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U.S. Firearms Mfg. Co. Single Action Army 38 WCF 7.5” w/Original Box
Guns International #: 101521134 Seller's Inventory #: 20-6509
Category: USFA Pistols & Revolvers - .38 Revolvers
Seller's Information
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Seller: Shooter's Supply, LLC.
Member Since: 3/16/16
First Name: Patrick
Last Name: Brown
State: Tennessee
Zip: 37343
Country: United States
Phone: (423) 875-4868
Number of Active Listings: 106
Total Number of Listings: 1272
Seller: FFL Dealer
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
We normally ship USPS Priority Mail which should be 2-day ship. Shipping is actual cost with a minimum of $30.00 for pistols and $50.00 for rifles/shotguns to ship to most of the 48 contiguous states. Shipping to Alaska may require an extra fee. Shipping insurance is available upon request for an extra fee. We cannot do international sales. As of November 2019, we no longer ship guns to California and Hawaii.
Payment Types Accepted: Visa, Master Card, American Express, USPS Money Order. NO CREDIT CARD FEES!!!
About Us: We are a small family owned business located in Hixson, Tennessee. Do you have firearms at home collecting dust? We have a lively consignment business. Our fee is 20% with a $50 minimum. Firearms are consigned for a an average period of 180 days but the length of period is negotiable. We also do handgun carry permit classes for the state of Tennessee. We have a nice indoor shooting range with reasonable rates. Please check us out at shooterssupply.
Description:
This is a faithful reproduction of the Colt Single Action Army (SAA) revolver, also known as the Peacemaker. It is chambered for the Old Western round, the .38-40 Winchester. Also known as the .38 WCF, it was intended to be an all-round use cartridge, but was found to be a little light for deer, requiring handloading to be effective for that purpose. Such loads put the cartridge past the pressure limits for revolvers, violating the one handgun, one long gun, one cartridge rule. The .38-40 however was well-liked as a defensive round, and indeed, is in the same class as the modern .40 S&W cartridge. The .38-40 is an odd duck among cartridges such as the .32-20, .44-40, .30-30, and .38-55, all of which go by a simple naming convention where the first number indicates caliber and the second the powder load in grains (black powder). However, the .38-40 uses .40-caliber bullets and 38 grains of powder! While the cartridge should likely have been called the 40-38, Winchester likely named it the 38-40 as it is a necked down 44-40, and the company wanted customers to make the connection between the two for marketing purposes. Regardless of the misnomer of its name, the .38-40 was popular enough to make it into the early 20th Century before falling out of favor, and then to be resurrected with the rising popularity of Cowboy Action Shooting in the 1980s. The SAA here has a 7.5” barrel for accuracy at long range at the cost of being slightly slower to draw from the holster compared to shorter barrel models. In Old West terminology, this revolver would be considered a “Cavalry” model, as the original SAA revolvers made for the U.S. Cavalry used this barrel length. There two other main model were the Artillery Model with a 5.5” barrel, again named for its use by a branch of the U.S. Army, in this case the artillery branch, and the Quickdraw Model with a 4.75” barrel, named for its ability to be quickly drawn from its holster. This example is in good-to-excellent condition. Physically, the gun is like new with little to no turn ring on the cylinder. The revolver exhibits finish wear, likely from having been laid down on one side for too long, or in in this case being stored in the box for some time. Color case hardening is well known more for its beautiful appearance than for its resistance to wear. Bluing and nickel offered much more resistance to the elements. As an SAA was carried and used over the years, the color case hardening was usually the first to wear away. The ejector rod head has some finish loss, visibly from the portion of it that was touching the surface the pistol was laying on. There is also finish wear on the trigger, base pin head, base pin retention screw, and some of the screw heads in the frame. The is a very small spot of micro-pitting on one side of the cylinder, and an unusual u-shaped spot of finish loss on the other. All of this is shown in the pictures. The bore is in superb shape and has no rust or pitting present. The original box is in good shape.
SOLD
Handgun Caliber: .38-40 Winchester (.38 WCF)
Manufacturer: U.S. Firearms Mfg. Co.
Model: SAA
Serial Number: JL21
Bore: Rifled
Chambers: 6
Ejectors: Manual, ejector rod
Condition: Good to Excellent
Action: Single-Action
Triggers: Single Action Army trigger
Stock: Wood grips
Finish: Blued, Color case hardened
Sights: Fixed, sight radius 8.5 inches (215.9mm)
Case: USFA Box