![]() To give it its full title, it is the 1873 Cattleman II Brass revolver, and it is more than just a single action in an otherwiseoddtoacowboy caliber. Well, there is one now, and it comes to us from Uberti. I asked Tarr about that, and his reply was, “Never heard of an SAA in 9mm.” Uberti 1873 Cattleman II Brass Revolver The mix of blued steel, color-case hardened, and brass is very attractive, unless you like your ordnance matte-black and angular. I checked with our own James Tarr, and his Standard Catalog of Colt, and there’s no mention of any 9mm SAA to be found. The “oversight” of no 9mm was apparently corrected back in the early 1990s, when Colt made a small run for a European contract, and most of those got shipped overseas, making a Colt SAA in 9mm a rarity. That didn’t stop Colt, and the London office, from making SAA revolvers in various British calibers, and some samples and small orders in a slew of European cartridges. Of the 36 cartridges, according to that author’s research (the book was published in 1965), Colt had not made a single SAA in 9mm Parabellum. It wasn’t until the advent of the selfloading handgun designs that “pistol” and “revolver” diverged as descriptors.) I have a book around here someplace entitled The 36 calibers of the Colt Single Action Army that lists the chambering that Colt did the originals in, in the history of its production up to World War II. (In the 19th century, handguns were pistols. 45 Colt cartridge, you could (theoretically) build a single action in any pistol caliber. As long as you didn’t go into magnum pressures or use something longer than a. The middle 19th century, to be a bit more precise, and it’s a versatile one, as well. The cartridgeutilizing single action revolver was the cutting edge technological advancement of the 19th century. FebruBy Patrick Sweeney, NFA & Airguns Editor
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