Hi guys

A few hours ago i did the accuracy & power tests on both my umarex colt SAA peacemakers, which gave me some interesting results i much say..

First of nice picture i think..

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Well the tests i did were, chrony and accuracy tests with H&N Copper coated lead BB's, Gamo lead balls and umarex steel BB's and a total shot count, all with both guns, and i did get some interesting results i think..

First of then chrony results.
Antique SAA
Umarex Steel BB's: (5.4grain) 404.6 fps - 400.6 fps - 398.1 fps
H&N Copper Coated Lead BB's: (7.4grain) 348.7 fps- 347.6 fps - 342.4 fps
Gamo Lead Balls: (8.18grain) 330.1 fps - 326.6 fps - 325.1 fps

Nickel SAA
Umarex Steel BB's: (5.4grain) 394.1 fps - 391.6 fps - 385.7 fps
H&N Copper Coated Lead BB's: (7.4grain) 344.3 fps - 340.6 fps - 334.6 fps
Gamo Lead Balls: (8.18grain) 318.9 fps - 315.6 fps - 313.1 fps

Reasonable FPS with quite good consistency, the Antique version seem to shoot a little hotter but i think that could be the shells, but that much difference in FPS is nothing really, both guns also gave me around 90 shots per Co2 capsule as well..

Now for what i found to be most interesting and fun to do, the shooting accuracy tests..

Ok in both guns i used gamo lead balls just once, i found them to group ok at 18ft but they was the least consistently accurate and shoot lower so i decided to stop using them, plus the graphite lube makes the inner barrel dirty fast..

Right the Nickel version first then, same tests 18ft distance with the gun semi rested on a sand back, i did 6 targets of 6 shots for each ammo type and took the best results..

I found, like a few of you H&N copper coated lead BB's to work well and ''MAY'' have been a little more accurate then the umarex steel BB's but really it was too hard to call, i found them to be as consistently as accurate as each other in a way, but because of the price difference ill be sticking with umarex steel BB's..

lets show you the target then for the Nickel SAA with H&N copper coated BB's and Umarex Steel BB's..
As you can see both were reasonably accurate, i think once i master the sights the groupings might get a little tighter.. The H&N BB's had a tighter grouping horizontally but the Umarex steel BB's had a tighter grouping vertically, was it me? or was it the BB? only more tests and time will tell that, but either way im happy with both results on the Nickel SAA..

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Now then, now the Antique version of the SAA, i got slightly different results, on every target i did and no matter what BB's i was using i had one or two fliers, Not a problem if your not a fussy twit like me or hitting cans, but yeah when your hitting scoring targets you dont want that lol.. Apart from the flier on each target, it was still a reasonable grouping, i did also find once again that the H&N and umarex BB's performed basically the same..

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So then i thought, ok these fliers cant be me right? they have too be either the barrel or the cartridges, so i put the cartridges from the Nickel SAA in to the Antique SAA and i had no fliers at all..


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So one or two of the shells from the Antique gun causes fliers.. So now im thinking buy some new shells and maybe sell these ones, or just keep them aside for plinking, because im just to fussy to know that i have 1 or 2 shells that can cause a flier when score card shooting, lol

All in all though im happy with how both guns performed and had a good evening shooting them, roll on tuesday so i can take them both to gun club and do some plinking..
ATB, Marc..