Colt .45 SAA Basics ( 1st & 2nd Generation)

A close up of two nice SAA Colts in which the basics of operation are demonstrated.

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Sports

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• Colt
• SAA
• Peacemaker
• .45
• 1st
• Generation
• 2nd
• firearms
• guns
• shooting
• training
• safety
• cylinder
• barrel
• action
• single

[Avatar1154]

nice video, btw be carreful, you show cubanian cigars cases on your table. I believe that cubanian cigars are ilegal in the USA. are not they?

[hickok45]

@Avatar1154. It would not be very bright to show Cuban Cigars or a box in a video, even if I had any, which I don't.

[Avatar1154]

@hickok45 aha, I believed the romeo y julieta is a cubanian brand. here in Europe we can buy cubanian cigars and i know it is original cubanian brand.

[hickok45]

@Avatar1154, They are available in huge supply at every cigar store in the U.S.

[Kactuskid7]

Is it a problem if say I were to load the colt with ffive rounds as you did (chamber the first one and skip one then chamber the rest) let down the hammer so that it sits in the empty chamber, then engage the hammer to the forth click and then disengage the hammer? Like in the occasion of a cease fire on the range or something of the sort. Will the hammer rest safely on a live round in the chamber without setting it off in the shooting table or worse yet my foot?

[hickok45]

@Kactuskid7 , If you're careful, it's not just going to go off. The main issue is dropping it on the hammer.

[ImWatchinTheTube]

Lol hickok is so awesome "Get my sledge hammer out and the dremel tool and become a gunsmith occasionally" =D

C... O... L... T... Smith and Wesson!

Can't say I was a Colt fan or a Colt SAA fan, but this video totally makes me want one, thank you so much.

[Chimmy912]

So are there any reasons to have 4 'clicks' like these SAA's do?

[TestMiNuh]

@Avatar1154 cuban cigars are perfectly legal to possess. it is illegal to import them.

[TIMEIZGUD]

@Avatar1154 mind yo own bissisnes quit snitchn

[Panzerzimmerpflanze]

I'd be interested in hearing why the hammer can't be let down after the second click. Then again, I've never seen the internals of a colt SAA, so it might be self explanatory.

[ls1dragracer]

Just bought my first SAA colt in 44spl... Went to the range today and tried your load & skip 1... Works great... Thanks...

[MrDannysuzy]

could you make a video on how to make some of those dummy rounds

[Taud]

@kylielove6 Like i said to the poster of the vid, i thought the manual says something to the effect of having an internal bar or something that stops the hammer from firing unless the trigger is depressed at that exact moment?

[Taud]

@hickok45 i thought the manual said something about a bar or some internal safety that's built in now that stops that from happening if dropped?

[garzparz]

Hickok, I am new to guns of the old west and cowboy shooting. I wanted to say you do great videos and you give the kind of detail I love to learn from. I like this up close and personal format. I am buying my first two guns in Jan, a replica 1873 Winchester rifle and a 2nd or 3rd gen Colt .45 SAA and you have really helped me get up to speed with your videos. Do you or anyone else have a good suggestion on an 1873 to start with? I was thinking an Uberti or custom Cimarron rifle.

[kylielove6]

@D33Lux with the hammer down, the firing pin rests on the primer. if you drop it or hit the hammer on something it can go boom!!