Post by "DoubleAction" on Jun 13, 2004 18:34:35 GMT -5
Originally the Colt Model P of 1873, many have referred to this gun as the Peacemaker, the Colt .45 Single Action Army, or other names. This gun is to Single Action Revolvers, what the Colt-Browning 1911 is to the Semi- Automatics. With such popularity built around one such gun, there are bound to be copies. Some of these copies found their way into the American market place through U. S. distributers.
Gaining popularity during the postwar years, the Colt Single Action Army began a new kind of popularity and demand set off by Western Movies and Television.
This new demand created markets in the U.S. for Colt Copies like the Hy Hunter / Hawes Sauer , Aldo Uberti of Gardone Val Trompia of Italy, Armi Jaeger , and others. The cost of one of these copies were a fraction of what Colts were costing, and it remains to this day.
During the fifties; One company from California, called Great Western, manufactured many of the six shooters for use by the TV cowboys; Marshall Matt Dillon used a Great Western on the opening credits of every episode on Gunsmoke (in the street shoot out scene of Dodge City).
During more modern times, many of the movies, like Silverado, Young Guns, Dances With Wolfs, and Lonesome Dove have featured Uberti Copies of Guns from the old west.
Maybe I was one of those who watched one too many Westerns.
Colt Single Action Army .45 / Galco Trailboss Holster
Uberti / Action Tuned/ 44 magnum/ 44 Special/ Stag Grips
Gaining popularity during the postwar years, the Colt Single Action Army began a new kind of popularity and demand set off by Western Movies and Television.
This new demand created markets in the U.S. for Colt Copies like the Hy Hunter / Hawes Sauer , Aldo Uberti of Gardone Val Trompia of Italy, Armi Jaeger , and others. The cost of one of these copies were a fraction of what Colts were costing, and it remains to this day.
During the fifties; One company from California, called Great Western, manufactured many of the six shooters for use by the TV cowboys; Marshall Matt Dillon used a Great Western on the opening credits of every episode on Gunsmoke (in the street shoot out scene of Dodge City).
During more modern times, many of the movies, like Silverado, Young Guns, Dances With Wolfs, and Lonesome Dove have featured Uberti Copies of Guns from the old west.
Maybe I was one of those who watched one too many Westerns.
Colt Single Action Army .45 / Galco Trailboss Holster
Uberti / Action Tuned/ 44 magnum/ 44 Special/ Stag Grips