[ExMachina]

Well, this is the one that almost got away. My wife and I are buying our first house and, to help with the downpayment, I thought I should sell one of my "investment" guns (you know the type of gun, not really an investment but how you justify laying out the cash ;) )

So, I recently had this up for "liquidation" in the Sale Forum and I could tell by the number and type of inquiries I was getting that it was probably going to sell soon...so I blinked. I couldn't sell it! :eek:

For many years, I had always wanted a nice SAA (owned a couple of Italian SAAs and they were ok, but they were all seriously wanting in the fit/finish/mechanical departments) and this gun met every desire I have had in a SAA (right down to the blackpowder frame).

No, it's not 100% historically correct and there are several anachronistic details. But for me it captures the essence of the SAA very nicely, and that's all I ever wanted.

So, here are the pics that were once aimed at selling her. Now, I'm just posting them for fun (and thanks for the suggestion Maddock :) )

http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=49946&d=1167151202

http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=49943&d=1167151142

http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=49944&d=1167151165

http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=49945&d=1167151183

Thanks for looking. -David

[JoeHatley]

Nice looking gun. How does it shoot?

Joe

[Maddock]

Thanks for posting the pictures David. Turnbull’s color case hardening and blue is stunning.

[ExMachina]

Nice looking gun. How does it shoot?

Joe

Thanks, Joe. The gun shoots very nicely and with the light loads that I use, it's a pistol that I could shoot all day. The trigger is a tad heavy but well-tuned and glass-breakingly crisp. The sights are well-regulated for windage and are dead on. In my hands the gun shoots a little high @ 10 yards, but I haven't experimented much with different loadings...and I'm certainly NOT adept at shooting plow-handled pistols :o

[Rexster]

Beautiful! :)

[wcwhitey]

Very nice indeed!:)

[P. Plainsman]

Mouth-watering. Make it a .44 Special and that's my dream single action.

Someday.

[ExMachina]

Make it a .44 Special and that's my dream single action.

Darn! Only missed your dream by 0.01" :D

[P. Plainsman]

Only missed your dream by 0.01"
Heh. Or 0.025" (.429 vs. .454). :)

Seriously, even your stocks are (to my taste) just right. I'd like nice walnut over ivories on my dream USFA.

EDIT TO ADD: Of course, it looks like your gun doesn't have my initials engraved on the backstrap ...

[ExMachina]

Seriously, even your stocks are (to my taste) just right. I'd like nice walnut over ivories on my dream USFA.

Here, here! Ivory's beautiful (so don't get me wrong!) but, IMHO, ivory also has no place on a "working-man's" Peacemaker ;)

And while we're talking asthetics, the case-hardening is what really seals the deal for me--it's as ploy-chromatic as the canyons of Utah but still as light as a Montana summer sky...(can you tell I'm living a little too far east for my tastes? :) )

(and shame on me for missing the bullet diameter differential...me who started in on reloading to justify the purchase of a 696 :what:) ;)