Very nice those were built to last thats for sure.
I've heard another more likely story of why the quit making them....conversion cylinders. The story is they didn't want the liability of someone skirting the law to have a fixed cartridge gun. Sadly believable.
I doubt it would have to have a safety feature if re-made today, none of the imports have to have that feature.
You did OK on the price, that might be the 1st year the stainless model came out, thus the "low" serial number. The blued ones came out in 1973.
Shoot the heck out of it, and learn to clean it properly, you will be set for a LONG time!
You did well. Check Gunbroker on this but I bet you could get 8 or 9 hundred for it at auction. Maybe more. I’d also advise shooting it for a while. As a cap gun. They are wonderful revolvers.
Old Army is an excellent choice. Very accurate. You can buy aftermarket nipples for it that guarantee ignition. Did yours come with the tools? Congrats.
i think they started making the ss with reverse black powder only roll engraved on the cylinder in the last of 1975, also no 1776 writing on the top of the barrel with the serial number of 1321 with no pretext.
Here in MO, a stainless one in good shape, will bring $1,200-1,500. If yours is NIB or like NIB, you can add at minimum another $200 to the price. Blued ones not so much, $500-700, but everyone wants the stainless.
WWG1WGA
Tyrants use the force of the people to chain and subjugate-that is, enyoke the people. They then plough with them as men do with oxen yoked. Thus the spirit of liberty and innovation is reduced by bayonets, and principles are struck dumb by cannon shot: Albert Pike, Morals and Dogma
“You should tell someone what you know. There should be a history, so that men can learn from it.
He smiled. “Men do not learn from history. Each generation believes itself brighter than the last, each believes it can survive the mistakes of the older ones. Each discovers each old thing and they throw up their hands and say ‘See! Look what I have found! Look upon what I know!’ And each believes it is something new.
Louis L’Amour
The Californios
Kirst is now making replacement, drop-in cylinders for ROA. Only in stainless at this time. I picked up 2 for $225 each. Now I can go to the range with 3 loaded cylinders.
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |