- It appears the smart money bought pre-1899 Colt SAAs
- The going prices have doubled or tripled in the last two years and many are now well over $10,000 - with a bullet ^
I do have a vintage 1882, Model 1873 Winchester in patina with a few small pits and a half shot out barrel.... still a shooter....my buds in cowboy action shooting use to get upset when I brung it to the matches, saying it was too valuable to shoot....If I cant shoot it, I don’t want it....(the half shot out barrel still groups 2-3” at 50 yds...sufficient for Cowboy shooting)
the nearest thing to those SAA I have is a 1961 SAA 2nd generation. it is the 125th anniversary(of colt)commemorative model that people do not shoot but keep in the walnut case. a friend who worked in a gun store got it from a widow, without case and obviously fired....it looks brand new, cept for a couple of scratches by the ejector from the cylinder pin being yanked out wrong....
I shoot it often
my 1943 bone stock 1911A1 Remington rand will never be sent out for accurizing and made into a race gun as so many have in the past.... shoots like a dream and swallows all fodder....
Peace! Through superior firepower.