Pietta 1873 Single Action (Colt Single Action Army Clone)

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  @Flammable281 · 5 years ago

  John Wayne was asked “what if your gut tells you to load six?” He replied “then load six”

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• DE

  @delbrorlni6676 · 4 years ago (edited)

  This is the greatest handgun ever made. The Colt Single Action Army. Six bullets. More than enough to kill anything that moves - Revolver Ocelot

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• AL

  @alexander_bowman · 6 years ago

  An actual firing pin on the hammer. That's beautiful. I wish more gun makers today would give us that option to choose.

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• JA

  @jason60chev · 8 months ago

  So Many people seem to fiddle around and clumsily eject the empty cases. I found that if you hold the revolver in your left hand, rotating the cylinder with your thumb and middle finger, while actuating the ejector with your right hand, ejecting the mpty cases can be done more swiftly and smoothly.

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• WO

  @wolfpack4694 · 5 years ago

  Big day today.  Picked up my Pietta/Cimarron 7th Cavalry SAA from my FFL.  Unbelievable luck to have C Company on the bottom of the grip, because I was in C Troop, 4th Squadron, 7th Cavalry.  Can’t wait to get it to the range.  Great info!

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• 1S

  @1stminnsharpshooters341 · 9 years ago (edited)

  fine shoot'en against such a nefarious "high fructose" gang - LIKED!

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• DO

  @DonDon-zm3vz · 4 years ago

  i literally bought the same gun for the exact same reasons you did

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• ST

  @stevehaun6023 · 8 years ago

  The first generation saa were made from 1873-1940s the 2nd generation 1957-1974 and third generation from 1974-present supposedly 3rd generations vary in quality but I have a colt saa made in 1979 and it is the smoothest single action I've ever felt and is beautifully made.But you are right the frames changed from blackpowder to smokeless in 1896 when colt went to the cross pin latch for the cylinder pin and the crescent shape ejector rod head

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• JE

  @jefftinsley7111 · 6 years ago

  Hey Dustin, great videos.  You may know this, but the firing pin is of the smokeless era.  On the original design, the firing pin looked more like a  half bull horn.  The reason for the firing pin change, it was found that  the original design would cause the hammer to go back almost to the full cock when using the new smokeless rounds.  The firing pin hole was larger on the "black powder frame" models.

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• ST

  @strangefolkprimary4837 · 8 years ago

  There are a handful of very high quality black powder shooting channels on youtube. You are one of them.

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  @614XJ · 6 years ago

  Just got a EMF, Pietta, Great Western 2 “US Marshal” SAA 4.75” .45LC. Such a beautiful firearm. I’m excited to shoot it and slick it up real nice.

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• CA

  @cannoneer155mm · 8 years ago (edited)

  I have one of the Pietta 1873 with a 7.5 inch barrel.  I added an 1860 grip frame and trigger guard.  I rounded it off with a set of Tru-Ivory grips.  With BP loads it shoots great.  Mine was marketed by EMF and is known as a "Great Western 2".

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