SA revolver suggestions

The Cimmaron "Evil Roy" is very nice, just as nice as the Taylor's & Co. Smoke Wagon Deluxe. Those two are a bit smoother action wise when compared to the El Patron but also cost about $200 more when buying new. All three are hand selected from the assembly line and have trigger jobs and comp. springs installed, difference is that the El Patron gets the custom work done in Italy before it leaves the Uberti factory and the other two are hand selected from the assembly line and get the custom work done by a US gun smith.
 
Harry Callahan said:
Recently in like a couple hours ago? ;)

Guess you miss your El Patron, right?
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Yep,that's the one. I said I was going to wait and buy the original Colt but when that trade popped up , I couldn't resist :)
And yes , I miss my El Patron, it was an excellent shooter. But I know I won't be satisfied until I get the real thing :)
 
Anyone who "fans" their SAA deserves exactly what he gets! It is firearms abuse - period, the stuff of Hollywood movies.

Moose_Master said:
Just keep in mind with exposed firing pin SA not to fan it. I've seen really ugly wounds with people catching their hand tendon in the firing pin.
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That's absolutely true. Fanning a gun is abuse. No stock SA should be fanned. For fanning an SA has to be heavily modified and then won't be a stock gun anymore.
But usually people don't care. They do it until it hurts, hand or gun.
 
heyrosco said:
Hi all. I'm missing a SA revolver in my collection and would like to remedy that. I've decided on 357 and 5.5" barrel length, blued or stainless doesn't matter. My first thought was Uberti. Just thought I'd ask if there was anything else that you'd recommend or just go with the Uberti. I'm not a CAS so it's just for plinking/range toy. Thanks.
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The Ruger Blackhawk Stainless is probably your best bet if you are not emotionally bound to traditional cowboy sights.
The blued model has an aluminum lower grip frame, while the SS model is all-steel and visually much more appealing.
Both have high quality adjustable target sights, and the rear sight body has recently been upgraded to steel, from aluminum.
(That aluminum rear sight was my only dislike and now it's gone.)
As had been mentioned, it is THE single action, and has been around since the 1950s.
Nice features are: a spare cylinder model for 9mm, coil and music wire springs throughout, and a good assortment of aftermarket grips and parts. (Ubertis have traditional flat springs that can and do break.)
The Italian replicas are appealing and faithful reproductions, but for accuracy and strength, Rugers are better.
I've owned a number of Blackhawks over the years, and they were always good solid accurate guns.
 
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Agreed on the Rugers! I have a pair of the old model Vaqueros in .44 magnum with 5-1/2" barrels. Used them in CAS with .44 Spl. loads for years. Don't shoot them much any more as I'm shooting "Duelist" and I find the grip a little large for that compared to my .45 LC Uberti SAAs.

Currently my wife is shooting a pair of NM Flat Top 4-3/4" .44 Spl. Blackhawks with custom ivory grips. When she hits steel, it goes down! Makes the guys shooting .38s with 2-1/2 grs of baby powder look silly.

If you can break a Ruger, perhaps you ought not be handling guns.
 
I've got both a Ruger New Vaquero in 357Mag and an Uberti Cattleman in 45LC. I love both but if I had to choose only one, for authentticity (as close in this case) to a Colt SAA, I'd go with the Uberti. I wanted the El Patron but all were sold out at the time and didn't want to wait as the $$ was dropping and the next batch meant a healthy price increase.

I slicked up both my Vaquero and Cattleman and also swapped out the springs and the Cattleman is much slicker/smoother to operate over the Ruger. Not sure if it's just me but the Ruger I find is a bit harder to aim compared to the Cattleman which feels like pointing and shooting. My only dislike on the Cattleman is the skinny trigger. I much prefer the wider trigger on the Vaquero.

The Ruger is built like a tank and seems like it'll take quite a beating and keep on going. My Ruger was smoother out of the box with a very crisp trigger. My Cattleman was a wee bit gritty and I had to do some work to get it super slick. The El Patron supposedly come all factory tuned and slicked up.

I believe Taylors & Co owns Uberti and Pietta. Heck, their parts are pretty much interchangeable.
 
Just buy whatever one you can afford, if you like single actions, you will end up with several examples of everything mentioned here anyways.

Enjoy, there wonderful.
 
One other SA revolver that you might also want to consider for plinking is the Ruger New Bearcat.
Just a .22 rim-fire, not a .357, but in a class by itself.
Jewel-like in it's small size, and very appealing.
Made like they were 50 years ago, with a skinny Colt trigger, action screws instead of pins, a half-#### position to load, but with an unobtrusive transfer bar.
Either blued or stainless, with laminated rosewood grips, and a one-piece all-steel cylinder and grip frame, they resemble a pocket pistol version of an 1875 Remington.
Unfluted, roll-engraved cylinder scene like a Colt Navy.
The thing about these little revolvers is that they shoot really well, even with fixed sights.
I sold a blued Single-Six and kept the Bearcat in preference.

http://www.ruger-firearms.com/products/newBearcat/specSheets/0912.html
 
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One of the Lipsey Ruger Flattop Blackhawks.

There's just something about them... The smaller frame for one thing. I'm not a fan of the sight ears on the regular Rugers either.

I went a step further and just installed an aftermarket trigger and hammer in mine for a more authentic Colt style action.

4 clicks and half #### loading :)

I'm soured on the Piettas. Still have one, but I found the fitment to be hit and miss, along with not wanting to shave and bend front sights. I won't buy another single action that isn't a Ruger flattop.
 
Mark-II said:
One of the Lipsey Ruger Flattop Blackhawks.

There's just something about them... The smaller frame for one thing. I'm not a fan of the sight ears on the regular Rugers either.

I went a step further and just installed an aftermarket trigger and hammer in mine for a more authentic Colt style action.

4 clicks and half #### loading :)

I'm soured on the Piettas. Still have one, but I found the fitment to be hit and miss, along with not wanting to shave and bend front sights. I won't buy another single action that isn't a Ruger flattop.
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I have a blued 4-5/8, 357/9mm convertible flattop. Grip is a bit small for my hands but very comfortable otherwise. Not sure if the Power Custom Bisley trigger and hammer will fit this size but I'd love to change them out one day.

It's a keeper.
 
Mark-II said:
One of the Lipsey Ruger Flattop Blackhawks.

There's just something about them... The smaller frame for one thing. I'm not a fan of the sight ears on the regular Rugers either.

I went a step further and just installed an aftermarket trigger and hammer in mine for a more authentic Colt style action.

4 clicks and half #### loading :)

I'm soured on the Piettas. Still have one, but I found the fitment to be hit and miss, along with not wanting to shave and bend front sights. I won't buy another single action that isn't a Ruger flattop.
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I had a Ruger Super Blackhawk anniversary model .44 magnum flat top with the micro rear sight and the 6 1/2 inch barrel.
That was the most accurate SA .44 magnum I ever owned.
Great gun.
 
I have always liked my rugers & my last two purchased a couple of months ago were those distributor flattops.
One in .357/9mm & .44 spl chamberings. These are indeed nice handling, fantastic six-shooters!



You would be very pleased with a ruger indeed, but there are other great ones to choose from & we are lucky to still have choices. Happy shooting, with your new gun....
 
ruffbird said:
I have always liked my rugers & my last two purchased a couple of months ago were those distributor flattops.
One in .357/9mm & .44 spl chamberings. These are indeed nice handling, fantastic six-shooters!



You would be very pleased with a ruger indeed, but there are other great ones to choose from & we are lucky to still have choices. Happy shooting, with your new gun....
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Mmmm...Rosewood grips.....(drool.)
 
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