Fair price for this SAA?

[Rick]

Originally Posted by OKCShooter

I've been looking for an SAA for awhile and have decided that I would like a US Cavalry or US Artillery model and have seen many. This one has a couple of issues, grips and finish for starters...but what seems to be a fair price as a buyer in today's market?

http://www.gunsamerica.com/939939736...ory_Letter.htm#

Anyone know of any decent (Under $5K) US SAA's that are out there for sale???

I collect Us marked SAAs, mostly cavalry models. I'm thinning out my collection but unfortunately (for me!)don't have any that fall into your price guidelines. If you look long enough you can probably find an honest cavalry for 5K. Honest arty for 3500.00. Higher end cavs I would suggest a Kopec letter or at least a written money back guarantee. Not all my cavs have Kopec letters but I do offer the money back if not accurately described. I'm a collector of modest means and cannot afford the guns with blue and case remaining but I do have a thing for cartouched guns. I look for honest guns, smooth w/o major pitting. I don't care if screws or trigger or even hammer isn't correct as I have lots of them around and can find the correct parts if I don't happen to have one. Cartouches are always a big draw for me, but primarily I don't want any major replacement parts. Tom Burness has quite a fewcavalrys on antiquegunlist.com. He has a 139xxx cav that has a circled rampant colt stamping instead of a US on the side of the frame. This IS correct as there were a few put together this way near end of production. If the economy here in western Michigan was any better I'd own that gun.

By the way... you can do better, for the same money, than the gunsamerica arty. And the flat top target on Cherry's... my .45 flat top just went WAY up in price!!!