Colt 45 SAA ( First Generation )

1902 vintage Colt SAA .45. First time to shoot this particular classic revolver in a video.

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Sports

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• Colt
• SAA
• .45
• 1902
• First
• Generation
• 250
• grain
• bullets
• peacemaker

[stanandjoe0]

Can you fire 45acp threw a SAA in 45LC

[hickok45]

@stanandjoe0, If you could chamber the round, you could. The bullet is fine; I actually loaded some 230 grain ACP bullets in .45 Colt cases once. Not a great idea necessarily, but I was out of bullets or something. The problem is in the case with the ACP; it's not rimmed, so you need half moon clips or full moon clips. Most double action .45 Colt revolvers are not designed with enough space to put the full moon clip of .45 ACP in it and still close the cylinder.

[dialgamanboy]

"This gun is the best gun in the world... the Colt Single Action Army... six bullets, more than enough to kill anything that moves..."

-Revolver Ocelot

[jardo531]

"Happiness is a warm gun", yes!!!!!

[Gunny761]

@Muttley381518 The Single Action Army can hold 6, but most people prefer to load it with 5, which is generally the recommended. The safety notch that theoretically prevents it from firing can be fairly easily damaged, so it could be set off if it recieves a sharp blow. The empty chamber is generally placed under the hammer when carrying it, so that this won't happen.

[Muttley381518]

Can you explain why in a 45 revolver you put in 5 sell. But in 44 or 357 or 38 you put in 6 sell. what is the difference. Can you do a FAQ about it. Dose a 45 not hold 6 sell.

[serialkilla94]

gun control means use both hands



[Weaponcollecter16]

@quicklady I know. I was just trying to answer you question as best as I could

[quicklady]

@stanandjoe0 its like trying to fire a 22mag out o a 22 lr

[quicklady]

@Weaponcollecter16 im just trying to explain that the 6 shooter was designed to be a six shooter. not a 5 shooter.

[Weaponcollecter16]

@quicklady You are correct. If my memory serves me right the saftey notch on the hammer was added on later models of the Colt Paterson, and then standardized with the introduction of the Colt Walker. Back in the Civil War days if you had a Colt you had two options on how to carry it. You could carry it on an empty chamber or on the saftey notch above a live chamber. Another option was to get something like a Remington 1858 that had saftey notches inbetween each chamber.

[quicklady]

@Weaponcollecter16 the colt first click safety is carryover from even the open top cap and ball revolvers. everyone knew you didnt rest the hammer directly on the percussion cap.

[Weaponcollecter16]

@quicklady (Continued) Back then most people probably did not find this an adequete saftey, so they had the hammer resting on an empty chamber. Another thing to note is that the hammer could still be accidentally cocked to the half cock notch, or fully cocked for that matter, and then it could be discharge accidentally. I guess to sum it up; "it's better to be safe than sorry."

[Weaponcollecter16]

@quicklady I'm fully aware that the first click on a Colt SAA is the saftey notch. What I'm refering to is what most modern revolvers have (where the firing pin is mounted on the frame, not the hammer), which is a piece of metal that is between the hammer and the firing pin. So when the saftey notch is engaged the metal fully covers the firing pin. On the Colt SAA the firing pin is mounted onto the hammer, so in theory the firing pin could still hit the primer if the hammer was hit hard enough..