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That is until your recall how much money you were making (or were not making) Back-in-the-Day. In the 1975-76 my bi-weekly pay cheque was just about $245.00.
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I couldn't see clearly on the price sheet for a Colt SAA. I searched for one in Colorado in 1975. It seemed every gun shop had .357. I wanted a .45LC. I was in a shop in Colorado Springs on a sat about 20 till 5 and there it was it was a 5 1/2 blue for $300. I didn't care I had $20 and put it on hold till Monday. I couldn't sleep Saturday or Sunday nite. Monday came along I went to the bank got the money and went down and picked up and headed for the range. This was my first handgun. I didn't reload at the time and could only buy a box of shells every week. A box was about $9.00/box. I still have some of that brass to this day. I retired my Colt after shooting some hot reloads threw it.
I shoot a Ruger Vaquero in .45LC 4 5/8 and 7 1/2. I've got 4 Colts. But the first one I will keep till the day I die and will to my best friend.
BILLYDIXON wrote: I searched for one in Colorado in 1975. . . I wanted a .45LC.
I bet that WAS hard. I've never seen a Colt SAA marked .45 LC Maybe an Uberti or Cimarron.
I bought a pretty nice car (1969 Chevelle) somewhere around 1976 for $200. That puts that $300 Colt SAA in perspective and explains why I didn't buy one back then.
I have an Arizona Territory commemorative in .45 Colt. Once I shot it every one of my Ruger Vaqueros were sold immediately.
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