Post this picture years before. Both 3th generation Colt SAA are in my collection. One is in .45 Colt the other in .357 magnum. Both are made mid 1980. Still love them.
This is three of my Colts. Top to bottom: .45 Colt made in 1881, .38-40 made in 1899 and a .32-20 made in 1907. The clouds of smoke from the blackpower loads in the .45 are impressive.
Besides revolvers lever guns are my favorite, especially the old ones, and I've been lucky enough to accumulates several dozen from pawn shops. So here's a gaggle of old, octagon barrel cowboy guns.
Wow!!! Some of those are just downright gorgeous!! Here are some of mine. Not real fancy, but certainly functional.
Many years ago when I was "playing cowboy," the country where the ranch was located had a lot of thick timber-covered, mountainous areas...black bear country. Our foreman wanted all of us carrying a revolver when horseback away from the ranch headquarters, and he preferred we carried a single-action because, as he put it, "Even when it's dirty, it'll still work!"
I guess old habits die hard because I still carry a single-action when I'm horseback up in the hills.
Here's some short ones. Cut down 5" renickeled 1890 .44-40, pearl handled 1992 .44-40 with a .44 Spl. cylinder only, engraved .45s, 1957 & 1920, and a 1911 .45 on the bottom rebuilt by Colt in 1969. I got the original .32-20 parts for it.