EMF Californian 45 SA Colt

[springfield17074]

I have a friend who is willing to sell me his EMF Californian SA 45 Colt. Does anyone have one of these and what do you think of them.

 

[Walks]

Does it have a Brass Grip Frame or Steel ?
If it's Steel it should be a Uberti made revolver.
What's he asking $$$ ???

 

[springfield17074]

They are steel frames and I think by Pietta. Maybe they are made Uberti, I don’t know. He wants $350 for it. 4.75” barrel. I liked it every time I shot it, he mentioned selling it and I know how he cleans them, so I jumped at it. I like the caliber and even if it isn’t anything fancy or expensive it goes bang every time and that is good enough for me.

 

[462]

It's a single action -- what's not to like?

 

[Walks]

Go for it.
If you have pin gauges ck the chamber mouths.
Makers name is usually found underside of bbl.

 

[springfield17074]

I will thanks. Yeah single action. For not a thousand dollars a real fine looking gun. I might be biased. With the pin gauges what am I looking for, what should I be seeing. I just picked up a little while ago, like any new gun or new to me handgun, I am still just fondling it

 

[CZ93X62]

Throat true diameter. With that value, you'll have a better idea of what bullet diameter to cast and size/lube or powder-coat to.

With 45 Colt, I would start at .451" and move up .001" at a time until you get a "no-go" with a "minus" gauge. Minus gauges are usually at .0002" under the nominal diameter. More modern replicas tend to run .451"-.452", pre-war standard was .454". I have seen S&W 45 ACP and 45 Colt revolver throats spec @ .455"-.457". I also had a Ruger 45 Colt that came with .448"-.449" throats and .452" grooves.

See what you come up with.