.45 ACP SIXGUN (from the old Sixgunner.Com website)

by Don Sikes , Vera Cruz, Missouri, Tuesday, April 26, 2022, 15:14 (942 days ago) @ JimT

I always wanted to do this ever since I read about it on the old website... my first effort was when I bought a Ruger Vaquero Sheriff in .45Colt back in the late 1990's and put a .45ACP cylinder in it... was a nice combo but it was just a bit on the large size (since the Vaquero back then was built on the SB size frame)... had to sell that gun when we had the flood on the ranchette to pay bills... been lamenting that loss ever since... but this last year I saw that Davidson's had offered a Pietta 1873 in .45Colt/.45ACP convertable in 4 5/8" for a very reasonable price (GunBroker)... So I got it and found an old Jay Scott Two-Tone grip panels for it... the original size 1873 in combo with a .45ACP cylinder makes for a nice size and weight SAA ... this ended up scratching the itch I had to get a .45ACP revolver for a long time... handier than a full size L-Frame S&W and, for me, better feel than the 5-shot Taurus Tracker (K-Frame size) in .45ACP...