At some point I will acquire a Single Action Army reproduction or two. I think I'll leave the originals to you. You do a great job of restoring and maintaining functioning examples of history.
Hey Good Job Snapper - enjoyed it. - In some of the old Western movies - the gunslinger sometimes wore black leather gloves matching their black hats .. Maybe that was to protect their hands from the burns from *HOT* pistols eh and not just to have them look sinister.
Thanks.. you know I have never thought about that. But it makes Sense to me. That last bit of shooting, I rushed it big time. it hurt to hold the revolver. The first thing I thought about. Was the battle of the little bighorn. That was barely 50 shots, and the gun was stupid hot. I couldn't imagine what that would have been like for those men fighting.
Thanks. I have a soft spot for blackpowder frame colt SAAs. This is my 3rd and oldest one. I really want one that's from the 1870s....hopefully one day
@@snappers_antique_firearms Yup, that's going to be costly if you find one. Cut my teeth on an 1882 SAA in 45Colt as a kid of eight. This was my great uncle's EDC since 1898. He loaded with black powder, and though I was big for my age, a 40gr FF black powder load was brutal! So he loaded 20gr and a roundball, then later on I shot the big boy loads. When my great uncle passed, he had willed it to me, but his son snatched it up and promptly sold it... And I'm still pissed off about that.😠
@anangryranger wow. I don't blame you. That is so f**ked up. It doesn't surprise me though. My parents passed away last year. the crap my siblings pulled was shocking. I cared only for Sentimental and things that were promised to me. But my siblings only cared about what's worth the most to sell. The way they acted, If I ever see them again, it will be too soon. 1882 is the same year of my 4 3/4 saa. Lol and yeah 40 grain loads are quite impressive. I mostly don't shoot loads over 30 grains in my originals. I know they can handle it no problem. But being so valuable these days. I don't want to push them to hard.
Let's just say every gun store knows me. and I am on there speed dial for any Antique colt. I still want to get a early us calvary model from the early 1870s that's numbers matching and still have all the military cartocious And stamps
Thanks, I really love the old girl. It's far more accurate than what I was shooting in the video. After learning where it hits. It was very accurate. Plus, I ended up leading the barrel quite badly this day. If you look at the slow motion. It was tumbling.
@soylentgreen7074 I am not sure. My other 1st gen from 1882, I don't have leading problems. It could just be the ammo I loaded. My 45 colt brass all got ruined by over annealing. So, I ended up using 45 Cowboy brass. It's like 45acp length. I was hoping it would work great for shooting light loads. I am thinking that by the time the bullet hits the rifling, it's going fast enough to start leading up. I haven't shot my SAA from 1882 with the cowboy brass yet. So I am not sure if the leading came from that cowboy cartridge or not. But I used the same bullets in all my 45colt and only got leading badly this one time. That's kind of why I think it might be the Is cartridge length
@@snappers_antique_firearms definitely something to test. I load 45 cowboy special brass for my 45 colt reproduction 1866 carbine. With a modified smith shop elevator it works. With a 200gr bullet and 3f black powder. You get the correct capacity and ballistics for 44 rimfire it was originally chambered in. You can do the same with a 44 special 1866 and use 44 russian with the modded elevator. And not to go off on too much of a tangent but 45 schofield and 45 cowboy special ejects way better and is more pleasant to shoot in s&w model 3 reproductions.
great gun great history great live action shooting just down right great. Back in the 1970s if you had a pistol licence in Australia you were allowed to go to a safe place like this and squeeze off a few, even go hunting with a hand gun. long gone now sadly, can only shoot at authorized police certified pistol clubs and even then can only shoot calibers the club is authorized for, my club is limited to max of .357 Mag. it's a 40 kay drive to my pistol club, 300 kays to nearest club that allowed .45 . still , I can always get to watch you shot 'em . onya bro
Thanks Steve, it's a shame it's so difficult where you live. They did chamber the 1st gen SAAs in many different calipers. Several under .357. But I am sure it's probably extremely difficult to find one there, even harder to get it sent from another country.
Legally importing firearms or ammo into Australia is virtually impossible, the paperwork is so strict and complex only a few gun dealers Oz wide even bother, a private Joe, forgetaboutit! @@snappers_antique_firearms
Great video, I have only owned reproductions and shot 1 or 2 originals but the SAA, (read that old model EMF Dakota) is my favorite. I still have a soft spot for the 1851 Navy.
Thanks, I have been working on a friend's emf Dakota. I don't know when it was made. There are some differences between it and the original colt. But it's seems like a nice gun.
As far as years they were made if they are marked Jaeger, probably 1970's. Armi San Marco maybe 1980's if you search the internet you can find the history. You are right there are differences between them and Colts my Dakota is close but parts are practically non existent. Good luck with the one you are working on, you might try Colt parts as I have had some luck with 2nd Generation parts.
Awesome revolver there Snapper. Was it shooting high or what? Maybe you can tailor a load for it. Or was it just trying to shoot and hold the camera. Either way…. Those originals are just beautiful.
It was shooting high. It was missing its front sight when i got it. on that last bit of shooting, it was painful to hold on to. So I rushed it. The gun was extremely hot. Plus when I got home I realized the barrel was Fouled out. I was shooting some loads with my homemade black powder and it was my older dirty burning stuff.
Around 109. But most of that heat was from putting 50 rounds through the gun pretty quickly. It's crazy how blackpowder heats up a gun far faster then smokeless
That's a great question. For most guns I have seen, they mostly cleaned what they could. That's even on cap and ball guns as well. 9 out of 10 times, they didn't take the gun fully apart.
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What a beauty!! An honor to shoot an original.
Thanks Santee she is definitely ready to go places and do things. 😉
Beautiful, beautiful, Colt. Thanks for sharing, it made my day.
Lol thank you
What fine example of what guns should be today.
Agreed, I don't see many guns today being able to shoot in 140+ years.
I like the fact you are able to obtain originals and shoot them. Yes black powder shutzens heat up faster than people think
Thanks mountain man years ago i made the mistake of buying a original. And well the love of history and being able to touch history Became addicting
Beautiful gun, a piece of history! 🤠
Thank you. I feel incredibly fortunate to have it.
At some point I will acquire a Single Action Army reproduction or two. I think I'll leave the originals to you. You do a great job of restoring and maintaining functioning examples of history.
When it comes to a reproduction the Cimarron 7th Calvary made by pietta is the best and closest to a real colt.
Hey Good Job Snapper - enjoyed it. - In some of the old Western movies - the gunslinger sometimes wore black leather gloves matching their black hats .. Maybe that was to protect their hands from the burns from *HOT* pistols eh and not just to have them look sinister.
Thanks.. you know I have never thought about that. But it makes Sense to me. That last bit of shooting, I rushed it big time. it hurt to hold the revolver. The first thing I thought about. Was the battle of the little bighorn. That was barely 50 shots, and the gun was stupid hot. I couldn't imagine what that would have been like for those men fighting.
Very cool to see that ol' gun in action. 👍
She's a good shooter. Unfortunately since a used such small targets without knowing where it hits. Made the Accuracy look poor.
What a treat!
Nice acquisition there.👍 Proud of you. Nuthing beats a Colt Single Action Army in 45 Colt! 😁
Thanks. I have a soft spot for blackpowder frame colt SAAs. This is my 3rd and oldest one. I really want one that's from the 1870s....hopefully one day
@@snappers_antique_firearms Yup, that's going to be costly if you find one.
Cut my teeth on an 1882 SAA in 45Colt as a kid of eight. This was my great uncle's EDC since 1898. He loaded with black powder, and though I was big for my age, a 40gr FF black powder load was brutal! So he loaded 20gr and a roundball, then later on I shot the big boy loads.
When my great uncle passed, he had willed it to me, but his son snatched it up and promptly sold it... And I'm still pissed off about that.😠
@anangryranger wow. I don't blame you. That is so f**ked up. It doesn't surprise me though. My parents passed away last year. the crap my siblings pulled was shocking. I cared only for Sentimental and things that were promised to me. But my siblings only cared about what's worth the most to sell. The way they acted, If I ever see them again, it will be too soon. 1882 is the same year of my 4 3/4 saa. Lol and yeah 40 grain loads are quite impressive. I mostly don't shoot loads over 30 grains in my originals. I know they can handle it no problem. But being so valuable these days. I don't want to push them to hard.
Thanx for the history in the beginning of the video.
That's why I love colts. There markings can tell you history of the gun.
VERY cool I envy your sleuthing to find these and tell the history. I salute you lad
Let's just say every gun store knows me. and I am on there speed dial for any Antique colt. I still want to get a early us calvary model from the early 1870s that's numbers matching and still have all the military cartocious And stamps
Awesome piece. Still sharp corners on it. Great shooting.
Thanks, I really love the old girl. It's far more accurate than what I was shooting in the video. After learning where it hits. It was very accurate. Plus, I ended up leading the barrel quite badly this day. If you look at the slow motion. It was tumbling.
@@snappers_antique_firearms oh wow. Funny you say that. I have a first gen 44-40 that leads badly also. I wonder if it’s bullet diameter.
@soylentgreen7074 I am not sure. My other 1st gen from 1882, I don't have leading problems. It could just be the ammo I loaded. My 45 colt brass all got ruined by over annealing. So, I ended up using 45 Cowboy brass. It's like 45acp length. I was hoping it would work great for shooting light loads.
I am thinking that by the time the bullet hits the rifling, it's going fast enough to start leading up. I haven't shot my SAA from 1882 with the cowboy brass yet. So I am not sure if the leading came from that cowboy cartridge or not. But I used the same bullets in all my 45colt and only got leading badly this one time. That's kind of why I think it might be the Is cartridge length
@@snappers_antique_firearms definitely something to test. I load 45 cowboy special brass for my 45 colt reproduction 1866 carbine. With a modified smith shop elevator it works. With a 200gr bullet and 3f black powder. You get the correct capacity and ballistics for 44 rimfire it was originally chambered in. You can do the same with a 44 special 1866 and use 44 russian with the modded elevator. And not to go off on too much of a tangent but 45 schofield and 45 cowboy special ejects way better and is more pleasant to shoot in s&w model 3 reproductions.
great gun great history great live action shooting just down right great. Back in the 1970s if you had a pistol licence in Australia you were allowed to go to a safe place like this and squeeze off a few, even go hunting with a hand gun. long gone now sadly, can only shoot at authorized police certified pistol clubs and even then can only shoot calibers the club is authorized for, my club is limited to max of .357 Mag. it's a 40 kay drive to my pistol club, 300 kays to nearest club that allowed .45 . still , I can always get to watch you shot 'em . onya bro
Thanks Steve, it's a shame it's so difficult where you live. They did chamber the 1st gen SAAs in many different calipers. Several under .357. But I am sure it's probably extremely difficult to find one there, even harder to get it sent from another country.
Legally importing firearms or ammo into Australia is virtually impossible, the paperwork is so strict and complex only a few gun dealers Oz wide even bother, a private Joe, forgetaboutit!
@@snappers_antique_firearms
Great video, I have only owned reproductions and shot 1 or 2 originals but the SAA, (read that old model EMF Dakota) is my favorite. I still have a soft spot for the 1851 Navy.
Thanks, I have been working on a friend's emf Dakota. I don't know when it was made. There are some differences between it and the original colt. But it's seems like a nice gun.
As far as years they were made if they are marked Jaeger, probably 1970's. Armi San Marco maybe 1980's if you search the internet you can find the history. You are right there are differences between them and Colts my Dakota is close but parts are practically non existent. Good luck with the one you are working on, you might try Colt parts as I have had some luck with 2nd Generation parts.
@Gunsmith-4570 ok that's. Yeah the parts I have used so far end up being highly modified uberti parts.
Very nice
Thanks Garrett. I still can't believe I got it as a trade in.
At least the enemy is small, light, unarmed, and high visibility orange...😁😁😁😁😁
And they still would have killed me 😅
@@snappers_antique_firearms 😁
Nice!
Thanks!
Very nice pistol and I like Oreo's too Snapper 😂👍🇺🇸
🤣 thanks brother
Awesome revolver there Snapper. Was it shooting high or what? Maybe you can tailor a load for it. Or was it just trying to shoot and hold the camera. Either way…. Those originals are just beautiful.
It was shooting high. It was missing its front sight when i got it. on that last bit of shooting, it was painful to hold on to. So I rushed it. The gun was extremely hot. Plus when I got home I realized the barrel was Fouled out. I was shooting some loads with my homemade black powder and it was my older dirty burning stuff.
@@snappers_antique_firearms All that and still an absolute treat to have and shoot I’m sure.
@JWheeler331 o yeah nothing is quite like shooting a original SAA. To me it doesn't get much better.
@@snappers_antique_firearms For sure.
Colts ALWAYS shoot high..
Lol yes they do. When I got this gun it's front sight was missing. So I put this sight on it, and I am thinking I might put a taller one on.
A blister from the trigger? It must have been insanely hot that day
Around 109. But most of that heat was from putting 50 rounds through the gun pretty quickly. It's crazy how blackpowder heats up a gun far faster then smokeless
I love oreos.
I might get some....we will see if your good
@@snappers_antique_firearms bro...
😂😂😂
How often do you think they completely stipped down the revolvers for cleaning back in the day? Or did they clean what they could and called it good?
That's a great question. For most guns I have seen, they mostly cleaned what they could. That's even on cap and ball guns as well. 9 out of 10 times, they didn't take the gun fully apart.
Very nice
Thanks buddy