Sixgun Shorty, SASS #35717 Life Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 Thought I would share these pics of the Colt SAA that I received today from Colt after 15 months since the order was placed;It was worth the wait!( By the way, the Colt Custom Shop will not accept any new orders for 1911's or SAA's) Hard Chrome Finish,Fire Blue Appointments, Black Powder Frame,45 cal,1st gen rollmarks,One Piece Ivory Grips By the way, as most of you know, I have collected and dealt in Custom Shop Colts regularly for the past 11 years(and antiques..All Colt SAA's and 1911's)..This new Colt is without question the absolute finest work i have seen in a 3rd gen Colt SAA! Fit and Finish are Flawless! This Colt is mine..not for sale! This Colt is part of my personal collection. NOTE: In picture #3, the bright hard chrome finish is so 'mirror like' you can see the image of myself as i was taking the picture! http://smg.photobucket.com/user/sixgunshorty35717/media/034.jpg.html http://smg.photobucket.com/user/sixgunshorty35717/media/027.jpg.html http://smg.photobucket.com/user/sixgunshorty35717/media/032.jpg.html http://smg.photobucket.com/user/sixgunshorty35717/media/029.jpg.html http://smg.photobucket.com/user/sixgunshorty35717/media/028.jpg.html http://smg.photobucket.com/user/sixgunshorty35717/media/034-1.jpg.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Dan Dawkins Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 Fantastic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Sierra Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 Wow.That is one beautiful looking Colt. HS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 NICE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. Mark Flint #31954 LIFE Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 looks like a polished stainless vaquero with imitation plastic grips. in picture one you can clearly see the photo is being taken by a cyclpos. Enjoy it Scott, you deserve it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Shorty, SASS #35717 Life Posted May 17, 2013 Author Share Posted May 17, 2013 looks like a polished stainless vaquero with imitation plastic grips. in picture one you can clearly see the photo is being taken by a cyclpos. Enjoy it Scott, you deserve it. Thanks Jeff..I think! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padrino SASS#40228 Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 Very nice!! One question; where did you find the plastic stand you used to position your Colt? Kind regards, Padrino Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oklahoma Dee Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 Beautiful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyatt Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 You waited 15 months and only got ONE Very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Shorty, SASS #35717 Life Posted May 17, 2013 Author Share Posted May 17, 2013 Very nice!! One question; where did you find the plastic stand you used to position your Colt? Kind regards, Padrino I bought several of them a few years ago from a company i found on the internet that sells gun stands, rifle racks and various firearm display pieces.I can not remember the name of the firm, but if you google rifle racks or gun display stands you can find them..they are fairly common and i have used them for gun shows, photographing guns,and displaying pistols Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Shorty, SASS #35717 Life Posted May 17, 2013 Author Share Posted May 17, 2013 You waited 15 months and only got ONE Very nice hahahahahaha I have a few other Colts.... This Custom Colt was not exactly 'bargain basement' priced! If I had known at the time I ordered it that Colt would stop accepting custom shop orders, I would have ordered a dozen! At 65, I don't intend to ever wait for anything again, much less 15 months for a revolver! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyatt Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 Is Cogan still doing Colt's hard chromw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Shorty, SASS #35717 Life Posted May 17, 2013 Author Share Posted May 17, 2013 Is Cogan still doing Colt's hard chromw That I have no idea, except that the plater that Colt had used for many years was ditched about 2 years ago.I never followed up on who is doing the plating,only that Colt would stand behind it.The ivory grips are now done by Paul Persinger. This is my second hard chrome Colt, the other being a 1911 Special Combat Government.I have several of nickel Colts, but none of them have the 'sheen and brightness of the hard chrome finish, plus the hard chrome is nearly indestructible and reputedly will hold up better than stainless..it certainly polishes much brighter than stainless Colt only started offering hard chrome on SAA's about 1 1/2 years ago and only through the custom shop There has not been a new commercial Colt SAA for stocking dealers and otherwise in over 2+ years now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Gatlin, SASS 10274L Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 Fancy stuff... GG ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spittoon otool Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 Are ya going put a Super Black Hawk hammer on it? Spittoon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 Back orders too high? Or are they phaseing them out again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Shorty, SASS #35717 Life Posted May 17, 2013 Author Share Posted May 17, 2013 Are ya going put a Super Black Hawk hammer on it?Spittoon[/quote hahahahaha I rather doubt it! I might put some fake pearl grips on it though instead of the cheesy ivory for A better look and use my grinder to shape a birds head grip on it to Enhance the value! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Shorty, SASS #35717 Life Posted May 17, 2013 Author Share Posted May 17, 2013 Back orders too high? Or are they phaseing them out again? Back orders are monumental according to Colt at least for SAA's which is why they are not taking new Orders As for 1911's however, the reason Colt has suspended custom shop production is Due to the Marine contract Colt received for a huge order for 1911's As for SAA's also, as far as I know, there are no everyday,plain vanilla SAA's being made, Whatsoever.If they resume production, the SAA will only be available in 45 colt and .357 Other calibers will only be available through the Custom Shop and they are not taking orders at all. The bulk of the production problem is due to the Marine contract ,at least for1911's and not producing SAA's as a result of focusing all efforts On the Marine contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Jake1001 Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 18 posts and not 1 cowboy asked the most important question....Are you going to Shoot it? With the nearly indestructible hard chrome finish, it shouldn't hurt it at all. I'd have it out to the range in a Heartbeat. Colt makes Guns to Shoot. Chief Dan George had a piece of red hard rock candy, not for eating ....just for looking through. Colt doesn't make eye Candy....go shoot it. Doubles your pleasure...owning and shooting. You ride your Indians and Harleys don't you? Big Jake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Shorty, SASS #35717 Life Posted May 17, 2013 Author Share Posted May 17, 2013 18 posts and not 1 cowboy asked the most important question....Are you going to Shoot it? With the nearly indestructible hard chrome finish, it shouldn't hurt it at all. I'd have it out to the range in a Heartbeat. Colt makes Guns to Shoot. Chief Dan George had a piece of red hard rock candy, not for eating ....just for looking through. Colt doesn't make eye Candy....go shoot it. Doubles your pleasure...owning and shooting. You ride your Indians and Harleys don't you? Big Jake I'm just south of 66...Of course I am going to shoot it! Last time i looked they don't have holsters in coffins! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WymoreWrangler SASS 46187L Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 Scott, just make sure the will is updated so that your leaving this one to me.... Congrats on such a fine handgun... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Milo Talon SASS #23163 Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 It is a real beauty!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt Gus McCrae, SASS Life #4987 Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 That is one beautiful Colt. Enjoy it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Shane, SASS #40660 Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 For the record, Sixgun Shorty didn't wait 15 months for one Colt. He ordered a second one just like the first one, and I got the second one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene, SASS # 27489 Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 ...As for SAA's also, as far as I know, there are no everyday,plain vanilla SAA's being made, Whatsoever.If they resume production, the SAA will only be available in 45 colt and .357 Other calibers will only be available through the Custom Shop and they are not taking orders at all.... I talked to Joe Canali from Colt at the Mounted championship in Tunica recently. I asked him if SAA's were being made. He said he gets an email daily indicating quantities and models that are completed each day. He showed me the email from the previous day, and there were 17 guns listed. Several of them were New Frontiers. So depending on how many backorders there are, at this rate it may take a good while to catch up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Shorty, SASS #35717 Life Posted May 21, 2013 Author Share Posted May 21, 2013 I talked to Joe Canali from Colt at the Mounted championship in Tunica recently. I asked him if SAA's were being made. He said he gets an email daily indicating quantities and models that are completed each day. He showed me the email from the previous day, and there were 17 guns listed. Several of them were New Frontiers. So depending on how many backorders there are, at this rate it may take a good while to catch up. Joe and I are old pals going back to his days in the Custom Shop before Archives. Great guy and a great person to know, especially if you are a Colt person. Joe's help has been an invaluable aid in my Colt Business Of course SAA's are being built, mostly , as i understand it, custom shop backorders (by the way..please take my comments re Colt's as my personal take on what's happening at Colt, not from any one fact or factory, comment, per se....just several years of dealing direct with Colt's and staying in touch with them plus of course ordering custom Colt's) that have stacked up and gone from 18 weeks estimated delivery time to 6 months to 8 months 18 months, and now they are accepting no new orders .Period.In order, I am sure , to catch up on order backlogs, What i am referring to is that the biggest Wholesalers in the Industry have received no new Colts for retail sale in 2 years + Whatever, that's Colt's, if you know what i mean I've said here for years that buy a new 3rd gen Colt, shoot it all you want, take care of it and you will never lose a dime on your investment.Less SAA's are made each year.Those 3rd gens that used to take up about 64 page son Gunbroker, for instance, are now 2 pages.Simply put, you have no idea how difficult it is to find new 3rd gen Colts now, not to mention 2nds and 1sts, which there are probably more for sale than 2nds or 3rds on the secondary market,modern and antique. But i can tell you that the Custom Shop is producing the finest fitting and finished Colt SAA's that i have seen from Colt's period. Just spectacular work.Craftsmanship is alive and well at Colt's. Much more rewarding to invest in Colt's than in the market...with much better returns and you can have fun making $$ on your investment..and play cool fantasy games with guns , i.e. SASS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Charcoal KID, SASS# 31523 Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Shorty - Very nicely done!! How does it shoot? BTW - I bought a .44/40 Storekeepers model last year made by the Custom Shop. Everything's perfect on it and will display it on this Website when I get my stag grips put on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chili Pepper Kid, SASS #60463 Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Sweet!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Nathan C. Riddles, SASS # 7462 Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Are ya going put a Super Black Hawk hammer on it?Spittoon[/quote hahahahaha I rather doubt it! I might put some fake pearl grips on it though instead of the cheesy ivory for A better look and use my grinder to shape a birds head grip on it to Enhance the value! You do & I'll come out there & shoot you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chili Ron Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Howdy Sixgun, Odd that you post this just as my ruger .45 convertible comes back from being tuned. Its stainless with those reddish ruger wood grips. Its the Original not the new revised one. It does have the sbh hammer and just turns so smooth and sweet. The 45acp cylinder has two lines goin around so they are hard to miss when loadin. 5.5 barrel which matches my other 357 rvs. Birdshead grips?? Now there is an idea..... Best CR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hashknife Cowboy Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 This is not a want item......it is simply a NEED item! Very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Man Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 I saw this coming some years ago and posted right here on this site that you had better buy while you could. I bought ever Colt SSA that I could find if priced right. Consecitive serial numbers included new in the blue box. I dont even know how many I have in My safes but I feel they are super investments. The hardest I tried to find was consecitive serial numbered 44-40s. Not one dealer had any luck. SixGun Shorty is the Colt Man in My opinon and has always given us the most accutate information on Colt as well as other brands. Your Pard, Texas Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtwater Doc 17941 Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 Scott: That is gorgeous!!! The grips alone are a work of art. Enjoy it for a long time in good health. DD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Shorty, SASS #35717 Life Posted May 25, 2013 Author Share Posted May 25, 2013 I saw this coming some years ago and posted right here on this site that you had better buy while you could. I bought ever Colt SSA that I could find if priced right. Consecitive serial numbers included new in the blue box. I dont even know how many I have in My safes but I feel they are super investments. The hardest I tried to find was consecitive serial numbered 44-40s. Not one dealer had any luck. SixGun Shorty is the Colt Man in My opinon and has always given us the most accutate information on Colt as well as other brands. Your Pard, Texas Man Thanks Texas ManBut you have forgotten more about Colts than I'll ever know! New 3rds are nearly impossible to find, particularly at a deal. Average price on the secondary market(which is all there is) is approaching $2000 for a plain vanilla new in box 3rd gen in the Colt"s blue box....if you can find them The entire price structure of current and collectible Colts is changing and going up The days of finding ANY new Colt at a deal is long gone. And forget custom orders....those are history for now and for the conceivable future, but I doubt forever... Insiders have mentioned that Colt's is considering a move to Nevada and out of CT as the NE grows increasingly gun unfriendly and expensive to do business. And more heavily unionized(with the President's help) which has plagued Colt's for years. Can't confirm this industry rumor, but it would be a good move for Colt's IMHO , as Nevada is a right to work state(there are NO right to work states in the Northeast) With tax incentive free trade zones attractive to manufacturers. Whatever happens, hang on to those Colts....no matter what Colt you have by the way, from SAA's to 1911's and all Colt Revolvers and autos for that matter will only be that much better an investment. Hint: There are still good values to be had in late first gen SAA's and used 2nd gens. Stay way from refinished 1st or 2nd gens.The real appreciation is in Original Colts only....collectors won't normally Even consider a refinished Colt. Original boxes and factory documents (hang tags, test targets,owners manuals, etc)can add 20-25-% plus to the value of any Colt Tip: If you own a Colt SAA,, contact Joe Canali at Colt's Archives and get them lettered! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Jake1001 Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 Good tip Sixgun Shorty. I have 3 Colt single actions, 3 Colt double actions and 1 Colt Lightning Rifle. I should get them lettered. Big Jake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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