History's Guns: The Colt Single Action Army | Shooting USA
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- Nothing says Cowboy Action like the Colt Single Action Army. It's an icon of America's frontier, and was adopted by the U.S Military in 1873. One of the finest military and civilian arms of its period.
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The Greatest Iron ever devised
Bruh I just saw you on a video where some guy makes a parking ticket into a bullet
one could say... the biggest iron
Nope adams and webley had colt beat
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Both garbage .The Single Action Army is the greatest Handgun ever produced .
Ehhhh... Not really...
The Colt Single Action the most iconic gun in American history. Love the Single Actions.
Thank you very much. Have a blessed week. LORD GOD Bless all and stay vigilant.
Almost 70 years ago I learned to shoot with a Colt SAA at about age 11. I later came into possession of my own with 5 1/2 inch barrel chambered to the 38-40 cartridge and made in 1904. I carried that gun until the mid 80s when I became aware of its value. It saved my life late one Jan, '73 night. I semi-retired it with a new generation SAA with 4 3/4 inch barrel that has been my primary carry gun to this day. The SAA is the only handgun I have ever been able to shoot instinctively, meaning at any distance under 10 yards it has a "pointability" that puts the bullet where I look without use of the sights.
Heck of a story. Sounds like you can shoot the heck out of it...
@@bobanderson6656 I have never been able to shoot anything else that comes close. About a year ago I encounters a feral sow and 4-5 piglets! I got her and 3 of the piglets before a couple of them disappeared in the brush! I suspect my resident coyote took care of that. I used the New Generation chambered in .45LC. Couldn't have pulled that off if I had used the sights. Range was 20-30 feet.
My favorite gun ever made. I have a civilian one with 4 3/4 barrel made in 1882. And she is the queen of my gun safe
The most beautiful hand gun ever made!!!!
The .45 Colt was in fact, a 255 grain bullet over 40 grains of black powder. It was so powerful that the military downloaded it to 30 grains of powder. The 255 grain load often chronographs at nearly 900 fps with a full 40 grain charge. Until the .44 magnum came along in 1955, the .45 Colt was king of the hill.
The greatest handgun ever made. 6 bullets, more than enough to kill anything that moves.
Not at all. Already old fashioned when it was born, and with weak parts, like the bolt and trigger.
You're pretty good
@@supermilkshake6745 Pretty.....good.....*dramatic pass out*
Actually 5 because of safety. But still my favourite handgun
@@lukazajc8265 Not necessarily true...While the "Cowboy Load" is one way,its not the only way,nor the original way this revolver was designed to be loaded or carried..This is one of those Misrepresentations that needs to be dispelled....
It's a one of coolest revolvers.
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I have eleven Colt Single Action Armies. I've loved them since I was a little guy and saw my first Ken Maynard western.
If you love them… have you ever shot a S&W Schofield?
@@samiam619 I have a Uberti Scofield. front heavy piece of crap
Wow, 11 original colts, you have a substantial little gold mine if they are original and in good shape.
I have one in 38 WCF and love shooting it.
If I can find an old one I would have it nicely engraved and it will always be my treasured possession 😍
I have bunches of single action 45s.
Not only a house gun but concealed carry up to 5.5in and Thunderer 3.5in.
My favorite carry gun even though I have several 9mm and 357 snubbies.
Thanks for the History.
I used to shoot them a lot when I was young! I just loved it! I shot them everywhere I saw them. I just stood a short distance from them and shot them with my M9. "What an old junk", I used to say when I saw them. Only years later I realized what I was doing.
Love this piece of iron! 😍
Love Cowboy guns. So cool.
Hands down this is my favorite pistol. I know it is slow to shoot and takes a century to reload but I still love this revolver. The gun looks like a piece of jewelry. And I own two of them! Both of them are nickel plated 4 3/4” barrel length and real ivory grips! One is a safe “Queen” and the other gets shot moderately. Awesome pistol!
Mighty fine revolver, even today! 👍
Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday and Revolver Ocelot would be proud of that. It's by far the greatest handgun ever made with 6 bullets, more than enough to kill anything that moves. But the engraving never gave them no advantage whatsoever. Any gunslinger would tend to twist the elbow to absorb the recoil, which is more of a Revolver technique, giving them some fancy shooting skills, making them pretty good.
Very cool
Armas lindas.
Love my SAA🤠
It’s called the Cattleman Revolver in the Red Dead Redemption games.
i just love this gun , i mean he is so legendary...
i hope i could have an uberti one when i got my licence here in France 🇫🇷
I have a Uberti Cattleman II and I really love it. You will too!
@@tinman8518 thanks mate i got no doubt about it what a really nice weapon
@Dale Macarena Cattleman basic and pure just beautiful
The 5 1/2 inch bbl. is my personal preference!!
Hell, I’d carry one today in .357 if reloading it wasn’t so time consuming. My S&W 19 carry comp gets that privilege!
I actually squirmed in my seat when I saw them load 6 rounds in that thing! Guess I'm old fashioned in that respect!
There’s no problem doing this at the range. There is a problem if you’re going to holster the gun.
I'd say a lot of people loaded 6 back then anyways. Some of them accidentally shot themselves of course.
I knew some panty-waist Pearl clutching busybody would bring this up!
If you're at the range it's okay to load 6 but for carrying load 5.
I have a colt just like those
I found a never shot new in the box 2000 peacemaker color case hardened!! 🎉
Getting some Indian Jones vibes from the music.
I wonder if you put a colt brand stamp on a gun would that make it a colt or
Add a transfer bar safety, and it would be fine.
The Alec Baldwin special!
I have bunches of clones all in 45Colt in different configurations.
But it was loaded with a 250gr bullet not 230gr as in 45acp.
And originally with 40gr blackpowder but too much power for soilders to shoot accurately so I understand and hard on guns. So load was changed to 35gr and I think even 28.
I use all mine for concealed carry.
It was an old fashioned design in its time, compared to the european designs of the time, far more advanced, like the double action Webleys and Chamelot Delvigne designs, or the Abadie type revolver. The only advantage was its powerful caliber.
Not the only advantage, simply the most obvious. For the US army at the time, the weapon's extreme simplicity was a definite bonus for service on remote frontier outposts. The lockwork IIRC has only six parts, and this made the gun _very_ easy to repair on the frontier, in even poorly equipped shops. When the Colt competed against the Schofield revolver, one of the reasons the army retained the Colt was the SAA's greater simplicity and ease of repair (as well as lower cost). The Schofield's faster reloading wasn't seen as a very important advantage, when most cavalry soldiers were only issued a dozen rounds for their revolvers, and frequently returned from actions without ever reloading their handguns (their main weapon was a carbine, after all).
The other great advantage of the SAA was its ergonomics, which have never been bettered. The gun just balances and points more naturally than _anything_ else, and this makes it easier to shoot. I think weapons that get the ergonomics right have an enormous advantage over other designs which may be mechanically just as good or arguably better -- which is a huge part of the AR-15's success, IMHO.
What a badass weapon.
Back then a gun like that was $8-12.
Don’t forget the smith and Wesson schofield model 3 is the best revolver, in the west.
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I have a reproduction Single Action Army that was made in Italy. It’s my favorite pistol.
I miss TNN
let us bring the old west again when life was less complicate and easier to decide between good and evel.....
Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-U-tiful!
Colt no longer is in business like he implied since they sold out overseas a couple of years ago. The single action meant pulling the trigger back manually on every shot whereas the double action revolving rotates its barrel whe you pull the trigger. My first police qualification was with the latter but nearly 10 years before I qualified with the army 45 automatic a completely different and easier auto reload magazine driven from the bolt moving to the rear on each shot. Why these old guns are collectors items when they are old and wore out besides being slow to fire again unless you were Bob Munsden.
3:57 Ah , yes , the invading monster needed a good weapon
Sure does suck that your pathetic country can't defeat the greatest nation in the world! 🇺🇲
@@Jack_Mehoff7221
You mean the fags who got their asses kicked by the Taliban and the Vietcong and can usually only when a war when the other country's leadership basically hands it over ? .You retards are 5 seconds away from fracturing into a thousand pieces and I can not wait .
You can not be the greatest nation in the world , you are not even a Nation .
@@oolooo Blah blah blah! Argentina is a cess pool and we would annex that place in a hour.
@@Jack_Mehoff7221
You can not even annex Cuba , bitch , and it is a comparatively small island in front of you .Seriously , search for a soul , we all know Yankees have none .
Your army is reaching a record of low numbers and now you are allowing extremely fat people in .What are you going to invade us with ? .
His voice is so familiar… the simpsons maybe?
@ I took my LWRC FOR A CHOPPER RIDE! HOGS
If it weren't for politics and price the S&W Schofield would have been number 1. It was superior in many ways and most troops were sorely disappointed over the decision.
It is faster that's for sure. I wonder if the break top design was ever prone to snapping.
@@benrollin1207 Snapping what?
The Colt was chosen because of simplicity of design and ruggedness. Simpler to repair in the field. Also, pistols were secondary weapons for last defense. These were mounted and unmounted infantry where their rifles were primary weapons. Pistols were never intended to be reloaded on horseback, old wives tale.
@@jongirolami4978 It's plain to see you have never fired much less owned either.
@@spiritualawakenings6251 it's amazing you would make a statement with absolutely no idea of what you are talking about. What exactly do you disagree with in my statement?
The don’t make them anymore Which is sad
So what kind of guns would a gunfighter use? And mods etc?
Saw a swivel holster at a gun show. Deff 1870s build. I wonder who had that made ?
@@williamavery9185 I believe that was called a Bridgport rig. Invented in El Paso Texas.
@@jongirolami4978 I guess they were all special order. Just intriguing to imagine who wore these and what their sucsess rate was.....and which pistol worked best. I guess double action ?
@@williamavery9185 Double action pistols were mostly both single and double action, but the larger frame Colt could be brought into action a little faster than the typical smaller frame double actions of the period.
@@jongirolami4978 ok. Why would a a large from be faster? Than a say 38. The 38 must be lighter and more manouverable. Sorry if i missed something.
Why is it called a single action when it has 4 clicks to fire? What is a one click....fire called ?
It is called single action because you have to thumb back the hammer for each shot. Double action is a design that cocks the hammer and fires by just the pulling of the trigger.
Thank you for that. Does the single action have a safety catch?
@@williamavery9185 not really, the first click called the quarter cock was commonly used as a safety or the pistol was loaded with what was called the cowboy load. With an empty cylinder, load one cartridge, skip one then load the next four. When the last chamber was loaded, pull the hammer back all the way then lower it. The hammer will be on the empty chamber. Later manufacturers like Ruger and others designed a transfer bar the blocked the frame mounted firing pin that dropped down when the trigger was pulled. You see in Colt single actions, the firing pin was mounted in the hammer and the risk was that if the hammer was down on a live round, accidentally dropping the pistol on the ground could fire the gun if it landed on the hammer as the firing pin would be resting against the primer.
@@jongirolami4978 thanks, i live in a no gun country.
@@williamavery9185 what country?
Engravings give you no tactical advantage whatsoever.
its for style points
But that was some fancy shooting. You're pretty good!
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How would it fair on a modern battlefield, lets say against terrorists in the Middle East?
SAA
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Americuh!
Is Gary deaf yet?
Too short of a video... IMHO
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I have a Ruger replica that mimics the artillery model and it's excellent. If you go to the C&Rsenal TH-cam channel they review guns used in WW II. Excepting the Lugar, the M1911A1, Webley, and the Mauser broom handle, the Colt Single Action Army is head and shoulders over most all others in terms of power, ergonomics, reloading speed, and accuracy. Comically so in some cases.
I'm of a mind that the Army probably might've been better of staying with the Cold Single Action Army _to the present day._ I know that sounds plenty crazy and I'll admit I exaggerate a bit. But if you consider the time, expense, and effort devoted to acquiring the M1911A1, the Beretta M9, and now the Sig Sauer P320 - weapons which have no decisive value on the battlefield - you'll understand. Pistols have 0 war winning capability compared to tanks, aircraft carriers, bombers, and fighters. Or even trucks, computer systems, and rifles. Pistols overwhelmingly go to desk bound officers, MPs, and assorted functionaries. The only people who might win a war with pistols alone are the Special Forces. And guess what? They almost never roll with what the military procurement system selects. They buy whatever pistol fits their fancy - Glocks, custom 1911s, whatever.