Looking for a USFA Flat Top Target in 4 3/4" or 5 1/2" l
Of at least my uncle is, preferably all blue but he's not that picky.
Good luck, brother!...
...get ready to lay out some bucks. I have a beautiful all-blue 5-1/2" 45 that I bought from Jack Fowler before USFA prices went totally insane. It ain't for sale.
Me Too
by JLF 
, Monday, November 04, 2013, 14:04 (4042 days ago) @ Boge Quinn
I have a birds-head Double Eagle that I sent to Nutmeg for ivory grips and an action job. Ain't for sale neither!
JLF
Double Eagle is a USFA sixgun that I DON'T have!...BTW...
...I spoke with Doug Donnelly at NASGW, he was promoting some improvements to that Godawful Zip gun. I told him he needed his ass whipped for letting USFA go, and how much I loved those sixguns, and Jeff asked if the Red River D guns we ordered were done yet. He said he was thinking maybe someday USFA may return, but I ain't holding my breath.
You have to ask
And this crew is a group who might know where one is hiding that can be had for slightly less than a Colt original..
Good luck, brother!...
How insane Boge? I've still got a 7 1/2" Rodeo NIB. Prices?
Like Matt said...
...prices on the "nicer" USFAs (not that there is anything wrong with the Rodeos! I have several) have pretty much surpassed 2nd-Gen Colts. I find that Rodeos are bringing what the "nicer" USFAs were bringing before their SAAs morphed into that dern Zip gun.
I agree with Brother Boge...
by matt/pa , Tuesday, November 05, 2013, 12:46 (4041 days ago) @ Boge Quinn
he is spot on, in my opinion. The Rodeos are nearing that $1250-$1300 range while the standard SAAs are clearing $1800-$2200. The Flattop Targets, standard or Bisley, are now pushing well above that.
Supply and demand, it's a beautiful thing, eh?
Matt
Any particular caliber or configuration?
by matt/pa , Monday, November 04, 2013, 15:28 (4042 days ago) @ Fowler
edited by matt/pa, Monday, November 04, 2013, 15:39
Bill,
Is your uncle looking for any particular caliber? How about configuration (Bisley or standard SAA)?
I can tell you from talking to the guy that used to build them at USFA, short barrel flat-top targets are scarce birds, and short barrel Bisley Flat-Top targets are ever scarcer. There weren't too many made.
They aren't commanding First Gen SAA prices yet, but, as far as I have seen, they have surpassed most 2nd Gen SAAs now, since USFA folded up their single action shop.
Matt
Hes open to mainly available for sale I think
I wouldnt rule out a 7 1/2" ether but he has a strong preference to the shorter lengths...
I have a 5.5" Bisley Flat-Top Target 38-40 that might could.
by matt/pa , Monday, November 04, 2013, 18:16 (4042 days ago) @ Fowler
be available. If he's interested in something like that, let me know. I paid current market price for it, so I'll need to get that out of it. It is still NIB, hard rubber grips, color cased frame.
If interested, drop me an email at bigbore45colt @ ptd DOT net
Thanks,
Matt