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Post by reconciler on Jul 26, 2013 13:45:51 GMT -5
It's raining today so I decided to clean some guns. I started with some Colts and then pulled out the USFAs. What a loss to the sixgun world that they are no longer making these. The 4 3/4 .45 Colt was purchased for my 41st birthday, 5 1/2 .45 long flute was special ordered for my 42nd birthday and the 4 3/4 .38 Special was special ordered for my 43rd birthday. I had big plans to order a Flattop Target .44 Special for my 44th birthday and of coarse a .45 Colt Flattop Target for my 45th. Unfortunately, they went out of business before I could order my Flattop Targets. I guess I owe me a couple of birthday presents. Clockwise: .38 Special, .45 Colt and Pre-war long flute with fire blue accents   |
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Post by Fowler on Jul 26, 2013 16:40:06 GMT -5
Yup I agree whole heartedly. My family gave this to me for my 40th:   I know I cherish it and wish I could have gotten a Flat Top Target as well, in it would have been a 5 1/2" 32/20... |
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Post by mike454 on Jul 26, 2013 17:58:07 GMT -5
Picked up a few usfa single actions. My favorite is the flattop.  |
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Post by bud on Jul 26, 2013 18:08:13 GMT -5
I only got holt of 2 of 'em and wish I'd gotten more. Mine are 44spl 5.5"
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Post by CraigC on Jul 26, 2013 18:09:39 GMT -5
A USFA Bisley Flat-top Target .44Spl or .38-40 with case colored frame/hammer is probably at the top of my Grail Gun list. Make it full carbona blue with 50-75% coverage engraving and I'll probably wet my britches.  I could spend the rest of my life trying to make a holster good enough to carry it and it wouldn't be wasted. |
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Post by klnc on Jul 26, 2013 18:38:56 GMT -5
I remember how often on the Colt Forum the USFAs were disparaged as "clones", with the sentiment that they would never be collected or have a rise in value. Now they are desired, their demise lamented, and the prices have gone through the roof, in many cases more than Colts in the aftermarket. I have some of both, but the USFA are not in second place. A real shame they are no longer made.
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Post by squawberryman on Jul 26, 2013 19:26:18 GMT -5
Should this turn into a "show 'em all" thread?
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Post by bobwright on Jul 26, 2013 19:57:29 GMT -5
I remember how often on the Colt Forum the USFAs were disparaged as "clones", with the sentiment that they would never be collected or have a rise in value. Now they are desired, their demise lamented, and the prices have gone through the roof, in many cases more than Colts in the aftermarket. I have some of both, but the USFA are not in second place. A real shame they are no longer made. Over on the Colt Forum, if you say anything nice about anything but a Colt, you'd better be wearing a steel helment! Bob Wright |
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Post by reconciler on Jul 26, 2013 20:47:50 GMT -5
Mike454 that is my dream gun!!! I for one would love to see more pictures of USFA guns. I'll add an outdoor shot that I have posted before of my long flute .45.   |
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Post by texagun on Jul 27, 2013 8:17:33 GMT -5
Two of my favorite SA's. Both are in .45 Colt. The one on the top is a convertible model that has both .45 Colt and .45 ACP cylinders. I bought it just before the factory closed down production.  |
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Post by bradshaw on Jul 27, 2013 9:34:58 GMT -5
Reconciler.... The Colt Peacemaker is the greatest piece of HANDGUN ART ever made. Aesthetics is more than in the eye of the beholder. An infusing need to create beauty, not to compete with Nature, rather to participate. The USFA Peacemaker pays homage to the Colt masterpiece in a way so obvious, so overlooked, it doubles the sorrow of the plant's closing. To have specimens of the USFA, case hardened and blued to replicate Colt's finest hour, is to touch art.
I don't know the story of USFA; that it would endeavor to remake the complex Colt Lightning pump action rifle suggests a company trying to make too many models too fast. And so many permutations of finish and detail on the Peacemaker, with the flat black finish a visual disaster. Your USFA's are stunning examples of doing it right.
David Bradshaw
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razor
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Post by razor on Jul 27, 2013 12:04:18 GMT -5
Boy, I wished I had keep my Rodeo 4 5/8" 45 colt. Talk about a shooter. Sights dead on. All most tight as a FA.
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Post by Hobie on Jul 28, 2013 17:55:58 GMT -5
I love mine and for once I didn't hold back!
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Post by weagle99 on Jul 28, 2013 21:32:49 GMT -5
Over on the Colt Forum, if you say anything nice about anything but a Colt, you'd better be wearing a steel helment! Bob Wright Aw, c'mon Bob. We aren't that mean over there. |
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Post by Boge Quinn on Jul 31, 2013 11:51:42 GMT -5
I have a dozen USFAs, and I love them. Colt's recent interest in Quality Control is, in my opinion, directly attributable to USFA's kicking them in the seat of their pants. Some of my favorites: Bisley Flattop Target 44 Special - long-sought and dearly-bought!   Nickel-Plated SAA 45
"Sheriff's Model" 45
Turnbull 45 SAA
I also have a beautiful all-blue Flattop Target 45, a one-of-a-kind Rodeo Sheriff's Model with factory antiqued finish, and (best of all) my Shootists 20th Anniversary SAA, one of 55 or so made - but I can't find any pics! |
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