Review: Standard Manufacturing SA Revolver Engraved

By Brad Fitzpatrick

Standard’s Single action, i.e., SA, is a tribute to the Colt SAA. I’m among those who are a bit jaded by the fact that so many modern-made replicas of Colt’s legendary wheelguns are not built to the same degree of quality.

I’ve found that replicas usually have coarse triggers, lackluster fit and finish, and a hammer that cocks back without spelling “C-O-L-T” with each click. Some of the hammers don’t have the integral firing pin and rely on a transfer bar safety system instead. Certainly, it’s safer to carry a full six rounds in such a gun with a transfer bar system, but I can’t help but feel that such guns were designed to be more a novelty or cheap historical souvenir, if you will. That wasn’t the case with Standard Manufacturing’s new SA sixgun.

The SA boasts neatly diamond-­checkered, rosewood-colored grips that features lots of flame and color, and the wood-­to-­metal fit is absolutely superb. The carbon-­steel frame is said to be given color-­case hardening in-­house (the old way), which is set off by brilliant bone-and-charcoal bluing. G&A’s sample arrived with optional engraving that intricately covered several surfaces with a classic wave motif that spanned the surface …Read the Rest

Source:: Guns and Ammo