[Wyatt Burp]

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Gentlemen, we are in a Colt Forum not in a Uberti Forum. Here one in cal. 44 Russian in a Swiss collection.

That gun which I've never seen before is now in my top five of guns other people own on this forum that I admire most. Swamprat's engraved giraffe Sheriff's Model Rhmc24's engraved S&W break top, and Jim Martin's old plain fast draw .44 Special are some others.

 

[Dragoon]

I will refrain from speaking about Ubertis (and all other non-Colts) and will not comment on those introduced in a thread (sorry Bob). The above posts between hondo and me ARE about Colts and Colts design.
Just for your general information , I was discussing the stopping mechanism designed in the 1st gen. Colt S.A.A. I was also looking for any change in factory assy. of the 2nd and or 3rd gen S.A.A.s. Jerry Kuhnhausen's book The Colt S.A. Revolvers A Shop Manual, Vol. 1&2 describes exactly what I have posted above. It doesn't however, mention if the design was changed for the 2nd and/or 3rd gen. guns. Hondos comment suggests that the back strap may be a stop for his S.A. since he experiences extended hammer travel, thus causing the hand to travel past norm full extension. I have seen it posted that the back strap is the action stop for S.A.A.s but the 1st gen manuals dictate that the hand stop is the intended action stop. This is a little more technical than most posts but I was trying to find info that Hondo may have. My apologies.

Dragoon

 

[BobWright]

No one need apologize for anything hereabouts. Much technical information, admittedly beyond my ken, has been presented here and represents individual experience and knowledge. Whether I, or anyone else, choose to use it, it up to us.

The point is, this has been a very good discussion about whatever I posted about in the first place.

Bob Wright

 

[aycee18]

If ya'll will excuse the use of a non-Colt for illustration:



This is my Uberti .45 Colt, and I seldom see anything posted here about the Colt Flat Top Target models. Seems to me a great improvement over the Single Action Army with its much better sighting set-up. Front sight is not exactly holster friendly, but easily corrected if desired.

So, why not? Seldom hear of its being mentioned and wonder why.

Bob Wright

Hey Bob I recently acquired a flat top target! Check it out! Not trying to hijack your post.

 

[mrcvs]

With regards to Rock's Post No 7, above. I would like to quote it but I have NO IDEA how to make that happen with this new format.

Dr Frank J Fuller, Mark Twain's friend, was born in Boston 25 September 1827. When he ordered this gun, on 10 March 1910, he would have been 82 years old. Mark Twain passed away 21 April 1910 but was in failing health for some time before then; also he lost one of his daughters Christmas Eve 1909. I recall the last photograph of Twain being that of him being taken from a steamer in a wheelchair of sorts upon his return from Bermuda one week before his passing. Is it possible that, knowing his friend was dying, that Dr Fuller bought this for THE MAN TWAIN HIMSELF and either presented it to him prior to his passing or purchased it for him intending to do so. I would contact the Mark Twain Museum in Hartford to see if an inventory might exist of his home "Stormfield" in Redding, Connecticut where he resided from 1908 until 1910. "Stormfield" succumbed to a fire in 1923.

 

[MARKO65]

My Uberti Flattop target black powder frame in 45c.... soon to be 32-20 heading off to T0m Sargis to swap barrel and cylinder.

 

[Rick Bowles]

Hey Bob I recently acquired a flat top target! Check it out! Not trying to hijack your post.

Aycee,
You have an open thread on your SAA Target. There's probably no need to resurrect a 7 year old thread.

 

[aycee18]

Aycee,
You have an open thread on your SAA Target. There's probably no need to resurrect a 7 year old thread.

Rick Im still very new to the Forum and didnt realize what i had done until after the fact. Newbie. It amazing what you can notice when you look at DATES!

 

[faraim]

Bob, if I come across a short barreled Flat Top I'd be on it like the proverbial duck on a june bug! Enjoy.