Buckshot Bob Posted October 3 Share Posted October 3 https://www.rockislandauction.com/news/john-wayne-true-grit-colt-revolver-comes-to-auction Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Springfield Slim SASS #24733 Posted October 3 Share Posted October 3 I would probably have to sell every other gun I own in order to win this auction, and that still might not be enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Bob Posted October 3 Author Share Posted October 3 I’m just interested to see what it goes for 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-BAR #18287 Posted October 3 Share Posted October 3 Zoom in on the barrel markings on the left side. It looks like it says "(Bisley Model)". I guess the Duke used a Frankengun, since that one does not have a Bisley grip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted October 3 Share Posted October 3 It’s not legal for SASS. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot, SASS #13748 Posted October 3 Share Posted October 3 I don’t reload .44 WCF so I guess I will pass… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted October 3 Share Posted October 3 3 hours ago, Abilene Slim SASS 81783 said: It’s not legal for SASS. Change the grips that’s all!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Creek Law Dog Posted October 3 Share Posted October 3 7 hours ago, Buckshot Bob said: I’m just interested to see what it goes for Me too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Bear Posted October 3 Share Posted October 3 I'd like to just hold it for a coupla' minutes. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Posted October 4 Share Posted October 4 (edited) Yep it is the Frankenstein model that the Duke used in many of his movies. I have seen the original once. https://www.rockislandauction.com/detail/1038/2465/john-waynes-colt-single-action-army-revolver Edited October 4 by Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted October 4 Share Posted October 4 That really makes you feel good. In the blurb describing the gun, it mentions that it comes with a factory letter that "incorrectly describes it as a Bisley". You ever looked at the price for a Colt factory letter? They are all different prices, because Colt knows that the letter adds value to the gun. If you want to factory letter for your Diamondback, that's x amount of money. But if your Diamondback happened to be the one that John Wayne carried in Brannigan, that will cost at least 3x. A Single Action Army letter cost more than a Diamondback letter, because more people collect them. And a letter about a famous person's gun will cost many many times more than a letter about a standard gun of that type. So there you are, ordering a factory letter about a John Wayne gun. Probably paying close to $1,000 to get a letter about the John Wayne gun. And it's wrong. That calls into doubt all the Colt factory letters out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Harley, #14153 Posted October 4 Share Posted October 4 (edited) On 10/3/2021 at 11:33 AM, J-BAR #18287 said: Zoom in on the barrel markings on the left side. It looks like it says "(Bisley Model)". I guess the Duke used a Frankengun, since that one does not have a Bisley grip. Good observation. According to the movie gun data base, the gun left the factory as a Bisley. The Duke had it rebuilt with a conventional grip and shorter barrel. http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/True_Grit_(1969) Edited October 4 by Charlie Harley, #14153 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crooked River Pete, SASS 43485 Posted October 4 Share Posted October 4 The factory letter is correct, that gun left Colt as a Bisley. Look at the frame where the grip frame meets it, on a SAA it is curved to match up with the grip, on that gun the frame is higher, not matching the grip. That is a Bisley frame. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crooked River Pete, SASS 43485 Posted October 4 Share Posted October 4 48 minutes ago, Alpo said: That calls into doubt all the Colt factory letters out there. No, that calls into question RIA, they have the facts wrong. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Sheridan Posted October 4 Share Posted October 4 RIA has been called out for serious errors in the past... including trying to auction a fake Singer M1911A1 last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Harley, #14153 Posted October 4 Share Posted October 4 52 minutes ago, Crooked River Pete, SASS 43485 said: No, that calls into question RIA, they have the facts wrong. I like the oddities and cool stuff that RIA puts up for sale, but more than once I’ve had to call BS on some of their claims. Let the buyers beware, and perform their own due diligence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chili Ron Posted October 4 Share Posted October 4 Howdy, Just skip buying a new car that will depreciate every day. Get a collectable like ths and charge for holding it for two minutes. Put on latex gloves and hold that gun for two minutes...what would you pay??? Best CR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WOLFY Posted October 4 Share Posted October 4 “He was too, you boys. I installed 2 way mirrors at his house in Brentwood.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chili Ron Posted October 6 Share Posted October 6 Howdy, All I would do is worryabout the darn thing, Might be fun to make up a copy.... Best CR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted October 6 Share Posted October 6 On 10/4/2021 at 2:30 PM, WOLFY said: “He was too, you boys. I installed 2 way mirrors at his house in Brentwood.” Does anybody get this? If so, please explain it to me. Because it makes absolutely no sense. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crooked River Pete, SASS 43485 Posted October 6 Share Posted October 6 40 minutes ago, Alpo said: Does anybody get this? If so, please explain it to me. Because it makes absolutely no sense. That was a movie quote, guy claimed JW was gay, came to the door wearing a dress. Probably some one in holly wood had it in for JW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snakebite Posted October 6 Share Posted October 6 On 10/4/2021 at 11:00 AM, Crooked River Pete, SASS 43485 said: No, that calls into question RIA, they have the facts wrong. I wouldn't trust RIA at all. They outright cheated me out of over $10 K on a piece I had them auction for me. Sold it after about 20 seconds into the auction for less than half what said it would bring. I'm convinced it was a setup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Springfield Slim SASS #24733 Posted October 6 Share Posted October 6 Snakebite: Shoulda put a reserve price on it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Sheridan Posted October 6 Share Posted October 6 4 hours ago, Crooked River Pete, SASS 43485 said: That was a movie quote, guy claimed JW was gay, came to the door wearing a dress. Probably some one in holly wood had it in for JW. It's pretty well-known that most liberals have it in for John Wayne these days. There was a local hiking/biking trail here near Seattle called the John Wayne Pioneer trail, and the woke idiots renamed it because they didn't like having a "known racist" associated with anything in the state. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chili Ron Posted October 7 Share Posted October 7 Howdy, Its really something how much is added to the price after the sale. Sales tax and a premium and who knows how much more. Add about 25 percent.....outch. Best CR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 Heck you can get the Rooster Shooter for a lot less direct from Italy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badlands Bob #61228 Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 I tried to look up how the auction was going and it appears to be a sealed bidding process. Estimated value is $20,000 to $40,000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Bob Posted October 8 Author Share Posted October 8 According to this you get the leather also https://www.gunsamerica.com/digest/john-waynes-true-grit-colt-saa-revolver-comes-to-auction-this-week/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=20211008_FridayDigest_351gi&utm_campaign=/digest/john-waynes-true-grit-colt-saa-revolver-comes-to-auction-this-week/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chili Ron Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 SOOOOOO, What did It go fer???????????????????????????????????????????????? Best CR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Three Foot Johnson Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 4 hours ago, Chili Ron said: SOOOOOO, What did It go fer???????????????????????????????????????????????? Best CR $450,000, plus premiums & fees, for a total of $517,500. Ironic the reproduction "Rooster Shooter" is legal for CAS, but the original isn't. The auction house stated the backstrap had been replaced, and the trigger guard stretched to fit his big ol' sausage fingers, so the discrepancy is obviously known - I've read about it before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chili Ron Posted October 9 Share Posted October 9 Howdy, And I thank you, thank you verry much. Best CR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Posted October 10 Share Posted October 10 On 10/8/2021 at 4:39 PM, Three Foot Johnson said: Ironic the reproduction "Rooster Shooter" is legal for CAS, but the original isn't. The gun was at the SASS Convention in Branson, Mo., in 2013. I was handling it and just casually mentioned "isn't it strange that one of the most iconic guns in Western lore is not legal for SASS shooting." The guy that owned it went absolutely nuts. "What the heck are you talking about THIS is John Wayne's gun." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badlands Bob #61228 Posted October 10 Share Posted October 10 I'm pretty confident that the SASS Rules Committee would provide a special waver if someone wanted to compete with John Wayne's pistol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Three Foot Johnson Posted October 10 Share Posted October 10 Could they do it in time for the match though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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