Thankfully the fine folks at Standard Mfg (many of whom came from Colt and USFA) are now making a similar quality single action, albeit more costly than what the USFA originally retailed for.
Yes, they learned in order to make a profit you have to raise the price. I actually will be purchasing a Standard instead of a Colt since I believe they are better made.
@@markrhuett The Colts cylinder throats are all over the place. HUGE variations from gun to gun and even from chamber to chamber of the same cylinder. That explains the lousy accuracy of the average Colt SAA. My Uberti clone is so much more consistent than my 7 1/2" Colt New Frontier made in 1962 for example.
I have two USFA .45 just like the one in this video, except mine have walnut grips and are sequentially numbered. Beautiful guns. Such a shame they went out of business.
man, im 29 years old and i wouldn't even think about doing anything else but sitdown and listen to your stories! one of the most calming voices with the most dangerous guns on youtube i've ever watched! a well deserved sub for you sir!
I'm REALLY lovin Hickok's review of this revolver as I'm the PROUD owner of a USFA Premium Grade SAA. IMHO, it's a work of supreme craftsmanship. The feature of this revolver that decided me to spend $1000 was their incorporating the Colt 1st Gen. straight-taper cone shaped hammer mounted firing pin, just like the originals. It is, pure & simple, my pride & joy. Thank you Hickok45 for this review. JD
It was the zip 22 gun that killed the company. They sold all of their original tooling machines used for the single actions to fund the zip 22 project, and it was a huge flop. Just wanted to let you know, love the video. Beautiful gun, and great shooting as always
I picked up one of these from my LGS a couple of months ago. It seems your's may have a longer barrel though, mine is the 4 5/8" one. Like the one in your video, I don't believe it had ever been fired, outside the factory. I've put about 30 rounds through it, cleaned and waxed it, and it has a place of honor in my safe now. Everything you said about the gun is dead on. It is a work of art, and joy to handle. I'm not really a single action guy, but I'm glad I went ahead and got this one.
It's hard to mass produce something that requires intensive hand crafting, and sell it at a price that competes with automation. It's a shame, because it seems like there ought to be a market for higher end, well made guns.
When Wild Bill Hickock shot Dave Tutt, it was considered an extraordinary feat of accuracy. The distance was 75 yards. The fact that you can hit a 10 inch gong from over 100 yards would have Wild Bill shaking your hand in appreciation of your prowess with the pistol.
I'm on vacation in Tennessee. Spent about 4 hours in Buds gunshop yesterday hoping you and John would come strolling in. Oh well, I still got my Hickok videos! Hickok for President!
I have that same model and can attest they are built like a fine watch. The fit finish and mechanics of the US Firearms clones are far and away the best of the lot. I would even go as far as saying they feel even more polished and hand fit than an actual Colt. They are also very true to the original design. Beautiful guns!
Hey Hickok, I never interact on RU-vid; but for what it's worth, I just want to thank you and your son for taping your adventures at the compound. Your videos are truly sensational. Huge fan, Ceasar. Salinas California
I like how the soda can on the far right was hit by a ricochet at 14:11 or so!!! Cool!!! I know, you meant to do that! LOL! Cool video as always and always a good little history lesson. :) Rock on Hickok. Rock on! :)
I love this Colt Replica already. Everything on it is perfect, from the finish to the U.S. Firearms grips. I know I will own one in the future. Since they're not made anymore, I expect they'll be priced around $1400 and up, the longer time passes and they become harder to find.
Hickok, I am the NRA. I believe every gun owner is the USA should be a member. I have Been a Life member for 32 years and thank them for defending my rights against those who would take those rights from us. Keep up the good work and lets not poo poo our champions.
Your donating the 10% of profits off those guns to the Second Harvest Food Bank is awesome. Big Thanks to you and Bud's gun shop for doing that. A classy move from The Volunteer State.
I had one of the USfA SAA with the 45 Colt and 45 acp cylinders. I was going to get into SASS but couldn't make it work with my schedule. I never shot it and sold it for what I had in it which was about $1300 to a SASS member in my area. figured it would get used, and thats a firearms thing. (At least with me.) The gun's finish was gorgeous.
I got an offer a few years ago (but I declined )for my unfired NIB in .45Colt with .45ACP extra cylinder and ivory grips for $2,900. It came with a solid walnut grip but I ordered the ivory grips as well. It just sits in my safe now. I don’t want to shoot it because of it’s uniqueness. It will be gifted to my sone one day. I shoot my Colt 3rd Gen instead, but need to get either a Standard or EMF as another “shooter,” as I hear they’re the two best clones currently made.
+WhiskeyRiverRifleman Thanks. We've started putting the "shot" target in the box, if there IS a "shot" target in the video, when we ship guns back to Bud's for their Egunner auctions. With this one, it was such a gorgeous, unfired beauty, that I thought I'd just set aside the first six shots (brass) that went through it. I hated to get it dirty, it was so pretty. :-)
+hickok45 being its a clone I wouldn't worry about it. besides the fact that you were the first to dirty it up makes it more cool to one of your fans if they pick it up at the auction. let's face it, at almost 2 million subs you are becoming quite the rockstar :-)
Nice, the slo-mo at the end is back. you mentioned that the gun appeared to be un-fired when you got it. Last year I picked up a Winchester Model '94 that was made in 1980 and it appeared to be pristine as well. The bore was like new and not a scratch on it, even around the loading gate. Since then it's been fired a lot, after all it's a tool to be used, but it was nice to get something that fresh and still pay used prices. Thanks for the great vid
Bought one of the US Firearms US pre war saa 45's somewhere around 2004 from a very well known gun dealer in Owensboro, Ky. Placed it beside a Colt , handled it and closely inspected it and my opinion was that it is superior to the Colt. Now some more information but not 100% sure that it is completely accurate. I've been told that this model was handmade on the same milling machine's ( refurbished of course) that the originals were made on. Also that there were negotiations between US Firearms and Colt for US Firearms to begin making the SAA for Colt because of the quality workmanship that go into these guns. Once again, don't know how accurate this information was but I can vouch for the excellent quality of this weapon.
super vidéo HICKOC merci d avoir mis en évidence la qualités de ces clones , ils sont en général de très grande qualités , et pour pas trop cher . bonjour de la FRANCE et toujours fidèle au poste
As clones go that piece is outstanding. Heck, as the man himself says, seems like it would give the real one a go for its money. Pity USF ran out of business, i've seen a few of their things and always looked the part.
Awesome video. My father owns one looks same as that one (the coloring and grip). We shoot it, not often. He also has the Colt model. Thanks for standing up for our rights, NRA member for life.
My USFA SA clone was sent to Turnbull for his famous authentic finishing and has a unique serial number beginning with "DT". I purchased it directly from Turnbull Restorations and it is unbelievably beautiful, even prettier that a Colt.
Just Ordered my Uberti Cattleman from Buds. Thanks for turning me on to the Colt SAA type Firearms. Just what I needed, another gun. Love the Chanel. Keep it up......
Hey hickok45, you should do a video about bullet setback! (Don't know if you have already done one. Would love to have some help finding it if you have addressed setback in previous videos!)
Thanks, man! I always come here first off to see what's new and what's old. You have almost everything a man could look up, from black powder to laser. Molon Gabe!
Even if it is a clone it is a colt 45 Long Colt, it is a SAA, it is a magnificent Revolver that always since I was a child to watch westerns movies I liked its shape in all the cannon lengths, in short it is a historical weapon of always, and the explanations of hickok45 is to be very clear that it is a weapon with a lot of quality.
Hicock45 !....Absolutely awesome ! These single shots have the art and design, the history and just represent America like nothing else can. My pockets aren't deep and do not own a Colt. I do own some Rugers and the more I shoot the older guns the fonder I become of them over today's modern guns. Not that I don't like modern guns, it's just that there is just something about them that makes me smile ! Any other hopeless romantic out there ? .....PAPA DUKES
Hallo, i lovin the reviews and i like the sound of the Colt SAA, but i am German, so it isn`t so easy to get a armed weapon. Last week i purchased a Colt SAA CO2. I sound ( the click) is very good, nearly a real Colt SAA. You make a very good job.
Wished I had the money to bid on that. I had 2 of those several years ago right as they were closing, but both were in 44 magnum and 44 special. I could not fund a 45 colt back then. I paid more than $1200.00 for each of the ones I had. Very nice guns.
He makes a good point about the NRA, you aren’t going to like everything a large organization does, hold your nose and support them. In many ways they harm the effort more than help.
I passed on one of these because it wasn’t a colt. This was back right in the beginning when I first fell in love with the Colt SAA. Regret it 100%, wish I knew then what I know now.
+Rule Britannia Yeah, he forgot what was a "real" signature. The one at the bottom is my signature, but it's copied on all the targets. I always sign them at the top left, though, before we do the video.
In case anybody still wonders about the impact these videos have on gun sales, i have an example. My FFL had two of these for sale on GB. One sold for the asking price of $550 and the other finally got bid on today and is now over $800.
Mine is a little different, it has the engraved cylinder and the hammer is color case hardened. The gun has never been fired but I don't know how much longer I can hold out. I would love to buy another and put big horn grips on it.
Being that you are a single action fan like myself i wondered if you had every had a chance to handle a United Sporting Arms single action revolver ? The company started in 1972 and closed it's doors for the last time in 1997.. From what i have found out the workmanship on their guns was top notch.. But i have never seen one as of yet..
You know, that's always the way it is. Somebody really works hard and develops the abilities to do something really good ... and then they fire him! No good deed goes unpunished. That's just the way the world's made.
Maybe this is an unrelated company under a similar name, but there was a U.S. Arms which was a subsidiary of Ivar Johnson, and they had a company logo/insignia that looks almost identical to the one on those grips. Just figured that was worth mentioning.
That company made the guns for Brad Pitt, in the assassination of Jesse James movie, I have two of them the Custer model. That's with the doughnut ejector
USDA Turnbull probably better than the gen 1, but that's probably impossible because of collection value and some historical value on some earlier gen 1 pistols.
