El Dorado ported

[randolphl47]

Greetings all

I just added an El Dorado 4 5/8 to my collection. The serial number is 6 digits off of my other one that is also 4 5/8..  The first has beautiful polished hand fitted grips., The one I just found has a ported barrel., It certainly looks factory and the pistol seems unfired. How common is an El Dorado that is ported?

Thanks for any thoughts

Lost in Texas

Caprock Louis

[majorKAP]

I don't think that any of them were factory ported. I've had a few which were ported, and they had all been done by Mag-na-port's EDM process. I'm not a fan of it.

You state that you have an El Dorado or two. For clarification, what exactly do you have?

Are they the EL DORADO model from UNITED SPORTING ARMS of Hauppauge NY?
Are they the EL DORADO model from EL DORADO ARMS of Hauppauge NY?
Are they the LAREDO model from EL DORADO ARMS of Chimney Rock NC?

The more you get in to the collecting of this family of revolvers, the more confused you will become. That is one reason I enjoy it so.

[randolphl47]

I have two El Dorados
44S 1506 ported
44S 1498 Very nice grips well fitted Different grips from what appears normal for my 4 Abilenes and onw Stainless 7 1/2 Seville
Both Dorados appear unfired
Have 8 1/2 Abilene appears unfired
None of these appear fired or if so very little. Unusual to me on these revolvers.
Both El Dorados are United Sporting Arms Hauppage NY
Caprock Louis

[oddshooter]

Nice pics, MajorKap

That Laredo looks quite unusual:

The front of the cylinder has a taper cut. Wow ! What kind of impact does that have?

The two tones of the frame and trigger group are outstanding. I have yet to get to handle a Chimney Rock sixgun. The pictures make it look like something special, even for USA folks.  How do you compare it to the Hauppauge and Tucson models?


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[majorKAP]

Here's a link to an old thread:

singleactions.proboards.com/thread/7010/el-dorado-arms-laredo