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I've been told this is the place to come to for people who know about USFA revolvers. If it's the wrong place, I apologize and ask the mods to move/remove it as needed.
I bought a USFA "SAA" a couple of days ago. It's in immaculate condition, unfired outside the factory as best I can tell. It was in the box, with all the papers (that I would expect to find anyway) and a cloth bag for the gun. S/N is in the very low 24000 range. The little envelope with the spent cartridge is dated April, 2006.
It's a 45 Colt, with a 4 1/2? 4 5/8" barrel? Very nice blue, with a color case hard frame. Normally I'm not a S/A guy, but this thing was so pretty I didn't hesitate but a few seconds before putting it on hold for pickup the next day.
Some lousy pictures..
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I paid 1300 for it. No idea if that's good, bad, or indifferent. I figured I wasn't going to find something like it for much less. I did know they have a reputation for being really nice guns. I was even able to secure a box of 45 Colt ammo for not a lot less than the price of the gun.
I'm guessing the date on the envelope is pretty close to the manufacture date. What I'm wondering is a couple of people have said they were made with Uberti parts, then later switched to all US parts. I'm not going to lose any sleep over it either way, I was just wondering if anyone knows of a way to tell. Information on the SN's seems pretty sketchy at best.
I bought a USFA "SAA" a couple of days ago. It's in immaculate condition, unfired outside the factory as best I can tell. It was in the box, with all the papers (that I would expect to find anyway) and a cloth bag for the gun. S/N is in the very low 24000 range. The little envelope with the spent cartridge is dated April, 2006.
It's a 45 Colt, with a 4 1/2? 4 5/8" barrel? Very nice blue, with a color case hard frame. Normally I'm not a S/A guy, but this thing was so pretty I didn't hesitate but a few seconds before putting it on hold for pickup the next day.
Some lousy pictures..
I paid 1300 for it. No idea if that's good, bad, or indifferent. I figured I wasn't going to find something like it for much less. I did know they have a reputation for being really nice guns. I was even able to secure a box of 45 Colt ammo for not a lot less than the price of the gun.
I'm guessing the date on the envelope is pretty close to the manufacture date. What I'm wondering is a couple of people have said they were made with Uberti parts, then later switched to all US parts. I'm not going to lose any sleep over it either way, I was just wondering if anyone knows of a way to tell. Information on the SN's seems pretty sketchy at best.
