mwells72774
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Its smooth as butter and id say about 85-90%. Easily most accurate revolver I've ever fired, definitely best trigger. For it for $180 trade value
Estimated value hawes western marshall 357 6"
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HighValleyRanch
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Is it a JP Sauer and Sons Hawes Western Marshal?
6 shot .357.
Carry this one on an empty chamber!
6 shot .357.
Carry this one on an empty chamber!
g.willikers
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I'll take it!
In my humble opinion, the Hawes, by JP Sauer and sons were one of the best copies of the Colt six shooter.
In the condition described, it's a real deal.
In my humble opinion, the Hawes, by JP Sauer and sons were one of the best copies of the Colt six shooter.
In the condition described, it's a real deal.
mwells72774
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Got 2 boxed of blazer 38+p and a box om 357 critical defense. The +p at 15yds waa within 2" and at 90yds was able to hit a 1l pop bottle repeatedly
g.willikers
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And that's not surprising.
Back in our sixgun days, my compadres and myself used to bet on hitting targets at 100 yards with our Wyatt Earp specials.
Too many tv westerns.
I won quite a few with my two Hawes, in 44 magnum.
More than with my Rugers.
Wish I still had them.
Enjoy.
Back in our sixgun days, my compadres and myself used to bet on hitting targets at 100 yards with our Wyatt Earp specials.
Too many tv westerns.
I won quite a few with my two Hawes, in 44 magnum.
More than with my Rugers.
Wish I still had them.
Enjoy.
My Sauer 357 6" is stamped Western Six Shooter and has adjustable sights, a la a Blackhawk, yet with SAA action, It's fun to shoot and is heavy enough to really handle powerful loads.
My Sauer 44 Magnum is the brass grip frame Montana Marshall. I also have a Hawes 44 Magnum, all blued steel, which is the Western Marshall. I hedged my bets bidding on these 44 Magnums and unintentionally wound up with both of them. The Western Marshall is almost like new, so I don't shoot it, intending to roll it out of the collection. I have $400 in it, as I recall.
All three guns have 6" barrels.
My Sauer 44 Magnum is the brass grip frame Montana Marshall. I also have a Hawes 44 Magnum, all blued steel, which is the Western Marshall. I hedged my bets bidding on these 44 Magnums and unintentionally wound up with both of them. The Western Marshall is almost like new, so I don't shoot it, intending to roll it out of the collection. I have $400 in it, as I recall.
All three guns have 6" barrels.
JFYI, At the time these guns were built the German Mark was just above two to the dollar, very much under valuated , Because of this they were imported to undercut the Colt and Ruger sales. They were able to do so because of the currency exchange rate, same thing China is doing today. Then in the late 60's early 70's the Mark was floated and the rate jumped up to over 4 Marks per dollar over night. That effectively doubled the price of the Hawes ( AKA J.P. Sauer and Sonn ) and lead to their single action export demise. China so far is refusing to float their currency, If they did so they would lose a lot of their completive edge.
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Bob Wright
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About two years ago I gave $300 OTD for this Hy Hunter (precurser to Hawes) Western Six Shooter .357 Magnum. Grip straps, ejector rod, and ejector rod housing were ZAMAK and grips plastic imitation stag.
I had a trigger guard from a Uberti from 'way back when, bought a Hawes backstrap and Uberti mainspring screw and fitted them to my Hy Hunter, then made a pair of grips from some scrap walnut I had on hand:
Not sure whether to continue or stop at this point.
Bob Wright
I had a trigger guard from a Uberti from 'way back when, bought a Hawes backstrap and Uberti mainspring screw and fitted them to my Hy Hunter, then made a pair of grips from some scrap walnut I had on hand:
Not sure whether to continue or stop at this point.
Bob Wright
mwells72774
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Mine looks near identical to the bottom picture.
bamaranger
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Dad had a Hawes/Sauer, in .44 mag, and it had the most delicate trigger I have ever experienced on any revolver. This all was many years ago, and I was not much educated on handguns, and certainly was not any kind of shot. Dad's .44 had a 4-5/8" barrel, and the concussion from factory ammo (we did not load then) was pretty intimidating for both of us.
Dad traded it away, for a Super B, the long barreled (10-1/4?) which for us was much more shootable.
But....in hindsight, quality did seem very high on the Hawes, and loaded down to about .44 spec levels, that would have been dandy revolver. Wish we still had it.
Dad had a Hawes/Sauer, in .44 mag, and it had the most delicate trigger I have ever experienced on any revolver. This all was many years ago, and I was not much educated on handguns, and certainly was not any kind of shot. Dad's .44 had a 4-5/8" barrel, and the concussion from factory ammo (we did not load then) was pretty intimidating for both of us.
Dad traded it away, for a Super B, the long barreled (10-1/4?) which for us was much more shootable.
But....in hindsight, quality did seem very high on the Hawes, and loaded down to about .44 spec levels, that would have been dandy revolver. Wish we still had it.
I haven't looked at a Hawes in 40 years, but I sure loved 'em back in the 60's. My older brother had one in .357 when I was growing up, and between the quality and the price it seemed like a way better choice than a real Colt SAA back then.
I bought one in .45 Long Colt in the late 70's, but that gun turned out to be a huge disappointment - couldn't hit a cardboard box at 10 yards! Seemed like it wasn't indexing correctly and spit lead out of one side of the cylinder/barrel gap. I eventually traded it for a welder.
I bought one in .45 Long Colt in the late 70's, but that gun turned out to be a huge disappointment - couldn't hit a cardboard box at 10 yards! Seemed like it wasn't indexing correctly and spit lead out of one side of the cylinder/barrel gap. I eventually traded it for a welder.
"Dad had a Hawes/Sauer, in .44 mag, and it had the most delicate trigger I have ever experienced on any revolver."
My experience is the same. My 44mag has the lightest trigger of any firearm I own. I do not recall ever feeling one lighter. I always remind myself of that, but the first shot of a session is always interesting. Once I re-adjust to the hair trigger, mine is extremely accurate. I own four 44 revolvers and this one easily outshoots the other three.
(I bet you can guess which hole was my first shot.)
My experience is the same. My 44mag has the lightest trigger of any firearm I own. I do not recall ever feeling one lighter. I always remind myself of that, but the first shot of a session is always interesting. Once I re-adjust to the hair trigger, mine is extremely accurate. I own four 44 revolvers and this one easily outshoots the other three.
(I bet you can guess which hole was my first shot.)