HOT GAT or FUDD CRAP? Custom or Crude Colt SAA?
In this week's edition of HGFC, we look at a Custom Colt Single Action Army chambered in .45 Colt. As is tradition, this custom Sheriff gat is currently up for sale on GunBroker for $1,136 Current Bid with No Reserve.
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HOT GAT or FUDD CRAP? Custom or Crude Colt SAA?
Welcome everyone to the 134th edition of ‘Hot Gat or Fudd Crap?’, one of our many series here on TFB. If you’re new to the series, this is where we look at the most obscure firearms that are actually for sale and ask the question – is this Gat a sweet deal or only has a Fudd appeal? Each week the TFB staff weighs in with their thoughts, but readers get the final say in the poll at the bottom of each article.
In our last edition, our poll showed that you, the readers, deemed the Berretta 71 Jaguar to be a very hot gat.
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At this time the original auction has ended after a 97-bid bidding war with the Beretta 71 Jaguar selling for $3,375. Congratulations to GunBroker buyer DogDoctor1957 on the purchase of your certified hot gat.
In this week’s edition of HGFC, we look at a Custom Colt Single Action Army chambered in .45 Colt. As is tradition, this custom Sheriff gat is currently up for sale on GunBroker for $1,136 Current Bid with No Reserve.
HOT GAT or FUDD CRAP?
Custom or Crude Colt SAA?
HOT GAT or FUDD CRAP? Custom or Crude Colt SAA?
Let’s see what the Staff had to say about this week’s offering:
HOT GAT or FUDD CRAP? Custom or Crude Colt SAA?
Selling this shorty hand gat is GunBroker seller Bryant Ridge Co., located in Liberty KY. Let’s see what they had to say about this snub-nosed single-action Colt.
HOT GAT or FUDD CRAP? Custom or Crude Colt SAA?
HOT GAT or FUDD CRAP? Custom or Crude Colt SAA?
If you’re not already confused, let me try to break this one down for you. The first generation (produced from 1873-1941) Single Action Army or SAA came in various barrel lengths. These varied from 4.75in all the way up to 7.5in depending on model. Depending on the source and publication, the shorter sub-4in models were called a Sheriff’s Model, Bankers Special, or Storekeeper.
Essentially, what you’re looking at is a 2004 Colt reproduction of a first-generation SAA. This is kinda nice as a first-gen would be worth as much as a house, but not nice because, well, what’s the point. We now have a not-winning combination of short sight radius with awkward-looking grip.
HOT GAT or FUDD CRAP? Custom or Crude Colt SAA?
I’ll concede the little details on this gun like this immaculate case hardened finish. Something that looks incredible on old revolvers, and over the top on anything else. Practical? Absolutely not. Cool under a microscope? Absolutely.
This auction started off as a penny auction with no reserve, and the bidding is already up to $1,136. So this gun definitely has value among a particular fanbase. Still, that’s not enough to answer the question we’ve all come here to answer. As always, I leave it up to you, the readers, to decide.
HOT GAT or FUDD CRAP? Custom or Crude Colt SAA?
What do you think? Is this Colt Sheriff’s SAA 2” pistol a Hot Gat or outlandish looking Fudd Crap? Be sure to let us know in the comments below, and cast your vote to let us know if this 2004 Colt Sheriff’s Edition Single Action Army is a Hot Gat or Fudd Crap:
