Seville/El Dorado
Okie
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Sunday, November 14, 2021, 09:00 (1727 days ago)
I was walking around the Tulsa gunshow yesterday and a guy had 4 or 5 El Dorado or Seville single actions and they were nice so I ask the guy what he wanted and he said he was selling them as a set for $12,000! I just walked away shaking my head. I didn't know Seville's had become that valuable. The one and only one I had was a .357 Maximum and was a clunker.
THEY ARE WORTH WHAT
JT
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Sunday, November 14, 2021, 09:24 (1727 days ago) @ Okie
SOMEONE IS WILLING TO PAY. I HAD ELGIN GATES .375 TO TEST FOR AWHILE. FASTEST FLATTEST AND ONE OF THEMOST ACCURATE SIXGUNS I EVER SHOT IN LONG RANGE SILHOUETTES. 200M RAM WAS DOWN BEFORE I COULD SEE IT.
Seville
Okie
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Sunday, November 14, 2021, 09:43 (1727 days ago) @ JT
That's true I was just amazed at the price. On the one I had the cylinder wouldn't stay latched tight so you had to make sure it was lined up with the barrel everytime you cocked it. I had it fixed twice.
WHOMEVER FIXED IT
JT
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Sunday, November 14, 2021, 10:46 (1727 days ago) @ Okie
DIDN'T!
Seville
Okie
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Sunday, November 14, 2021, 11:52 (1727 days ago) @ JT
I'm not worried about it, it found a new home. I like my Rugers and Freedom Arms a lot better.
I'M NOT A BIG FAN EITHER BUT
JT
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Sunday, November 14, 2021, 12:26 (1727 days ago) @ Okie
BEING OUT OF TIME DOES NOT A "CLUNKER" MAKE
Seville
Okie
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Sunday, November 14, 2021, 12:48 (1727 days ago) @ JT
That was the only single action I've owned that gave me trouble like that, the gunsmith that fixed it the last time told me the parts in it were too weak to turn a cylinder that long and heavy and it would continue to keep breaking the more it was used, he said it was a weak action and bad design. He said the Ruger maximum's were just tougher.
RUGER'S WERE DEFINITELY TOUGHER AND
JT
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Sunday, November 14, 2021, 14:50 (1727 days ago) @ Okie
BETTER. THE SEVILLE WAS MORE TRADITIONAL BUT NOT A BAD DESIGN.
Linebaugh
Okie
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Sunday, November 14, 2021, 15:08 (1727 days ago) @ JT
I know Linebaugh built some of his early 5-shot .45's on Seville's because he said Ruger's quality wasn't as good.
My first article on John Linebaugh for GUNS
JT
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Sunday, November 14, 2021, 20:34 (1727 days ago) @ Okie
Nearly 40 years ago featured his Heavy 45 Colt Saville/El Dorado.
Article
Okie
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Monday, November 15, 2021, 09:29 (1726 days ago) @ JT
I need to find that one, I think I have all the others about him from over the years.