Warden Callaway Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 Well I saved up my soda bottle deposit money and my allowance and finally had enough to buy a brand new Colt SAA 45Colt with 5.5 barrel. It came in two days before my birthday of July 4. The next day I got my second generation Colt SAA 45Colt made in 1962 back from Spring Creek Armory in Ten Sleep Wyoming. Bill had rewelded the hammer notches and fitted it to action. It looked to be an opportune time to make a video of each gun and capture my first shots. May as well start off right. BlackMZ loads and sprinkling rain. The old Colt knew what it was doing. The new Colt is getting better. Too bad the insides are not as nice as the outside. I shot it in a match at Higgensville on the following Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original Lumpy Gritz Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 Hey-Do you have to get a burn permit for all the candles on your cake? OLG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warden Callaway Posted July 16, 2019 Author Share Posted July 16, 2019 7 minutes ago, The Original Lumpy Gritz said: Hey-Do you have to get a burn permit for all the candles on your cake? OLG I tell folks that I was born in 1850 because I was born in a log house with no modern convenience (even electricity). They brought the doctor to our house in a high wheel farm wagon pulled by mules because the road was just a trail through the woods a mile off the public road (that wasn't that much better). Doctor charged $20. His name was Dr. Payne. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original Lumpy Gritz Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 What's your BP load details, on the ammo used in the video? OLG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warden Callaway Posted July 17, 2019 Author Share Posted July 17, 2019 2 hours ago, The Original Lumpy Gritz said: What's your BP load details, on the ammo used in the video? OLG C45S with 15 grains by volume of BlackMZ with 200g round flat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Coffinmaker Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 Belated HAPPY BIRTHDAY Warden Ida had better timing but I was on an extended Birthday Mouse Safari for my Sweetheart Nice Birthday present. Barrel is too long Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A. Stranger Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 Thanks for sharing, nice video and good smoke! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 nice looking colts , happy birthday belated , if i had not gone with ruger vaqueros i would jump right in with you , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warden Callaway Posted July 18, 2019 Author Share Posted July 18, 2019 I am happy with the fit and finish of the outside of the new Colt but the insides don't equal the outside. Lots of creep to the trigger. I used the hammer and trigger screws stuck in the right side of the frame as a fixture to look at the trigger and hammer relationship. The white material is two layers of cardboard to space hammer and trigger away from the frame. The video is shaky because I shot it holding an endoscope in my right hand and moving the hand and trigger with my left. Note the top of the trigger barely enters the halfcock notch and doesn't realy enter the safety notch. The inside parts only showed a few places where critical fitting was done. The timing and lockup was ok. The cut in the frame for the hand looked to be made by EDM. It had a texture of a cast iron skillet and very hard. I tried polishing it with fine emery cloth wrapped around a needle file but made no progress. I then resorted to using my diamond crusted needle file. It just skated over the surface. Just installing the hammer and hand, you could hear and feel the hand dragging up and down the slot like a shovel across concrete (an exaggeration). Endoscopy picture of inside the hand cut after I gave up trying to smooth out the rough texture. I have reworked the hammer slots so the top of trigger enters correctly and installed a Wolff reduced power hammer spring. The action feels much better but still has creep. It's been too hot to see if I can shoot better groups. I'm pleased that it shoots to point of aim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original Lumpy Gritz Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 WOW-Sure shows what others have been say'n about Colt's QC go'n down the toilet. OLG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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