Is there anything wrong with unironcially carrying a Colt SAA?

>>34685527
yes, you arent carrying 3 of them

>>34685527
Read Jeff Cooper's stories about carrying the SAA during WWII and his bit about "[the advice to carry it] nearly got him killed". Fun range toy, fun for CAS, fun for collecting, utterly outclassed by any DA revolver. Not to mention that the fucker is BIG.

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>>34685527
As long as its in .44 magnum, its fine to carry.

I wish this hurr unironically meme would stop.

If you carry it people will think you're some hipster idiot.

>>34685540
I have two of Jeff Cooper's books, but I havne't heard that story. Please tell me the title of the article so I can look it up.
>>34685546
How about 45 Colt?
>>34685552
Unironcially in the sense of for serious rather than comical or sarcastic purposes.

>>34685546
Why did you kill a viable suicide method?

>>34685561
>How about 45 Colt?
yeah, definitely. It can still be loaded pretty flipping hot. I would not have a problem with .45 colt.

>>34685563
Because "Balloon Time" is a waste of time.

>>34685540
Well...that was War

Get a DA revolver in .45 Colt instead. A SA revolver is really stupid when you're panic firing because you'll still miss but twice as slowly. Just get a good-looking DA and shoot it in SA. I don't know if there are any DA SAA-looking revolvers out there, but if you're looking for style more than practicality in a defensive firearm, that's not a good idea.

>>34685763
>A SA revolver is really stupid when you're panic firing because you'll still miss but twice as slowly
Panic firing is stupid.
>>34685763
>Just get a good-looking DA and shoot it in SA
In that case, why not just get a SA?
>>34685763
>but if you're looking for style more than practicality in a defensive firearm
I'm not. The SAA was designed in a era when function was more important than "style."

>>34685613
What if you want to become the ballon and it's the last time

>>34685527
Sounds good, i have 2 that i waited almost 2 years from colt for. One royal blue, and the other nickel. Ivory checkered grips for both, and both in 45acp. 5.5inch model

I also have a ruger NV birdshead in 45acp, a cimmaron thunder in 45acp, and a taylors 1873 4.75in in 45acp.

I hate having to bulk order ammo or reload, so thats why i prefer acp vs lc

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>>34685527
some tunnel rats carried super blackhawks in vietnam and they filed the barrels down to the ejector and filed the hammer spur so they could use them in the tunnels.

>>34685527
I EDC a uberti cattleman. You can't shoot +P, but a standard pressure JHP from buffalo bore shoots hotter than a +P+ 9mm. It shoots straight, and self defense shootings are at short range anyway.

Normies have no idea what kind of gun it is, it just looks like a "fucking huge revolver". Don't forget that real life is not /k/, nobody will think you're
>>34685552
>some hipster idiot.

Not least of all because hipsters don't carry guns.

You need a stronger spring under what would be known in most revolvers as the "cylinder stop" if you want to cock it very fast, or it will throw-by. Just be mindful of it, it's really rare for someone to thumb cock that fast without trying anyway.

>>34685853
You want the EAA bounty hunter in .357.

Transfer bar hammer, so you don't have to load -1, cheap, reliable. A little more expensive is the ruger vaquero, and you can load that hot as fuck with .45LC unlike a brand name SAA, or most SAA clones like a uberti.

>>34685965
can i get some citations and or pictures on dat?

>>34685613
>It can still be loaded pretty flipping hot.
not in a colt SaA or legit clones. old rugers are okay but you'll definitely blow your hand off with a mag loaded pieta or similar.

>>34685527
if you're in an area where a cowboy hat is normal. otherwise it's flecktaren jacket sperg tier desu.

>>34685527
If you're good with it, sure. I used to carry a single action in my car and sometimes on my person, and I was confident enough in my abilities with it. It is an objectively better choice than something like a snub nose revolver or a .380 in all factors except weight and reloading, and since most people don't carry spare mags or speedloaders anyways, that doesn't matter anyways.

>>34686019
>>34685982
>>34686098
Seen someone shooting +P in a cattleman on youtube. It'll probably rattle your heater loose, but it won't blow a cylinder the first time.

>>34685982
>Not least of all because hipsters don't carry guns.
Except hipsters like to go against the grain for the attention because they didn't get enough from their parents growing up. OCing some SAA or other old ass gun is a great way to draw attention from everyone.

>>34686118
OCing anything gets you the same attention. The only people that know my gun are over 40 and grew up on spaghetti westerns. OCing doesn't happen on some condensed /k/ environment, 99 in 100 people do not know what a single action army is, and therefore have no reason to assume it's not a modern revolver.

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>>34686098
>not in a colt SaA or legit clones.
>he says while ignoring a picture of a SAA clone in .44 magnum >>34685546


some pretty spicy stuff has been shot out of this gun.

>>34686132
>cashier asks me if my gun is a ruger 22
>assume she knows, but should have known because 22
>nah, peacemaker in .45; it's a replica though
>haha it would be legal even if it wasnt anon
>???????
>???????
>???????

I meant it wasn't a 140 year old handgun, but she had no idea what a single action army was and probably just her dad let her shoot a ruger .22 that looked nearly nothing like this when she was a kid. She thought I meant it was a non-firing replica.

>>34686019
>>34686098
>old rugers
This only applies to the vaquero.
Modern blackhawks are still brick shithouses. The only reason the new vaqs can't digest the hot stuff is ruger started giving them their own frame instead of dolling up a blackhawk into a sort of tranvestite SAA

>>34686114
+p is nothing close to 44mag loaded 45 colt.
>>34686152
>clone
lmao
>>34686172
Blackhawk isn't a saa. point stands.

>>34685527

do you live in ban state?

If you're capped off to five, ten or fifteen rounds you might as well go as big as possible. The cashiers at my local gun store all carry Alaskan Redhawks (.454) and Circuit Judges (.410) because it's as big as you can get.

>>34686172
>44 magnum standard: 1000-1250ftlbs
>buffalo bore +p .45lc: 1170ftlbs
As trump would say... sad and wrong.

>>34686283
+p has no designation. of course you'd be a nigger and look up bear loads. go ahead and blow yourself up I don't give a shit.

before you do, look at the topstrap of that faggot with the Italian pistol and compare the thickness to the one in OP. :) good luck junior!

>>34685853

M8 things that are built with functionality in mind over style still get outdated as technology progresses. Curb your autism and get something actually practical for this day and age like a DA revolver or a subcompact handgun.

>>34685965
what makes it so necessary to file down the hammer?

>>34686317
????
>the upper limits of .45lc don't compare to .44 magnum
>yes they do, the upper limits of .45lc compare quite well to .44 magnum
>fuck you looking up loads
Like, dude, I said it was standard .44 magnum loads. +P+ .44 magnum is 1500 ftlbs. Make your dick feel better? .454 beats them both to snot, so why do you care anyway?

>>34686245
>>clone
>lmao
obviously its not an exact clone but it close enough to be considered a clone and nothing aside from metallurgy makes it stronger than a SAA.

>>34686367
never said that sperg. in fact I pointed out 45colt could be loaded to 44 mag levels in my first post. >>34686098
don't butt in if you have nigger tier reading comprehension.

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>>34686382
>aside from metallurgy makes it stronger than a SAA.
obviously retarded, and blind. you've never held a real SAA.

>>34686114
.357, or...?

I was under the impression that Elmer Keith blew up a Peacemaker or two in .45 but found that in .44 Special they had enough additional metal between the chambers not to kaboom when he loaded them with borderline-insane ammo--255gr lead SWC over a compressed charge of 2400.

And .357 has much more metal between the chambers than .44 or .45 does, if we're talking about Peacemakers.

Then again, how good is Pietta/Uberti metallurgy, and how does it compare to prewar Colts?

>>34685948
>both in 45acp. 5.5inch model

You bought custom revolvers and asked for a cucked automatic round rather than a magnum or a 45LC.

>whyonearthhedidit.bmp

>>34685527
>big
>heavy
>SAO
>media will crucify you if you ever have to use it

>>34685853
>Panic firing is stupid.
Lets not get full of yourself. In a real situation you would panic your ass off like everyone else.

>>34685538
Underrated

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>>34685527
honestly I got a heritage SAA in 22 just to plink with, but now I'd love to go buy one in 45 (which also reminds me I should go get the mag cylinder for the Heritage). A gun is as useful or as useless as the guy shooting it, so as long as you understand the advantages and limitations... it works. If I could wear any gun though... Smith and Wesson 27 Classic.

>pic related

>>34686317
>+p has no designation
Yes, it does. +P+ is what has no standard.
>>34686539
>media will crucify you if you ever have to use it
I don't care what they say.
>>34686881
>Hillary hole.

>>34686969
>Yes, it does
not to c.i.p. the load listed exceeds safe +p margins published by SAAMI anyway. not to mention, they specifically point out not using them in SAAs.

>>34686539
>media will crucify you if you use it
>5 round capacity
>very difficult to fire
?????? The media screams about high capacity and rate of fire, dude. What world do you live in? This is what the media thinks people SHOULD be carrying.

>>34686881
How related is it supposed to be, exactly? Looks like that's a double action revolver, and not one styled like a SAA either.

>>34687207
The Jewsmedia don't want people carrying any weapons. They want more crime because it makes for juicy headlines.

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>>34685546
Just picked up my S&W 44 , Im going to start carrying it now that Ive been shown the light by your post. Thank you /k/ bro

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>>34687323
>He carries a gun with a Hillary hole.

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>>34687222
Double action revolvers with the styling cues of SA designs? That's not exactly a commonplace thing nowadays. There were, once upon a time--1950s-60s--some DA .22 LR revolvers by H&R that were made to resemble a Peacemaker externally, sorta.

In modern stuff? In current production? What looks like what is a matter of subjective opinion. I personally think the modern Ruger DA revolvers--the GP100 and Redhawk--have the recoil shield behind the cylinder going all the way back to the slot in the frame for the hammer. Especially if it's one of the fixed-sight models they made for foreign police departments 20+ years back, which Ruger no longer has in their catalog.

The GP100's unconventional gripframe/mainspring housing allows an unusual amount of latitude to grip designers. I don't think a custom grip maker would have any trouble making a grip for a GP100 that resembled the old Colt Dragoon style plowhandle shape. It wouldn't be cheap, though, and I suspect that if they thought there was a market for such a thing, it'd be in their catalogs already.

The GP100 has much to recommend it, as full-size full-power revolvers go in the 21st Century. They've been on the market 30+ years and they've gotten a reputation for being uncommonly strong and surviving, for example, reloading mishaps--double charges and suchlike--that would have kaBoom'd designs less overbuilt. They are simple and rugged, having just about the minimum number of moving parts that a DA revolver can have. Some people feel the DA trigger isn't as smooth as a Smith's, but I get the impression you want to shoot it mainly SA anyway, and the GP100's SA trigger ain't half bad at all.

>>34685763
My thought is, any gun is better than no gun. SA revolver may not be ideal but it will do the job 99 percent of the time.

>>34686539
>media will crucify you if you ever have to use it
If you pull it off you will be a fucking legend, like Duke Wayne or Jack Burns, or that guy that kept shooting groids in 90s LA

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>>34685527 I mean, I don't see a problem with it...

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The best gun to carry is one you are familiar and comfortable with.

>>34686654
>everyone
Have you never had a gun in your face before? I agree with >>34685853. Panic firing IS stupid. If you don't know where your rounds are going, maybe it's better that you can't fire as quickly, you reckless cunt.

>>34687207
>implying they wouldn't think you were trying to literally be a cowboy
>implying they wouldn't interpret that as a sign you're unhinged
>implying they wouldn't insinuate you're racist because cowboys were genocidal racist maniacs in their minds

>>34689895
I carry a big frame revolver sometimes. I'm infinitely more likely to use it to kill an animal of the four legged variety, I think OP probably also lives in a rural area. No one will give a shit if so.

>>34689975
No, I live in the city.
>>34686342
>DA revolver
Why?

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>>34685527

>>34690147
Oh, well buy a little plastic urbanite cuckold's gun to go with your urbanite cuckold's lifestyle

>>34690153
>ronpaulforums

Has that place turned into Trumpville? It's a shame Dr Paul's movement died so easily.

>>34685540
Don't think hand nugget would out class SAA

>>34690201
Oh, I like the countryside, but I live in the city because it's closer to everything I need. Unless you're a farmer, living in the country means you have to commute and be at the mercy of gas prices.

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>>34685538

>>34686437
I've shot buffalo bore in my .357 New Vaquero and ran into the issue of it knocking the loading gate open (which binds up the cylinder on the Vaquero)

For self-defense, Single Action is a no-no. It worked at the time only because that's what everybody else carried.

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>>34685546
>buying an SAA or vaquero in anything but 45LC
>mfw

>>34686019
Hey anon, just wanted to say thanks for this recommendation. I've mulled over a dozen or so similar revolvers and never stumbled on this one. This just moved to the top of my "next gun" list.

>>34687323
Enjoy when that internal lock gets shaken up by the last round you fired and locks up solid until you find the key. I've had it happen once myself, which was one time too many.
Wish I could find that video of the guy demonstrating his revolver that locked up solid at least once per cylinder.

>>34692143
.357 is objectively better, cheaper, more readily available, and you can use .38 for practice.
If you want historical accuracy, you can only get it with an original antique. No replica is completely historically accurate regardless of caliber. Even "clones" aren't.