Working towards buying an SAA but those things are relics, what's

why not just get a replica OP? it's safer, presumably more reliable, and a whole lot cheaper

>>34419810
Buy a base model Pietta for like $350 and then save up for a real one.

>>34419810
I just got a fourty year old Ruger single six for 300, haven't shot it yet.

Try a Ruger single action or maybe one of those LEO trade in S&W revolvers if you're ok with double action. Bunch of them are out there right now.

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>>34419810
I've got a Ruger Blackhawk Flattop single action for sale. It can shoot .357 magnum/.38 special in one cylinder and 9mm in the other.

$575 with free shipping.

http://www.gunbroker.com/item/657803925

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Actual Civil War 1851 Colt Navy, the owner's discharge papers, and his watch passed through my family.

>>34420942
That is sweet.

>>34419810
The current clones all have some sort of added safety. The original Uberti Cattleman only had two and they could be swapped out easy enough. You just need a new base pin and a hammer without the safety. After that, it pretty much identical to the Colt. I have a second gen SAA and did exactly that to a Cattleman for an everyday shooter to save wear and tear on the Colt.

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>>34420914
Came here to post this. I enjoy mine.

>>34424091
Seconded

>>34420942

I see you Yankee

>>34420914
Thats really cheap for a...

> not three screw

Oh. I forgot they made new model flattops. Still a good gun and the 9mm option is great on the wallet.

But if you want something to hold you over for a SAA get an old model blackhawk without the safety added that works (pretty much) the same way.

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>>34419847
You'd presume wrong. Colt only made 1184 Colt SAA in 45 in 2015 with <200 being .38/.357. They're pretty much handmade and fitted by boomers still. Good or bad as that may be.

>>34419810
Save up and buy the real deal. You'll enjoy it more. If you have an Italian clone there's not really a point to getting an original on top of it desu. Same goes for Ruger.

>>34423839
>I have a second gen SAA and did exactly that to a Cattleman for an everyday shooter to save wear and tear on the Colt.
Dumb as fuck. That's like marrying Emma Watson and fucking your ugly secretary instead to save wear and tear on your bride.

They're still making and gunsmiths still know how to work SAA. There's nothing you can do in terms of shooting to wear out something as mild as 45 Colt or 38 Special. Moreso on a range toy.

Second gens, meaning post 1956 aren't even rare anyway.

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>>34419810
Ruger Vaquero. Can be had in .45 Colt, .357 Magnum .44 Magnum and even occasionally oddball cowboy cartridges like .38-40 and .44-40 if you go looking.

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>>34425379
It's more like enjoying your wife alone in bed and having a slut tranny to gang bang with your buddies at the range. I shoot and enjoy my SAA but if I go to the public range with a bunch "Oh cool, let me shoot that" types the Cattleman comes along. I don'r see what't wrong with having both especially when I can afford them.

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>>34425529
+10 on the .44-40 Vaquero

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>>34420491
Where can you get a Pietta for $350? I never see them under $400 any more. A couple years ago the Cabela's near me had them on sale for $349.99 but I haven't seen them at that price since around 2015.

I asked my gunsmith and he recommended an Uberti. He said the Piettas were known for QC problems--poor parts fitting, poor heat treatment, etc. I am not sure whether Ubertis are "affordable," unless you mean "not $3000 like an original period Colt SAA."

>>34428219

As a gunsmith and someone who has owned many Piettas I can agree. Never had an issue with an Uberti but had many with Pietta

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>>34419810
Ruger New Vaquero

Or alternatively you could go the BP route

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>>34419810
If you look around on Gunbroker you can find the Interarms Virginian Dragoon for 250-450. They are an oversized and overbuilt SAA design chambered in .357 Magnum, .45 Colt, and .44 Magnum.
Standard Colt type lockwork with the only addition being a longer basepin that can be shoved back into the frame to block the hammer, that can be removed by simply shortening the basepin by about a 1/4" or not pushing it back past it's first stop. They weren't particularily popular back in the 1970's and 80's because they cost more than the Super Blackhawk and were closer cost wise to a Seville SA. A neat little feature of the Virginian is the bottom of the grip frame is always inscribed, mine says "Sic Semper Tyrannis"

>>34419810
Get yourself a heritage rough rider. Yeah, it's a 22, but you can regularly get them in either 4.5 or 6.5" bbl for $150 or less