Full Size .22 SAA ??? (Re-run Inquiry)

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I'm looking for manufacturers and models of FULL-SIZED SAA's in .22 caliber, to find one that I could cheaply plink with, that would still be a full-scale SAA revolver. I would like to find out who makes the better models and what they are. There was an article in one of the gun magazines a couple years ago that gave me the notion that there were about 3 or more such revolvers currently being made. The company that makes the Bounty Hunter (Co. name evades me) makes one.
I'm NOT looking for one of the 7/8 scale revolvers like the Ruger Super Single Six, or the Colt New Frontier.
I would appreciate any information that you might have.

(This is a re-run from a week ago. I got 33 readers, but no responses. Still fishing.)
 
Also check with EMF in California. They used to sell several different grades of full size SAA's in various calibers, including .22lr.

Uberti and Cimmarron Arms also sell full size .22 SAA's in all the barrel lengths.
 
Uberti makes a SAA copy in .22, but I don't see that caliber option on the Cimarron web page. I didn't check EMF.

FWIW, I used to have a .22 Colt SAA (no, not one of the rare originals, this was one that someone had converted from a .45). Note that I said "used to"; I got rid of it pretty quick.

Anyone thinking a full size steel .22 SAA will handle like a .44 or .45, let me tell you, it is heavy as he*l! It handles like a block of lead, which is probably one reason the originals are rare and few makers have kept them in the line. I got one of the first Ruger Single-Six revolvers and I think that was just about right, though the modern ones have gotten well away from the original idea.

Some of the .22 imports saved weight by making the gun out of alloy, but most of those were pretty poor quality.

Jim
 
Thanks for the info. "btt"?

Thanks to all for the info. Jim, your tip on the all-steel full-sized .22 SAA’s being overly-heavy sounds reasonable.
EMF doesn’t seem to make a .22 SAA.
European American Armory imports an alloy .22 conversion Bounty Hunter that is the same size and weight as its all-steel large caliber models. It comes in 3 barrel lengths and in nickel or blue. It also comes in 6 or 8-shot cylinders, which, as I have mentioned in other replies, doesn’t appear excessively fluty – due to the large cylinder size.
http://www.eaacorp.com/

Uberti has a scaled-down 1873 Stallion and a full-scale 1873 Cattleman that is rather pricy, and as mentioned, may double as a boat anchor.
http://www2.uberti.com/

I’m leaning toward the alloy Bounty Hunter. Does anyone have any personal experience with this model? Fit & Finish? Mechanics?
 
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