Dude, those are some beautiful pieces. Enjoy the heck out of them!
Thanks!
I blame my son for getting me into these guns (at least that's what I tell my wife ). He plays Red Dead Redemption 2 and he wanted a cowboy gun so I bought him a Colt Cowboy, which is based on the Single Action Army but has a transfer bar safety like the Ruger SAA does so you can load and safely carry it with 6 rounds in the chamber. You can't carry a Colt SAA with 6 rounds chambered, it isn't safe to do so. The Colt Cowboy is also less expensive than a Colt SAA but once I shot his gun I started looking on gunbroker.com and now I own three of these guns.
Personally, I think the timing and action on the 2nd gen gun is better than the 3rd gen gun I own. I am in the process of acquiring an early 3rd gen Colt with nickel plating and a 7.5" barrel. It is supposedly unfired and in NIB condition. The nickel gun has walnut stocks. It might replace the 4.75" barrel Colt in this display case. Or maybe I'll get another display case for it. Not sure yet.
I would like to get stag grips for at least one of these guns too. Probably the 2nd gen gun with the mother-of-toilet-seat grips.
I'd like to purchase a decent 1st gen Colt SAA but I'm just looking around right now until I find one that I like.
I used to own a first gen Ruger Vaquero but got rid of it more than a decade ago because I just didn't shoot it much. I really like these guns though, they are addicting.
All the Single Action Armys I own are chambered in .45 Long Colt.