09-03-2017, 04:19 PM
I dunno' but whatever happened in your photo, that Thompson looks very cool - like you refinished and polished the wood a bit !
Never owned a SAA, the closest would be this .44 Remington 1858 reproduction. The original would pre-date the SAA by ten or twenty years and is "sort-of-a" muzzle loader unlike the Colt. I never did complete the revolver but I did shoot it - lots of fun and the big cloud of smoke gets the attention of the folks at the adjacent shooting benches. It's still in the gun cabinet and maybe one of these days ....
These old beauties have excellent and accurate performance, exceeding .38 Special ballistics comfortably when loaded to the original 40 grains of black powder. They have a top strap and are beefier than the Colts of the day. Maybe that is why convertible cylinders are now available (for .44-40 I suppose) although seems like the hammer would also have to be replaced to make the complete metallic cartridge conversion.
Another interesting feature of the day (which is why I posed the photo) is that pre-loaded cylinders could be carried and switched with an empty one in five seconds or so. Who knows - the Remington may even have been the inspiration for the SAA ?
Never owned a SAA, the closest would be this .44 Remington 1858 reproduction. The original would pre-date the SAA by ten or twenty years and is "sort-of-a" muzzle loader unlike the Colt. I never did complete the revolver but I did shoot it - lots of fun and the big cloud of smoke gets the attention of the folks at the adjacent shooting benches. It's still in the gun cabinet and maybe one of these days ....
These old beauties have excellent and accurate performance, exceeding .38 Special ballistics comfortably when loaded to the original 40 grains of black powder. They have a top strap and are beefier than the Colts of the day. Maybe that is why convertible cylinders are now available (for .44-40 I suppose) although seems like the hammer would also have to be replaced to make the complete metallic cartridge conversion.
Another interesting feature of the day (which is why I posed the photo) is that pre-loaded cylinders could be carried and switched with an empty one in five seconds or so. Who knows - the Remington may even have been the inspiration for the SAA ?