klhill
.30 Stingray
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Post by klhill on Mar 12, 2014 12:00:10 GMT -5
Absolutely INCREDIBLE carving and checkering on those ivory grips!! Do you know who the artist is?
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Post by swamprat on Mar 13, 2014 17:45:14 GMT -5
Absolutely INCREDIBLE carving and checkering on those ivory grips!! Do you know who the artist is? No idea who did the engraving or who made the grips, but both are outstanding work!
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Post by bobwright on Mar 13, 2014 19:47:02 GMT -5
I was in the shop yesterday and took a closer look at those two revolvers. Both are Peacekeepers, one apparently the earlier "pre-suit" model and the other a later model.
Bob Wright
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Post by towboater on Mar 14, 2014 21:25:33 GMT -5
To me the peacemaker is just a tuned Uberti, and has the coil spring. I also have the longhorn, and don't see anything special about it. I gave $300 for the longhorn, and probably overspent on the Peacemaker at $500. But it did come with a belt and holster.
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Post by jayhawker on Mar 14, 2014 23:24:44 GMT -5
AWA did not use Uberti parts.
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Post by towboater on Mar 15, 2014 20:21:12 GMT -5
What kind of parts did they use? Armi San Marco, Pietta.
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Post by jayhawker on Mar 15, 2014 22:55:17 GMT -5
Not sure anymore, but believe A S M.
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Post by ozarkguy on Mar 16, 2014 8:48:15 GMT -5
I have one of the original "pre suit" Peacekeepers. It has ASM parts and no coil springs. I believe coil springs came later with the revived company's Ultimate revolver.
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Post by towboater on Mar 16, 2014 9:03:32 GMT -5
My pre suit Peacemaker has coil springs.
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Post by ozarkguy on Mar 17, 2014 12:27:41 GMT -5
towboater, you had me questioning my memory so I pulled the grips on my pre suit Peacekeeper. It indeed has the old style leaf spring. Wonder when they switched over to the coil spring? I looked at the AWA website and it shows the Longhorn with a leaf spring and the Ultimate with a coil spring but these guns are "post suit". I'm not sure the company is actually in business though.
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Post by towboater on Mar 19, 2014 8:30:08 GMT -5
Correction. Sorry, Its been a while since I had it out. My Peacekeeper has a flat spring. It sure is slick though. I think I will take er out today and shoot it. That'll teach me to type before I am 100% sure.
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Post by towboater on Mar 19, 2014 8:37:24 GMT -5
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Post by ozarkguy on Mar 19, 2014 18:43:17 GMT -5
Here's mine. You are right, the actions on these revolvers are very smooth!
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Post by towboater on Mar 19, 2014 20:44:11 GMT -5
Beautiful revolver.
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Post by singlesix22 on Jan 11, 2018 17:47:35 GMT -5
I can only speak of the AWA Handguns for about their first two years. They were Started by a guy who worked at Colt for many years. He tried to convince Colt to come out with a "First Generation" Single Action Army again. After years of arguing and getting nowhere, he found an investor, bought Army San Marco, to get their tools. They Bought Uberti Parts and assembled them in the US. On the Peacemaker which was their top of the line, it was absolutely beautiful. The Bone, Color case hardening on the frame and hammer was done by Doug Turnbull. This was a Very True copy of a First Generation Colt SAA. When you pick it up you can feel the smaller grip. The action was hand tuned to a very slick and light hammer pull. The trigger was crisp and light. For the life of me, I can't remember the name of the guy. He was a friend of mine, and he gave me a Peacekeeper. At that time, they also owned COWS and he let me pick any belt and holster to go with my gun. I have never fired or used mine in any way. I have a lot of Single Actions that I do use.
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