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Colt SAA
woodhog
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when did the Colt SAA start having black grips with the rampant colt?
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JW
Mine will only spin maybe two turns, nothing like those guns do.
I found a Colt SAA it is obviously older and has some holster wear and a couple tiny dings near the muzzle. It looks like it was worn in a holster that allowed the very end of the barrel to poke though the bottom.Mechanics are A1 as is everything from the above mentioned spot on back. The grips are black plastic? with the colt pony near the top and the american eagle on the lower sides. What should I be willing to pay? Its a 45 Colt ofcourse. I really want it too.
Big Daddy my heros have always been cowboys,they still are it seems
"Hard rubber eagle grips were introduced in 1882, at serial number ~73,000. They continued until 1896, when the eagle-less grips were introduced at serial number ~163,000."
Found multiple such statements. Generally that wooden grips were standard first ten years, then a change to hard rubber began. By 1888 black hard rubber (Gutta Percha) became standard.