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Now that actually is a very COOL handgun. Nice bluing, 5½ barrel, and Ivory₍₁₎ grips. With his money it's prolly a Colt too: $1500 - $1800. I wonder if it's a .45LC or the 'cowboy caliber' of .44-40.

Thanks to Cowboy Action Shooting Colt is making the 'Peacemaker'₍₂₎ again. And many other gun mfg's are too. Ruger and Beretta being just two of the many, and they cost a LOT LESS than a Colt.

1) 'Imitation' Ivory is all you can get now. All due to the stupid Endangered Species Law.

2) The actual name of the 'Peacemaker' is 'Single Action Army'. So if you go to buy one don't ask the counter guy if they have any 'Peacemakers'. You may get a funny look. Say 'Single Action Army' or 'Colt SAA clones'.

x) Old West History tidbit: The .45LC (45 Colt) caliber was Army Issue, those also had a 7" barrel. 'Cowboys' bought them with shorter barrels of 5½" or 4 3/4" and in .44-40 -- that was what the Winchester Rifle was chambered in (never in .45LC) so they only needed one type of cartridge. Winchester later co-opted the round and named it .44WCF. Both names are still used today. And the 44-40 was so popular that even up to the 1900's both Butch Cassidy and Sundance's Colts were in .44-40 not .45 Colt.