with that

>>64462085
Probably caliber dependent but I just stick the firing pin in-between cartridges, and it works just fine.

>>64463042
This. If you're going to buy spaghetti revolvers, buy them from an importer that does their own independent QC like Taylor. They have gunsmiths that will tune them as well.

Single action revolvers are pretty cool.

SAA is gay. Colt should have ignored the army and submitted the Colt 1871 open top in .45 long colt.

>>64463075
But they are, both in wear resistance and in ability to tolerate stoutly loaded ammunition.
If you want to slander the blackhawk, slander it's looks but not it's results

I collect single action revolvers. My favorite are rugers. I have become pretty knowledgeable on the subject of ruger single actions.
This is my 1976 super blackhawk in 44 magnum.
I would like to pick up an older blackhawk in 357. Either three screw unconverted or a pre 77 one without the warning billboard on the barrel. I currently have a 1993 blackhawk with the 4.6 inch barrel. Its probably my favorite one to carry on the property and plink with but the warning label is unsightly.
My most recent purchase was a poor flat gate single six from 56. It was rusted to hell and the finish is nearly gone but it had stag grips and it was hella cheap. Its a project gun.

>>64469250
Nice, I had a '76 SBH that I sold because the trigger guard banged the shit out of my hand when I shot it. I wish Ruger was doing a "250th Year of American Liberty" this year.

>>64465084
Okay I'll regale the tale.
First: how was it? Oddly painless, and not very scary at all.
Getting shot felt like being punched with a soldering iron.
Adrenaline kicked in immediately and the pain was gone completely.
The most painful part was actually the tourniquet.

Anyways get ready to add it to the pasta

>been shoulder holster carrying my Blackhawk for months
>boomers always say to cowboy carry it, stupid boomers
>it has a drop safety, it's a modern gun
>always carry it fully loaded
>go to funny loosey-goosey farm range where you can do silly shit.
>setting up my guns at a table
>range hot, load guns
>lay loaded Blackhawk in its holster on edge of a table
>grab range bag and lift it off of the table to put it behind me
>range bag knocks Blackhawk off the table
>blackhawk falls to the ground RIGHT next to my foot
>barrel muzzling my ankle
>upside down
>hammer strikes the poured concrete floor
>BANG
>cowboy_oh_fuck.jpg
>boomers were right
I yell: "GODDAMN COWBOY CARRY"
>RSO is already sprinting towards me
>shouting commands like "lay down, lift your leg"
>kick my leg up, spray blood all over my hat and clothes
>he tourniquets my upper thigh
>limp off to a buddy's car to drive to the nearest road for an ambulance
>missed DnD that night, sucked cause I'm the DM
Honestly it wasn't so bad.

>>64466654
The Uberti Cattleman 12-shot .22 is one of my favorite fun guns to shoot. Of course, I had to send it back to the factory twice, the second time they just sent me a whole new gun. But worth the lemon process for what I got at the end of the day.

>>64470409
thanks
not as dramatic as I'd imagined
I thought it went off in the holster

>>64463131
They are chonky, but otherwise absolutely solid. It is theoretically possible to break the transfer bar which makes the gun not shoot at all until fixed, but I have never seen it happen.

>>64463131
>>64471156
The new model vaquero is smaller than the old model vaquero.
I have an old model and my friend has a new model. The new model is about the same size as my italian single actions, just a little larger.
The rugers have coil springs and its a little beefier than the italian ones. My biggest problem with uberti or pietta is the extremely soft screws.
>>64470409
That could have been a lot worse. Did you have it on quarter cock or did you really just set the hammer down on a primer?
Thats one of the reasons why when carry a single action, its a transfer bar ruger. Id rather have six safely than risk it with one of my cimarrons.
I only load five when i carry one without a transfer bar.

>>64471349
It was on quarter cock. And it has the transfer bar, it's not a spurred hammer.
I can actually make the hammer drop from quarter cock by pulling the trigger hard.

>>64471878
don’t do that, wears out the notches in the mechanism

>>64470409
something is mechanically wrong with that gun because the very nature of having a transfer bar means the hammer cant physically hit the firing pin without the trigger being pulled

>>64472886
He said very first post its a three screw four click and doesnt have the transfer bar, man.

>>64470409
>>most painful part was actually the tourniquet
>>he tourniquets my upper thigh
>tourniquet

Story was believable up to this point.
3/10 baited larp

>>64464953
>who needs to feel BOTH of their feet anyways?
CHECK YOUR FOOT EVERYDAY. People who can't feel them get a small cut that goes septic and then requires amputation. Happens literally every single fucking day.
t. pre-op nurse in one of the most diabetic counties in the US

>>64461744 (OP)
ate colt
ate injuns
ate mormons
not rayciss jus dont like em
love me schofield
love me .45
love me us grant
simple as

>>64463136
I have a 70s era Blackhawk Convertible I never carry 6 and wouldn't ever carry 6 in any SAA unless it has a hammer bar safety. The post 70s have a worse mechanism (opinion) but it's crazy to me guys still don't know which of their SAAs are safe. Glad you didn't die

>>64473191
Enjoy the latch opening every time you holster it.

>>64462043
FPBP

>>64461744 (OP)
six bullets, more than enough to kill anything that moves

Why do we always hear about the Colt SAA firing when dropped, but no other single or double action revolvers?

>>64461744 (OP)
Most cowboys in the west were probably too poor to afford a Colt SAA or a Schofield. Pic related is what they mostly likely carried.

>>64473112
Do diabetics get infections more easily from their already shitty organs or is it purely from neglect?

>>64474534
Don't forget the countless single action pocket pistols. If it weren't for them Colt, S&W, and Remington would have went out of business after the Civil War.

>>64462074
That's arguably a dope ass thing to find and have mounted or framed.

>>64472950
1973 ruger blackhawk has a transfer bar

>>64462975
-1

>>64473191
those work well with .410 speed loaders

>>64465084
well he got shot...