[seabass6251]

Don't know a lot about Colt SAAs, and a serial number search hasn't rendered much. Looking for someone to point me in the right direction. I'd like to find out when this revolver was made and how many of the specific model produced.

The box reads and matches revolver:

Colt SAA .44-40
Model P2971
S/N SA71948

Thanks for the help.

I've got a few others I'm going to need help with too if anybody has time. 2 Police Positive Specials and I think a model 1892.

 

[c.marsh]

the date of manufacture for your SAA was 1988...great shooting 44-40 ....

 

[seabass6251]

Any idea how many were made? Seller claimed only 10...and I find that hard to believe.

 

[mrcvs]

Maybe there were 10 in the original shipment, but certainly not only 10 made!

 

[seabass6251]

He made it sound as though there were only 10 of this particular model produced...like some sort of special run.

 

[Hondo44]

There were a little over 1100 SAAs of all calibers produced that year. Colt's are made in batches of the same configuration, so there may have been a batch of 7 1/2" nickel 44/40 'Black powder' models and that's probably what he means by a "special" run. 44-40 was re-introduced a couple of years before 1988. Black powder style guns can be found and ordered from Colt routinely now, maybe not then. That "special" run connotation is usually used as a way to charge a premium for a configuration not easily found at the gunshops.

He might have access to production numbers by caliber, barrel length, etc. There are books published on 3rd generation SAAs that probably have production numbers by caliber and year. Don Wilkerson's books are very good and have that information, but I don't have his 3rd gen book. I would ask what his source is.