Description
Item Description
Bryant Ridge Auction Company is pleased to present this Very Rare single-action revolver today for a penny start auction, this is the Great Western Arms Deputy!
*No more than 100 of these Deputies were produced*
*No more than 100 of these Deputies were produced*
SPECIFICATIONS:
Manufacturer: Great Western Arms
Model: Deputy
Serial: GW19503
Date of Manufacture: 1958
Caliber: .22 Long Rifle
Finish: Blue
Barrel Length: 4"
Optics/Sights: Blade front / Adjustable micrometer rear
Stock/Grips: Smooth walnut
Action: Single-Action
Markings: Standard
Bryant Ridge's Analysis:
The Great Western Arms Company (GWA) was founded in Los Angeles, California in 1953 to produce an American-made copy of the Colt Single Action Army Revolver. Colt had discontinued this model in 1940. The Great Western Arms produced a variety of different models that were sold by mail order in the 1950s and early 1960s and were used in many Western movies and television shows. The Deputy is a 4-inch barreled Great Western single action with competition sights set on a full-length rib. The Deputy was offered in .22, .38 Special, and .357.
Return Policy:
We gladly offer a 3 day unfired inspection policy from the time that the firearm is delivered to your FFL. Refunds are available for all qualifying orders.
Model: Deputy
Serial: GW19503
Date of Manufacture: 1958
Caliber: .22 Long Rifle
Finish: Blue
Barrel Length: 4"
Optics/Sights: Blade front / Adjustable micrometer rear
Stock/Grips: Smooth walnut
Action: Single-Action
Markings: Standard
Bryant Ridge's Analysis:
The Great Western Arms Company (GWA) was founded in Los Angeles, California in 1953 to produce an American-made copy of the Colt Single Action Army Revolver. Colt had discontinued this model in 1940. The Great Western Arms produced a variety of different models that were sold by mail order in the 1950s and early 1960s and were used in many Western movies and television shows. The Deputy is a 4-inch barreled Great Western single action with competition sights set on a full-length rib. The Deputy was offered in .22, .38 Special, and .357.
Ruger introduced the Blackhawk in 1955 – the first mass production, modernized single action. Its hallmarks were adjustable sights and an action that was mechanically superior to the old Peacemaker. It was a smash. The Blackhawk’s success cemented Ruger’s permanence in the marketplace, and its form dictated the quality and features its competitors would be compelled to match. There would be many Blackhawk-inspired competitors over the years; Colt’s New Frontier, Jager’s Super Dakota, the Virginian Dragoon, US Arms Abilene, Magnum Research’s BFRs.
Great Western’s Deputy was probably the first to compete with Ruger in this market niche created by the Blackhawk. The earliest advertisements for the Deputy are from 1955 and subtly note ‘recent innovations with single actions.’
Great Western may have intended to generate a book of pre-orders to finance Deputy production, or its finances and planning were in typical disarray. Production was delayed for a time, and no Deputies were completed before 1957. Then finally, it appears a small lot was completed at the Miner St. Shop before it closed. A few more were built at the FerroCast shop in Venice and the Moore shop in west LA in 1958, 59, and 60.
Though falling short of promises in those original ads, Deputies are found exquisite by almost all who encounter them. The rib and sights were inspired by the works of custom gunsmiths active over the 20s to 50s, those of the King Gun Works shop in Glendale, CA, being prominent. There is one Deputy that’s seen with a King logo on its rib, though this signature may just as easily refer to this gun’s engraving work.
A product as compelling as the Deputy could make a company’s fortune, as it did with the Blackhawk. Each Deputy did require extra machining time. However, these were labor hours Great Western could seldom expend, given the company’s constantly tenuous financial position. In the end, only 100 Deputies were made, making them rare and highly sought after among firearm collectors.
Return Policy:
We gladly offer a 3 day unfired inspection policy from the time that the firearm is delivered to your FFL. Refunds are available for all qualifying orders.
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Return Policy
We gladly offer a 3 day unfired inspection policy from the time that the firearm is delivered to your FFL. Refunds are available for all qualifying orders.
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