Colt Single Action Army Miniature 47% Scale Non-Firing Replica 4 3/4" Barrel Revolver by Uberti - Plugged Barrel

Replica Item: Only One Available. Here we have a great 1980s era Miniature Colt Single Action Army Non-Firing Replica Revolver, made by Uberti in Italy. This company has long made high quality replicas of "classic" revolver designs, and began making these 47% miniature versions to satisfy demand for non-firing collector items. They were made in many different configurations, sometimes marketed with scaled down custom cases, and are a great way to have a lovely display piece that is smaller than then original, and also not considered a firearm due to being inert, whereas a full size functional replica Colt SAA would definitely require registration.

This example is in fantastic condition, with the case colored and blued finish very well retained, and showing just a bit of wear in areas. The barrel is a "gunfighter friendly" short 4 3/4", scaled down to about 2 1/4". It has the correct walnut grip, and is marked with serial number 86 in the usual places, with a 45CAL on the trigger guard. It is also correctly marked A UBERTI FECIT (Made by Uberti) on the bottom of the barrel, while the top of the barrel is blank. The barrel is correctly plugged to ensure that no one would try to make it function.

The replica does actually have a functional action, even with all 4 clicks, and is just lovely. A great way to fill a hole in your collection!

History of the Colt Single Single Action Army

Bound by the Rollin White patent (#12,648, April 3, 1855) and not wanting to pay a royalty fee to Smith & Wesson, Colt could not begin development of bored-through revolver cylinders for metallic cartridge use until April 4, 1869. For the design, Colt turned to two of its best engineers: William Mason and Charles Brinckerhoff Richards who had developed a number of revolvers and black powder conversions for the company. Their effort was designed for the United States government service revolver trials of 1872 by Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company and adopted as the standard military service revolver. Production began in 1873 with the Single Action Army model 1873, also referred to as the "New Model Army Metallic Cartridge Revolving Pistol".

The very first production Single Action Army, serial number 1, thought lost for many years after its production, was found in a barn in Nashua, New Hampshire in the early 1900s. It was chambered in .45 Colt, a centerfire design containing charges of up to 40 grains (2.6 g) of fine-grained black powder and a 255-grain (16.5 g) blunt roundnosed bullet. Relative to period cartridges and most later handgun rounds, it was quite powerful in its full loading.

The Colt Single Action Army revolver, along with the 1870 and 1875 Smith & Wesson Model 3 "Schofield" revolver, replaced the Colt 1860 Army Percussion revolver. The Colt quickly gained favor over the S&W and remained the primary US military sidearm until 1892 when it was replaced by the .38 Long Colt caliber Colt Model 1892, a double-action revolver with swing-out cylinder. By the end of 1874, serial no. 16,000 was reached; 12,500 Colt Single Action Army revolvers chambered for the .45 Colt cartridge had entered service and the remaining revolvers were sold in the civilian market.

The Colt .45 is a famous piece of American history, known as "The Gun That Won the West". The Single Action army is a very popular firearm, even today, and it continues to be produced in various configurations.