Colt Sheriff's Model SAA Description
this term denotes Single Actions without ejectors and ejector housings. Most were produced in .45 and .44-40 cal., with 3 ½ in. or 4 in. barrels, but 2 ½ in., 3 in., 4 ¾ in., and 7 ½ in. were made. According to collector and researcher Wynn Paul, the first ejectorless Sheriff's or Storekeeper's models were shipped from the factory on February 22, 1882 to Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co., Chicago, IL, in two shipments of ten each, one group with 3 ½ in. barrels, one group with 4 in. barrels. Approximately 1,500 were produced, most in the latter part of the 19th century. RF=3.