Here’s a rare(ish) model that Elmer Keith really liked! The DEPUTY that was available in the standard calibers-this is a. 22LR-and the blue was as good as the S&W Bright Blue! It was sold only all blue, 4″ bbl and special frame with blended-in Micro rear sight and Bauman ramp front sight. Here is a closeup of the special hammer for the DEPUTY model that looks rather more like the Ruger hammer. 22LR) that is stamped on the frame “Great Western” and, below, “Los Angeles.” An export requirement? Look closely… This is one of only a very few Great Westerns on record (a. The rears of MOST cylinders were marked with either a stamping or electric pencil-usually the last three or four serial number digits. WORLD OF GUNS GUN DISASSEMBLY DERRINGER COLOR SERIAL NUMBER Only 50 total (numbered in sequence) Great Westerns were made in. This specimen came from an auction house, still in the cosmoline with all the original papers, and shows the frame turning maroon like many of the early Ruger Blackhawks. Here are the four components of the “floating firing pin assembly.” The new Colt Cowboy model uses almost identical parts. This is why so many people are under the impression that the Great Western Frontier revolvers and derringers were manufactured in Germany. An honest mistake by writer Garry James in an issue of Guns and Ammo. Other writers over the years have made the same mistake. The later guns offered by Hy Hunter, and later by Hawes, were indeed manufactured in Germany and were quite similar (floating firing pins) but used an alloy trigger guard and back strap, rather than steel. 22 versions were ALL alloy with steel liners in the cylinders and barrel.Īn illustration from Hy Hunter’s Hand Guns of the World (Trend Books, 1956). Hunter lists the Great Western as his own. Yet another error that has caused firearms enthusiasts to assume that Hunter was the manufacturer. That’s why we’re here, folks!Ĭheck out these great late fifties prices! It would seem that the. 22 Magnum might not have actually been offered, due to a lack of specimens, but beware! There are more than a few altered cylinders (to Magnum) and some spurious roll markings on barrels out there. Buyer, beware!Īn option sheet from the catalog. Pointer Pup plastic stag grips were/are seen on many Hollywood Colts. They looked great in Technicolor! The “Pups” were also standard on about the first third of the Great Western revolvers. WORLD OF GUNS GUN DISASSEMBLY DERRINGER COLOR FULL. ![]() WORLD OF GUNS GUN DISASSEMBLY DERRINGER COLOR SERIAL NUMBER.
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