Colt SAA

[C.O.B.]

Your welcome Dean. Its a very nice gun IMHO you should give the WWW a shot befor you go the auction route. I think you can sell this on your own.

[Old and Reliable]

Originally Posted by John Dunkle

Then you might like this one. Deep relief and Colt engraved Colt 1911 and .22 Conversion (early style) as a presentation set. The Engraver? Master Engraver Alvin White (yes, the Alvin White - not the son).

Enjoy....



John

(BTW: Sorry for the hi-jack of this thread, Dean.. )

Me too- I only "jumped in" because I shoot SAA Colts (and others from new Haven as well). If I had realized you had tried to sell that fine looking .410 Skeeter before and got your "Dunlops Dinged" I would have passes. Rich is right, IMO anyway, a gun in that Minty condition with matched set of barrels and forearms, like the stunning Alvin Linden 1911-A-1 masterpeice, just doesn't come along every now and then. My Combat Commander shows lotsa wear, I use a Yacqui style slide when I carry- but it shoots right where I point- Had a chance to buy a Colt Ace .22, passed on it, big mistake--

[Old and Reliable]

Both "Fargo" and "No Country For Old men" had the weaponry right, and proper function of both wheelguns and pistols- etc. Just watched the DVD of the remake of the old "Duke" Wayne classic- "Rooster Cogburn- True Grit" last night-- Jeff Bridges made old Reuben Cogburn seem real and alive- great job- Matt Damon as the "Dudley Doo-Right" Texas Ranger- with a Sharps single shot carbine (not a Win 1873 like Rooster used)- even the bad guy with the Henry brass rifle slung with a length of clothesline- BUT- two technical "Flubs" IMO-- First- when Mattie rides her pony Blackie arcoss the deep river, where was the Dragoon Colt .44 and the flour sack? How did she keep it from getting wet? Rooster's Colt SAA .45 with contained cartridges, getting wet it would most likely fire- but any cap and baller- water gets into the cylinders and the powder gets wet- No "Dead Bang"-- she did get off one shot with it at Tom Chaney (after he stupidly tells her how to firct cock the hammer) and at that range, a hit in the midriff with a .44 (The Dragoon was a scaled down version of the fabled Walker Colt) might do more than bust up a rib--

Later, when she finally gets the chance to kill the man who murdered her father, she pick's up the Sharps carbine that Ranger LeBouef used to shoot dead at 400 yards "Unlucky" Ned Pepper from his saddle, BUT- she never opened the breech, ejected the fired empty case, and reloaded- she just pulled back the hammer to full cock, kissed the trigger and sent Tom Cheney "To Hell on a shutter"-- Huum- Hollywood-go figure-- Love to own that Dragoon however-fine weapon for its era-

[Dean Romig]

Francis, an Iver Johnson .410 Skeeter isn't for everyone and my "tire kicker" comment wasn't meant to disparage anyone at all if that's what you were refering to as a "peanut gallery" comment. I poster it here before... with pictures. Maybe at Julia's we'll see what it is worth.

[Old and Reliable]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

Francis, an Iver Johnson .410 Skeeter isn't for everyone and my "tire kicker" comment wasn't meant to disparage anyone at all if that's what you were refering to as a "peanut gallery" comment. I poster it here before... with pictures. Maybe at Julia's we'll see what it is worth.

-- You are right- a Iver johnson (Fitchburg, Mass perhaps?) skeeter in .410 cal. sure isn't-- I was just wondering what you had, besides your friends first series Colt SSA 1873-- Julia's will get you a good price for that "midget skeet-er gun" albiet with a "Heavy Vigorish". I knew Wes Dillon when he was one of the first of Dicky and Jimmy-boy Cabela's "gun Librarians" out in Sidney. NE. We had been out to Cozad, right on the Platte River, for fezz and ducks, and stopped into the newer op. out on I-80, and Wes gave us the grand tour- Good solid guy, Jimmy Julia did right in getting him as part of his high-end auction op.

[C.O.B.]

FWIW I'd take good pictures and put it on Guns America and guns International befor it went to auction esp Julia's.

[Old and Reliable]

Originally Posted by Richard Anderson

FWIW I'd take good pictures and put it on Guns America and guns International befor it went to auction esp Julia's.

-- Or, if you belong to the NSSA and they allow ads for such fine guns in their publications- although, not being a "skeet-er" side-by-sides are probably not gonna fetch what a Win M42 skeet gun would--just my "shot"!!

[C.O.B.]

I've seen this gun and it's worth more than 6 M42's put together. Its a very nice gun and would look good in a certain safe here in Mi if it wern't for the owners flagarent use of his check book at the Southern and Hausmanns

[Dean Romig]

[QUOTE=Francis Morin;45663 "skeet-er" side-by-sides are probably not gonna fetch what a Win M42 skeet gun would--just my "shot"!![/QUOTE]

The best "tire kickers" were a lot kinder than that.

[Dean Romig]

For you Francis

http://parkerguns.org/forums/showthr...hlight=skeeter