Reeder Custom Guns - There's just something about those old Colts

Jim Taylor
There's just something about those old Colts
Friday, September 06, 2019, 15:50

I am not sure what all it is ... but there is something about them that no other gun evokes in me.

Part of it may be they were THE gun of the day when I was a kid. My great-uncle carried a Colt single action in 38 Long Colt. Everyone called it a "Big Gun".

Dad always had several around. We had one .45 on the ranch that was stepped on by a horse. It hit about 10 feet to the left at 100 yards. We just learned where to hold to get our shots in.

Dad also had a Colt SAA .45 from the Miller's 101 Ranch. It was a 7 1/2" smoothbore, made for trick shots, using shot.

I grew up with them and can remember when Ruger was fairly a newcomer in the Single Action game.

There's just something about those old Colts - Jim Taylor, 2019-09-06, 15:50
- MY FIRST CCW WAS A 7-1/2" 2ND GEN .45 (nm) - JT, 2019-09-06, 20:36
- I dont have any personal history - Asa, 2019-09-06, 16:19
  - I enjoy bringing the old ones back to life but this one - Gary Reeder, 2019-09-06, 16:51
    - I like that .. can't wait to see you resurrect it. (nm) - Jim Taylor, 2019-09-06, 17:16
    - Got to keep the grips or replicate them! (nm) - Asa, 2019-09-06, 17:14
    - even kilt about 9 pistoleros (nm) - Woody, 2019-09-06, 17:03
      - Can't wait to see what you do with that! (nm) - Derek, 2019-09-06, 19:17