Neatest looking SAA bbl length??
- Thread starter Lavan
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Definitely the 5 1/2" barrel. It looks the most balanced and elegant.
BTW, can you believe I had a 2nd generation, 45 LC, 5.5" barrel, year 1956, unfired in the original box, with all the papers, and sold it for $1800?
Dick
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BTW, can you believe I had a 2nd generation, 45 LC, 5.5" barrel, year 1956, unfired in the original box, with all the papers, and sold it for $1800?
Dick
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I have a 2nd generation SAA with the 5 1/2" barrel, but I like the looks of the 4 3/4". Even with the end ot the ejector rod, it looks right.
Sigh, to think I let a 2nd generation .357 mag in that bbl. length get away. Boy, could I shoot that revolver.
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Sigh, to think I let a 2nd generation .357 mag in that bbl. length get away. Boy, could I shoot that revolver.
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Ne Conjuge Nobiscum
"If there be treachery, let there be jehad!"
JimWolford
New member
Lavan:
If you want "traditional" stick with the 7.5" barrell
The 5.5" was for Artillery and the 4.625 was for civilians<s>
A loooong time ago, when I lived and worked in "the woods" ( in Oregon ) I owned a Colt SA 45 with the 7.5" barrel and I used to carry it in a spring clip shoulder holster under my jacket ( to keep it clean and dry )
Sure did come in handy at times<s>
Jim
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Lay up some blackpowder and flints
The rest we can build, if need be
If you want "traditional" stick with the 7.5" barrell
The 5.5" was for Artillery and the 4.625 was for civilians<s>
A loooong time ago, when I lived and worked in "the woods" ( in Oregon ) I owned a Colt SA 45 with the 7.5" barrel and I used to carry it in a spring clip shoulder holster under my jacket ( to keep it clean and dry )
Sure did come in handy at times<s>
Jim
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Lay up some blackpowder and flints
The rest we can build, if need be
Jack Straw
New member
Lavan,
For me it's the 4 3/4". I can't explain it, I just like it!
Jack
For me it's the 4 3/4". I can't explain it, I just like it!
Jack
killer45auto
New member
Is there really a wrong size,I like em all from the 4 5/8 up to the 7 1/2
killer45auto
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PreserveFreedom
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I think my S&W Model 586 with 8 3/8" barrel looks cool as all heck. When I get the money though, I want a pair of Ruger 44's with the 10½" bull barrels. Does it get any badder than that?
Gunslinger
Moderator
I've got at least one example of every factory offered barrel length but my preference runs to the 4.75" (Colt)/4.625" Vaquero. Although I do enjoy taking out my 12" Buntline and fondling it regularly. There is something about the Buntline that is.........well sexy, for lack of a better term.
On a related note I use my regular carry 6" model 29 Smith to demonstrate our concealment holsters at gun shows. After drawing it from concealment last weekend at a show one of the on lookers was shocked that he had not seen it under the light dress shirt I wearing and said, "Damn, you've got a long barrel". I replied, "Yes, I know but I don't like to brag".
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Gunslinger
On a related note I use my regular carry 6" model 29 Smith to demonstrate our concealment holsters at gun shows. After drawing it from concealment last weekend at a show one of the on lookers was shocked that he had not seen it under the light dress shirt I wearing and said, "Damn, you've got a long barrel". I replied, "Yes, I know but I don't like to brag".
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Gunslinger