A while back I bought my first Colt SAA Bisley

WB
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Sunday, March 21, 2021, 18:08 (1972 days ago)

this ignited a suppressed passion in Doug but unable to find a COlt that struck his fancy, at a buy, he has wandered off into the realm of Great Westerns. Not a bad place to be really.

This example is my favorite of his pair. It's a cased frame 5.5" that has seen honest carry and use. The front sight has been regulated and the rear opened up to be useful. Action work is obvious with a thumbing of the hammer. It's a .38 Special cal.

Alas our fun was cut short with a broken trigger/bolt spring. A common malfunction with the SAA, $10 fix. Last time I bought one I bought a "wire" stock modernized version to replace my broken flat spring on some clone I had. These are made by Wolff. It seemed to work great. Anyone have experience and know of a downside? I need to order a 3-pack.

The .38, like the .32 has lots of meat left in the cylinder and bore, compared to a .45. You can feel it.

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I have one in my SAA

steve todd
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Sunday, March 21, 2021, 22:08 (1972 days ago) @ WB

Mine is from Brownell’s and made by Heinie. I had a couple of pieces of heavy leather under the mainspring, now i have the lightened mainspring. The trigger pull is really light now, and it feals really smooth.
I don’t believe that there is a downside to replacing that spring.

GW .38 SPECIALS

JT
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Monday, March 22, 2021, 07:57 (1972 days ago) @ WB

GW 357 ATOMIC

JT
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Monday, March 22, 2021, 07:59 (1972 days ago) @ JT

357 ATOMIC #2

JT
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Monday, March 22, 2021, 08:02 (1972 days ago) @ JT

In these days of $3k COlt SAA's and

WB
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Monday, March 22, 2021, 08:37 (1972 days ago) @ JT

$500+ Italian clones, the $600-800 GW might just be a bargain. The "O" prefix serials were kit guns? They always seem to have a very heavy drag line on the cylinders. I'd mirror polish the bolt first off for sure.

The two examples Doug conjured up, a .44 Magnum and .38 Special are really nice case frame guns. My .44 was a bit loose before Harton reworked it. That boy sure can weld! I'd have to say I'll keep an eye out for another. I have a cheaper version of the Hawes full size .22 RF (cheaply made with liners) but the steel GW guns look OK to me.

.44 GWs

JT
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Monday, March 22, 2021, 09:05 (1972 days ago) @ WB

I shot ONE .44 Magnum from mine.

WB
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Monday, March 22, 2021, 09:46 (1971 days ago) @ JT

That was plenty. They do make outstanding .44 Specials. I know what to look for now.

I read once that James Arness

Grover Sr
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Monday, March 22, 2021, 10:00 (1971 days ago) @ JT

Carried a GW 357 Atomic on Gunsmoke. Don't know if it's true or not.The article was in an old gun magazine many, many years ago.

BOTH A COLT.45 AND A GW AT TIMES.

JT
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Monday, March 22, 2021, 11:29 (1971 days ago) @ Grover Sr

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357 Atomic, If I am not mistaken, the one on the right

Gary Reeder
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Monday, March 22, 2021, 14:16 (1971 days ago) @ JT

with the large primer would have been the 357 Atomic. [image]

THE ORIGINAL .357 IN '35 HAD LPs. LONG

JT
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Monday, March 22, 2021, 15:49 (1971 days ago) @ Gary Reeder

GONE BY TIME GW BROUGHT OUT THE ATOMIC. NO CARTIDGE CASES OR AMMO HAVE EVER BEEN FOUND MARKED ".357 ATOMIC". WHAT YOU HAVE IS ORIGINAL WINCHESTER .357 BRASS.

I figured if anyone knew you would. Thanks.

Gary Reeder
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Monday, March 22, 2021, 16:41 (1971 days ago) @ JT

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