Whats diffrent about my Colt SAA???

[Charlie Bison]

I just bought this pistol, what do you notice different? I have been looking for this model for awhile.

[Drydock]

Screwless frame.  Excellent set up for engraving, though thats better done in the white before case hardning.

[Charlie Bison]

Screwless frame.  Excellent set up for engraving, though thats better done in the white before case hardning.

Correct. I found this puppy already finished from the factory, so I did not have the "white" option. All in all, the screwless is an amazingly rare model and I very stoked to find one.

[Pettifogger]

Especially unusual in a base configuration.  Most screwless frames are engraved and many are plated after wards.

[rep1954]

Charlie Bison , thats a great fine and your a lucky guy. I'm sure you don't plan on shooting it but does Colt advise against it? I could not help myself if I owned it I would just have to shoot it. I am suprised that it's not a black powder (non-cross pin) frame though.

[Charlie Bison]

Charlie Bison , thats a great fine and your a lucky guy. I'm sure you don't plan on shooting it but does Colt advise against it? I could not help myself if I owned it I would just have to shoot it. I am suprised that it's not a black powder (non-cross pin) frame though.

You can shoot it, but this will be the only Colt I do not shoot. I have plenty more that  I will use for that. About 100 screwless frame Colts were made and the Custom shop will no longer do them because of how labor intensive they are. The funny thing is I found this on accident and got it for a rock bottom price.   

[Shotgun Franklin]

I can only imagine how hard it would be to do a disassembly on that gun.
Best not to shoot it. That's why I couldn't own such a gun.
Any idea of the current value?

[Texas John Ringo]

I can only imagine how hard it would be to do a disassembly on that gun.
Best not to shoot it. That's why I couldn't own such a gun.
Any idea of the current value?

From S. P. Fjestad's 31st Edition Blue Book of Gun Values

Colt manufactured approximately 100 screwless frames during the 1970s, and assembled approximately 50 guns at the time. The other 50 sat in the warehouse until Colt started assembling the screwless frames again during the 1990s. Most of these guns are engraved and in .38-40 WCF or .45 LC cal., and have either a 4 ¾ or 5 in. barrel. Typically, the engraver's name is part of the serial number. Bangor's originally distributed most of these guns. In today's marketplace price range from $8,500-$25,00, depending on configuration and engraving.

[Forty Rod]

How'd they do that?

Gorilla Glue?

J. B. Weld?

Silly Putty?

Two sided tape?

How'd they do that?

[Charlie Bison]

Thanks for the info Texas Ringo. Well I took the gun apart and I found out how they did it, KEEBLER ELVES!!!

[Old Doc]

What's the point? Does it have any purpose or historical significance?

[Forty Rod]

Thanks for the info Texas Ringo. Well I took the gun apart and I found out how they did it, KEEBLER ELVES!!!

[Forty Rod]

Thanks for the info Texas Ringo. Well I took the gun apart and I found out how they did it, KEEBLER ELVES!!!

Who the heck is Keebler Elvis?

[Charlie Bison]

Who the heck is Keebler Elvis?

It was a joke, I stated Keebler Elves. 

[Drydock]

As I remember, everything goes in from the bottom. All pins, no screws, slotted in and held with fitted blocks.  The point was to make maximum uninteruppted surface available for engraving, almost always for presentation guns.  To find one B/CC with no engraving is extremely rare.  Thats one to wipe all the fingerprints off and keep under glass I'm thinking.

[Charlie Bison]

As I remember, everything goes in from the bottom. All pins, no screws, slotted in and held with fitted blocks.  The point was to make maximum uninteruppted surface available for engraving, almost always for presentation guns.  To find one B/CC with no engraving is extremely rare.  Thats one to wipe all the fingerprints off and keep under glass I'm thinking.

I couldn't agree more Drydock. She is already oiled up in the safe and a letter has been ordered from Colt. I never thought of it, but maybe I will buy a presentation case for it like you recommended.   

[Forty Rod]

It was a joke, I stated Keebler Elves. 

A JOKE?

What sort of sick rat fink would make a joke at the expense of a polite old gentleman like me?  Huh?  Well, HUH?