EMF SAA Great Western II

[Prairie Dawg, SASS #50329]

Good day:

I have a line on one of these.
Trying to decide to buy or not to buy.

I am interested in opinions from folks who shoot them.

Likes?  Dislikes?  Would you buy another one?

Thanks in advance

--Dawg

[Tyrel Cody]

Which model specifically?

 

I've owned GW2 Californians in .357 and .45 and loved them both; they have Navy Grip frames.

 

I've owned GW2 Alchemista 2s, that were great guns too, but didn't care for the Army grip frames.

 

 

[Youngson]

I to have a set of Californians and a set of alchemistas. I prefer the army grips. I love them and would buy them again in a instant. 

[Marshall John Joseph]

GWII’s are great guns.  Smooth out of the box.  Beautiful finish.  They are Piettas.

 

MJJ

[Mister Badly]

https://youtu.be/soq4GOQcZ4Y

[Crisco]

My wife has been shooting a pair of 4-3/4” .357 GWII Californians since about the time they came out (maybe 15 years? can’t recall…).  Great shooters and never any problems.  Hers came with checkered wood grips.

[Needle-Nose-Tom]

Love mine too, great shooter I got to match up my old smokewagon with the no safety features. Just about identical had them both shipped out for a color case job, blue screw package and action job just for the hell of it. It's on the right. 

[Throckmorton,23149]

I sincerely love mine. 

[Roscoe Regulator]

No excuse for knife edges on mine, but I took care of it and like the gun.

[Go West]

Piettas are the best clone out there. Prices have not inflated as much as Rugers (which are not clones) over the years. 

[Colorado Coffinmaker]

I've owned/shot four.  Worked on a bunch more.  "Worked on" is kind of a misnomer.  Other than a Main Spring change and cutting the Base Pin, I never found much to "work on."  The Pietta Great Western II is the best value for dollar on the market for SAs.

[Uriah, SASS # 53822]

Dawg,

 

I had to put shims under the cylinder bushings to take the slop out of the cylinder forward/back movement. Four shims, Brownells, .001”.

 

If you ease the hammer down, my gun caught on a bur. It never failed to fire at full cock. I just address the bar with a diamond file.

 

I like it.

 

Uriah

[Chancy Shot, SASS #67163]

I like to shoot mine.  Darn things shoot where I aim them, not necessarily the target.  Therefore, my misses are cause by the guns.  

 

Chancy