![]() ![]() The front sight is a blade pinned into a lug that is soldered to the top of the barrel. The most obvious difference between this target model and the standard frame guns, in addition to the Flat -Top frame, is the sights.Īt the back, the rear sight sits in a dovetail and is easily adjusted for windage, with a small setscrew to lock it in place. If all of my wishes had come true, this new gun would be offered in. 45 is certainly the most common today, just as it was years ago. At this time the Flat- Top Cattleman is offered for the. The details begin with the cartridges for which this gun is chambered. My reason for thinking so, is because this is a six-gun built for accurate, fine shooting in addition to being historically correct. Now, just 55 years later, Dixie Gun Works has added the Uberti Cattleman Flat -Top to their catalog and I think it was worth the wait. Then, the New Frontier model was introduced, and while that is an exceptionally fine revolver, it really didn’t appeal to me and my traditional tastes. ![]() We need another American company making quality SAA's at a fair price like the old USFA company IMO.A Colt SAA Flat-Top Clone From Dixie Gun Works The Black Powder Cartridge News | Winter 2017īack in 1961, when Colt allowed announcements to leak out about a new target-sighted single action it would soon release, I was hoping for a return of the early “Flat -Top” target model of their famous Single Action Army. Thumb Busters are fun as hell- find one you like you won't regret it. Check the one you are buying out careful- before you take it home. Good wide triggers and coil springs.īe advised that QC with Ruger like many gun company's is spotty due to massive demand and increased output of product. My pick is the 45 ACP New Vaquero as I don't reload. 357 they (RNV) are to heavy for my tastes but in. Sturdy, fun as hell, reasonable price, fast for the full six cylinders with the transfer bar, and many are accurate. The Ruger New Vaquero is a bit bigger than the Colt not much- they are not a Colt SAA clone IMO more like a new imagining. I don't like the Italian clones- ones I have seen are not very well made. If I find a Colt for a fair price I will try to buy it. ![]() Nothing like them- when you pick one up you will know. Colt SAA's are for the most part great- they did have quality control issues at different periods in the past, but new ones are said to be as good as any of the quality ones made in the old days. ![]()
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