I just got one at a gun show, 50% bluing mechanically perfact, bore clean with crisp rifiling for grips totally intact $100.
SAA stands for single action army.
Is it 45 ACP or 45 Long Colt? Single action or Double action? Barrel length? Finish? Need to know in order to answer. Depending on what you mean by "original registration", it may not exist.
There were at least two models of The American .38 Revolver manufactured in the very early 1900s. I have one of each. One came to me from my Grandfather (1880-1964) and the other from an Uncle (1875-1955). One model is 'hammerless', i.e. double action only. There is an exposed hammer but without a thumb tang. There is a scoring on the hammer to facilitate pulling it back needed. This model was an ideal pocket gun - no hammer tang to hand up in the pocket. The second is both double action and single action. This hammer has a thumb tang. Neither of the guns have any safety features to prevent accidental firing. A common way would be to rest the hammer in between two cartridges, or on an empty chamber on on a fired cartridge. These were the Saturday night specials of the day. The gun's firing pin was part of the hammer and as such was not replaceable. The firing pin easily broke and the entire hammer had to be replace - obviously these guns were not for target practice. As an FYI, my Grandfather and Uncle lived in the deep South during KKK days.
Affirmative Action
Causation in fact means that if Action A had not occurred, then the Action B would not have occurred. That means Action A is a cause in fact of Action B. In contrast, proximate cause means simply that Action A is related to Action B.
A good candidate may be the Starr Model 1858. This was a ball and cap revolver. With cartridge firearms, Forehand & Wadsworth made a .32 revolver inn what we would today recognize as a "double action: revolver. However, there were earlier "double action only" pepper box pistols.
The Kolb Baby Hammerless revolver was made in several different variations. Value will depend on exact model, and condition. IF yours is in firing condition, it may be worth $200-$400. These did not have very durable springs- they break easily. They were the smallest double action revolver made.
10-100 USD or so
0-150 USD or so
Depends on exact model and condition, but typically $125-$300.
We need some more information to answer your question- starting with the word "break". Many of the early hammerless revolvers were a "break action", when the revolver was loaded/ unloaded by lifting a latch at the top rear of the frame. This permitted the action to be pivoted open (or broken), and the fired cartridges ejected, and new cartridges inserted. If you mean "break" as in destroy, that is too broad to answwer here. Please feel free to leave a message on my message board, and we will try to get you a good answer.
@ 1870-1915
Mechanical action.
The action is the heart of the revolver
@ turn of the century give or take a decade
It depends if it is single action, or double action, or safety hammerless, I have a double action 32 with exterior hammer, serial # 22173 to 43405 was made from 1882 to 1883 serial # 43406 to 282,999 was made from 1883 to 1909
No external hammer to allow single action fire.