Best SAA on the market

Pete, I don't thin anyone (or most) are saying they're literally SAAs or (as in original) Model P's, just saying that Cimarron--for one--makes a nice copy they call, aptly, the Model P...and, as someone intimated, it was because they could--not a protected name. Just as Rossis and Chiappas or even the excellent older Brownings are "their 92s or 1892s" - no one would say they ARE original 92s, of course not.
Edit - There was a complaint about Cimarron about bein hard to decipher their website, what the heck they call their SAA (suggesting their equivalent or copy). Turns out they, almost uniquely, call theirs something that's pretty descriptive of what it is.
 
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Best is relative

For general shooting & hunting I would (and did) get a Ruger BH

If all I was going to do is CAS then I would get the Colt or USFA

Most likely a USFA

Snake
 
To be sure the best SA would be the Ruger Blackhawk followed by the Vaquero. Both are sorta kinda copies of a Colt, both accurate and super strong guns.
I was just funnun ya.
 
Other than the Vaquero cosmetically resembles a SAA, they BH and Vaquero don't have much in common with the Colt SAA other than they are both single actions.

The finest SAA style gun I've ever shot or handled was a USFA.

If we are to include all single action type revolvers (ones that aren't Colt clones as well) you aren't going to beat the quality fit and finish of a Freedom Arms in an out of the box factory revolver. I've got an Interearms Virginian Dragoon that I'd give an honorable mention to as well, but still it's not up to Freedom Arms standards.


The Rugers are solid values though, but aren't in the same league with USFA or Freedom Arms IMO.
 
Well..I like the Rugers too..used to have one..but..if firing pin ain't on the hammer...forget it as a colt copy. Cowboy gun has GOT to have firing pin on hammer..jmho..and that ain't much lol.
 
Blackhawk

You can't go wrong with a ruger blackhawk. They will shoot hot reloads all day long. I picked mine up for use as a sidearm on hunting trips, and it has never failed me. Really great piece it's chambered in .357 and has the 4 5/8" barrel. Very strong and durable weapon.
 
Well, the only one that can call itself Single Action Army is Colt, so I suppose the answer to your question is Colt. All the others are clones.
 
In double action, I am a Colt fan, but for SAA, I have a couple Uberti Cattleman 45LC revolvers I really like. I run the Cattleman hot; 1225 fps 4.5" barrel 250 gr XTP.

I have had a Ruger Blackhawk for 5 years and only fired one shot. Not ergonomic if the hammer cuts into the web of my hand with big recoil. If I take it apart and cut off the sharp corners, I may shoot it again.
 
I'm with Bob Wright

Maybe we should add a category of Single Action Alpha for Ruger Blackhawks. I own 5 Rugers and love them. They can shoot mild to wild in 44Spl and 45LC. Now, don't you Freedom Fellas get torqued as we all know that they were designed for rifle pressures of the 454.
 
Hi to all. I just bought a new Ruger New Vaquero in 357 magnum in stainless steel. Let me start by saying this is my first S/A I have a safe full of all kinds of double action revolvers, semi autos handguns and even class III machine guns. But with the whole ammo thing the full autos are sleeping. But my question is I would like to change the factory black grips that it came with. I would like a set of white polymer grips for it. Does anyone make a set that fits perfict without sanding and fitting them? Sorry for the long post guys but I figure I would ask the experts.:)
Thanks for the help.
Mike
 
Just to keep this thread going, did the original SAA come in .45 LONG Colt?:D

And when was the name Frontier Six-Shooter rolled onto the barrel? :rolleyes:

Also, if it's a flattop, is it still a SAA? :p

And was it true that in Colt ads back in the 1880s, shooters were instructed to load six and then pull the gun's hammer to its SAFETY notch? :eek:
 
I read the whole thread and never figured out if we were talking about SAA's specifically (which includes replicas) or single action revolvers in general.

USFA made the best SAA's (or replicas) ever produced but sadly, all they have now is the Zipper. Lucky for us who got them before prices skyrocketed. The Colt's have been greatly improved in the last few years but still fall behind USFA in terms of quality and value. The various Uberti and late model Pietta replicas are very good quality and a very good value, while still being much more authentic than any Ruger product.

Freedom Arms makes the best single action revolver ever factory produced. You simply cannot build one any more precisely and their accuracy is unrivaled, despite the claims of 'some' deluded bullseye shooters.

Ruger has made probably the best value in a single action revolver since 1953. Old Models are enough like a Colt to nearly scratch that itch. New Models, not so much but they do have their appeal.

Funny how the Colt fans, like Colt itself, can only nitpick about names and prancing ponies.
 
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