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moderns smokeless in 1880s SAA


Trigger Mike

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no don't do it!!!! send it to me and I'll make sure that I only shoot black powder out of it.

Rafe

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I would recommend only smokeless in .32-20 in the SAA. The smaller caliber provide ample metal and can be loaded to low pressures and still do well.

Colts made before 1894 were made of iron, which is much softer than the steel that followed.

The least that I have seen a circa-1880 SAA priced recently was $2400. Save your gun for BP. You can shoot .45 cowboy specials with half the case capacity of the big .45 Colts if you want to reduce recoil and pressure.

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I shot my 1st gen with smokeless for along time and never saw any problems. I will say that the loads were reduced somewhat so I didn't push my luck or stress that gun. It still is in good shape, but not getting shot much any more due to the increased value , it is a 4 digit serial number gun. I wouldn't put 250 gr through it, back off to 200 and a light "Cowboy" load level!

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