Third Generation Colt - Shoot or not?

[Slickshot]

I have a 44 Special Colt Peacemaker NIB, made in 1978 I believe.

Should I shoot or not?

Slickshot

[Scattered Thumbs]

Why not shoot?

[Major 2]

If it is your intention to hold it as an investment ,  perhaps selling it at some future date for a profit or * leave to your heir, then yeah, could I see your
"Should I shoot or not?" question...

See it yes, ever understand it ...no not really..... shoot it , enjoy it ,

( * and the heir makes any profit ! )

one has to decide....
are you a curator or consumer ? ....

[Tascosa Joe]

I shoot mine.

[St. George]

It's a Third Generation.

You won't live long enough for it to become a true 'collectable' and no Second or Third generation SAA has ever 'done' anything in the historical sense to garner any add-on cachet of value, unless owned by some Silver Screen cowboy or modern-day gun writer - and even Skeeter Skelton's personal guns didn't bring much.

Shoot it and enjoy it and pass it down to your heirs.

Scouts Out!

[Fingers McGee]

I shoot mine.  

[Coffinmaker]

Piling on here.  And ..... Allow me to ECHO St. George.  ECHO  ECHO  ECHO

PLUS:  HAPPY HOLIDAYS.  Guns were manufactured to be shot.  Take yours out to the range or a CAS match and make it ROAR!!

Coffinmaker

PS:  Nice pair Fingers.  Shooting nice guns is pure FUN!!

[Cholla Hill Tirador]

 Odd man out here.

  I had a NIB 3rd Generation 4 3/4" .44 Special that I resisted shooting for a few years. Listed it on Gunbroker where it brought around $1600. I replaced it with a nice Uberti that I didn't mind shooting and banked the rest of the money.

  CHT

[Cliff Fendley]

Guns were manufactured to be shot. 

From some of the actions I've seen on some of the 3rd gen Colt SAA and pretty much all the 2nd Gen Colt BP guns I'm not sure I can echo that statement. I have to wonder if they thought they would be shot when manufactured or just collected.

[Coffinmaker]

Well Heck Cliff ..........
Seems an Echo (Echo) of sentiments expressed on another thread.  I think they were intended to be taken out and played with.  Colts, just like every other SA Replica, need a modicum of care and attention to make them truly user friendly.  Which, is a shame considering the price of a COLT.  They are OK once the Burrs, Rough Spots and Springs have been taken care of.  Expensively OK.  But .. OK

Coffinmaker

[Sagebrush Burns]

Shoot it, shoot it lots, clean it occasionally, shoot it some more.

[Don Nix]

Several years ago I bought a chuckwagon from a guy in south Texas.When I paid him with a stack of hundred dollar bills He folded them up and said  it was just more money to buy guns with. He asked me if I liked guns and I said of course and he asked if I would like to see his old gun collection. We went inside and I about had a heart attack as he began showing me first generation LOW serial number Colt. I'm talking two digit low  Colts. I mentioned something about using gloves to handle them and he said there was no need. He shot them regularly.His statement was something to the effect that guns were made to shot and they were useless just sitting in a safe.

[Cholla Hill Tirador]

  Well, looks like I'm in the same boat as this one arrived just today. But I'm not going to shoot mine.



 

 

 


 I'm on the lookout for a Uberti or Cimarron in 4 3/4" 45 Colt. That should sufficiently fulfill the "need to shoot".

CHT

[Rooster Ron Wayne]

Why not shoot it .
People sell fired USFA Colt clones fired for more money then a new Colt will cost you !
I dont get it myself .
A Clone selling for more money then the real thing lol

[yahoody]

A Clone selling for more money then the real thing lol

I get it... clone is a better Colt than the vast majority of current  3rds.

Either way I say shoot it!

These are recent 3rd Gen Colts.

[maldito gringo]

Life is way too short to own guns you don't shoot, guitars you don't play, cars you don't drive, or wine you don't drink.

[Battis]

I have a 3rd Generation Colt "Custer Commemorative"  .36 that was unfired.  I was offered X amount for it.  I fired it (18 rounds).  The offer dropped $200.  I didn't sell it, and I'll shoot it again.

[greyhawk]

I have a 3rd Generation Colt "Custer Commemorative"  .36 that was unfired.  I was offered X amount for it.  I fired it (18 rounds).  The offer dropped $200.  I didn't sell it, and I'll shoot it again.

Shoot it or sell it - no dang use sittin around in a box!

[Battis]

That is true.  But, it's fit and finish is amazing, no matter who made it.  It's the bottom one in the pic.  The top one is a factory engraved original Remington Beals.

[Rooster Ron Wayne]

I bought my 3rd gen Peace maker 44 Special 4 3\4 as new in the box unfired for 1300.00 .
I sold it a year latter for 1800 .
And bought me two Uberti 44 Special Cattlemen 4 3\4 for 700 too shoot.
I love the guns and pocketed some cash to boot .
Rooster