Post by johnm on May 30, 2010 15:12:01 GMT -5
Have a Montado & 'first issue' Lipsey's Storekeeper [no spiral ejector or low hammer] in .45 Colt. The 3 1/2" bbl length is as handy a single action config as I've ever used. Either model is quick to sweep out of the right hip-pocket, the Montado having the edge in speed. However, the Storekeeper is measurably more accurate, when playing "stackum' in the same paper hole." BTW, both guns shoot to the sights as received, with standard .45 reloads and fodder.
At some point, the Storekeeper may go back for a re-fit to the later issue, tho nothing wrong with it as is. Nice handling & well-balanced, but I just like the 'new look' a lot.
Also, am considering having the Montado done up as a fancy 1920's lawman hidey-gun, inspired by the pics of such worked-over shorties from that period. Mostly a matter of replicating the vintage 'improved' fixed sights, mentioned elsewhere here in another post, so won't repeat that part. But certainly some zoot grips, and who knows what else?
Ye Montado hammer is about right, but a full Bisley replacement could be distinctive, tho I'm not sure it'd be as fast to cock as the stock M-hammer. Perhaps someone here has a comparison to share, if they have tried the interchange.
Both guns got 'under the coat-tails' CCW use during past NW Ohio winters. While these six-shooters are certainly not any modern race-gun or hi-cap combat pistol, my first pistol was a Navy Arms, octagonal long bbl .36 cap-n'-ball. Purchased it in 1964 at a gunshow with grocery sacking money, along with every thing needed to carry, shoot and clean it. It was what I learned to shoot a handgun with, and it got shot a lot; me being a working teenager with a car and lots of country relatives.
So, while the tactical folks may frown at the idea of a person carrying such antique items as a SAA for personal security, these shorty iterations can be snake-strike quick and daid-center, in the hands of someone by whom they are as naturally operated, as pointing one's own finger.
It's really nice to see the pics of the up-graded guns and grips pictured above. Pure eyecandy, to a long-time admirers like us, of the gun as an expression of art form as well as function.
At some point, the Storekeeper may go back for a re-fit to the later issue, tho nothing wrong with it as is. Nice handling & well-balanced, but I just like the 'new look' a lot.
Also, am considering having the Montado done up as a fancy 1920's lawman hidey-gun, inspired by the pics of such worked-over shorties from that period. Mostly a matter of replicating the vintage 'improved' fixed sights, mentioned elsewhere here in another post, so won't repeat that part. But certainly some zoot grips, and who knows what else?
Ye Montado hammer is about right, but a full Bisley replacement could be distinctive, tho I'm not sure it'd be as fast to cock as the stock M-hammer. Perhaps someone here has a comparison to share, if they have tried the interchange.
Both guns got 'under the coat-tails' CCW use during past NW Ohio winters. While these six-shooters are certainly not any modern race-gun or hi-cap combat pistol, my first pistol was a Navy Arms, octagonal long bbl .36 cap-n'-ball. Purchased it in 1964 at a gunshow with grocery sacking money, along with every thing needed to carry, shoot and clean it. It was what I learned to shoot a handgun with, and it got shot a lot; me being a working teenager with a car and lots of country relatives.
So, while the tactical folks may frown at the idea of a person carrying such antique items as a SAA for personal security, these shorty iterations can be snake-strike quick and daid-center, in the hands of someone by whom they are as naturally operated, as pointing one's own finger.
It's really nice to see the pics of the up-graded guns and grips pictured above. Pure eyecandy, to a long-time admirers like us, of the gun as an expression of art form as well as function.