Colt SAA price

Wmoore77 · January 4, 2023, 04:04 PM

I have a 1st gen colt saa made in 1883 I am looking for help on a price
I know the barrel has been cut down with janky front sight installed, the grips have been replaced and the U.S. and caliber markings are gone
Thanks for any help

Wmoore77 · January 4, 2023, 04:06 PM

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RoyceP · January 4, 2023, 08:22 PM

Well it's been re - blued in the past, poorly, and it has rust issues now. So it's going to be near the bottom in value. If it's mechanically good and the bore is pristine likely it would be worth $2K as a shooter.

RickB · January 5, 2023, 08:33 AM

I was going to suggest 1500, and with Bidenflation, that would be 2k.

ballardw · January 5, 2023, 10:48 AM

Once read an article about circa 1900 a Colt SAA sold for $20 gold piece, roughly one ounce of gold. With gold at about $1840 this morning seems like one ounce of gold may still be a reasonable price...

**44 AMP** · January 5, 2023, 04:53 PM

back in the day a $20 gold piece was about an ounce of gold, and worth $20 at the price of gold at the time, And, it would buy you a brand new Colt revolver.

TODAY, the value of that same $20 gold piece will still get you a brand new Colt revolver, but a $20 Federal Reserve note ($20 bill) won't even get you a box of cartridges.

Do note that the $20 gold piece is worth MORE than the metal value of the gold in it. Most are worth several hundred dollars more the price of the gold, because they are ALSO collectable coins. And a few very rare ones are worth several times the gold value alone.

ballardw · January 5, 2023, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by 44 AMP

Do note that the $20 gold piece is worth MORE than the metal value of the gold in it. Most are worth several hundred dollars more the price of the gold, because they are ALSO collectable coins. And a few very rare ones are worth several times the gold value alone.

That's the reason I said "ounce of gold" instead of the $20 coin.

44caliberkid · January 6, 2023, 11:51 AM

The antique stags are certainly worth some bucks. What is the caliber? How is the bore? How is it mechanically, does it cock, advance the cylinder and lock up good? How about cylinder play, movement front to back? Have you ever shot it?

Wmoore77 · January 6, 2023, 10:47 PM

It appears to be .45 the caliber markings are gone, barrel has strong rifling with no pitting but there is some frosting in the groves, the action turns and locks up as it should, there is about 1mm play in the cylinder front to back
I have never shot the gun

44caliberkid · January 7, 2023, 05:28 PM

I’m going to say $1300 - $1700, considering the cut barrel, reblue, and possibly to much end play. The stag grips would move me more toward the higher number.

January 5, 2023, 08:33 AM	#4
RickB Senior Member Join Date: March 1, 2000 Location: Boise, ID Posts: 8,425	I was going to suggest 1500, and with Bidenflation, that would be 2k. __________________ Runs off at the mouth about anything 1911 related on this site and half the time is flat out wrong.

January 5, 2023, 10:48 AM	#5
ballardw Senior Member Join Date: September 19, 2008 Posts: 1,217	Once read an article about circa 1900 a Colt SAA sold for $20 gold piece, roughly one ounce of gold. With gold at about $1840 this morning seems like one ounce of gold may still be a reasonable price... __________________ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ All data is flawed, some just less so.

January 5, 2023, 04:53 PM	#6
44 AMP Staff Join Date: March 11, 2006 Location: Upper US Posts: 26,831	back in the day a $20 gold piece was about an ounce of gold, and worth $20 at the price of gold at the time, And, it would buy you a brand new Colt revolver. TODAY, the value of that same $20 gold piece will still get you a brand new Colt revolver, but a $20 Federal Reserve note ($20 bill) won't even get you a box of cartridges. Do note that the $20 gold piece is worth MORE than the metal value of the gold in it. Most are worth several hundred dollars more the price of the gold, because they are ALSO collectable coins. And a few very rare ones are worth several times the gold value alone. __________________ All else being equal (and it almost never is) bigger bullets tend to work better.

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January 4, 2023, 08:22 PM	#3
RoyceP Senior Member Join Date: February 4, 2020 Location: Tulsa, OK Posts: 187	Well it's been re - blued in the past, poorly, and it has rust issues now. So it's going to be near the bottom in value. If it's mechanically good and the bore is pristine likely it would be worth $2K as a shooter.

January 6, 2023, 11:51 AM	#8
44caliberkid Senior Member Join Date: May 15, 2017 Location: Iowa Posts: 854	The antique stags are certainly worth some bucks. What is the caliber? How is the bore? How is it mechanically, does it cock, advance the cylinder and lock up good? How about cylinder play, movement front to back? Have you ever shot it?

January 6, 2023, 10:47 PM	#9
Wmoore77 Junior Member Join Date: January 3, 2023 Posts: 3	It appears to be .45 the caliber markings are gone, barrel has strong rifling with no pitting but there is some frosting in the groves, the action turns and locks up as it should, there is about 1mm play in the cylinder front to back I have never shot the gun

January 7, 2023, 05:28 PM	#10
44caliberkid Senior Member Join Date: May 15, 2017 Location: Iowa Posts: 854	I’m going to say $1300 - $1700, considering the cut barrel, reblue, and possibly to much end play. The stag grips would move me more toward the higher number.