Recent content by gilgsn

Hello. I saw this Colt D.A. for sale online, which has a puzzling peculiarity, or maybe it's normal, you guys might be able to tell me: Where there should be the patent dates (I'm assuming...) There is... Nothing. Nothing was apparently erased and it came from the factory like that, or so the...

Yes! I love my no-dash 4" 586. I used to own a Trooper but sold it. It worked just fine, and it was more of a grip feel thing to me than anything else. The 586 fits my hand like a glove. I do have a special appreciation for Colts because of the Single Action Army, and I'll never sell my 1897...

No-dash 586!

Hi, not yet... I can't find any .32-20 here either. Good thing I still have a couple hundred new cases of .38-40 and .45 Colt, otherwise I'd be left with 357 only. On the upside, the price of primers has come down a little. It's not easy finding components in France. Black powder on the other...

Thank you, I'll see if they are willing to ship to France. No problem disassembling a Single Action Army ;)

Hello. It used to be very complicated here but things have improved. There are four categories of guns here, A, B, C, D. A is prohibited, anything full auto, mortars, grenades, you name it... B requires a prior authorisation before buying and includes semi-autos and any modern handgun. You also...

Hi, thanks, yes, it is the retracting firing pin. It is invisible from the outside but of course I worry about reliability. The fired primers have a deep indentation, so I am not worried about failures to fire. It is however extra parts that can fail. I will look into a replacement hammer, but...

Hello. My El Patron (2022) cylinder looks to be the same size at the other end. My photo shows the cylinders from the rear, yours shows the front. I don't see why they would make two different cylinders... I would guess that all cylinders are thicker now... The chamber walls of my 1897 SAA look...

Now I want a Colt Detective Special... There is no end to it... Gil.

Hello. Very informative, thank you. Here are my three cylinders below... Left is an original Colt SAA built in 1897, .38-40. Top is my 1990 Ruger NM Blackhawk in .41 Magnum. Right is a 2022 Uberti El Patron in .45 Colt. I wonder if the .38-40 SAA has more meat between chambers than the original...

Hello. Now I can preserve my original Colt SAA (.38-40) and eventually wear out this new El Patron in .45 Colt. I really wanted a Pietta, but could not find any in France right now, except in .357. I almost went for it, would have if I didn't already own a 586. My first Pietta SAA had a timing...

I think you are confusing cap & ball replicas with Single Action Army replicas. The Uberti short arbor issue is a cap & ball revolver issue, nothing to do with the SAA. My opinion is that Uberti used to be better than Pietta, but Pietta has made great progress, to the point of getting ahead of...

Hello Mike. Thanks for the info. I did not know the Uberti was bigger, since I did not own them at the same time, but maybe that contributed to my impression.. I have a Blackhawk in .41 Mag, so that's my "bigger" single action. I am just hoping my Pietta was an isolated lemon and that my next...

Hi guys. Glad ya'll liked that video ;-) I used to own a Pietta .45 and the timing was all wrong out of the box. I was getting off-center primer strikes, got rid of it. That was years ago though, and a lemon is always possible. Other than this major issue, I did really like it, but not enough to...