The Sheriff's Model SAA with 3-inch barrel and no ejector rod housing, mimicking the short-barreled growing guns popular with lawmen and gamblers in the 1870s. The absence of the ejector rod requires a separate rod to unload the cylinder. Type: Revolver Action: Single-Action Caliber: 45 Colt Capacity: 6 Year introduced: 1980, USA Weight: 33 oz Overall length: 8.5" Status: Active Intended use: Collector, Concealed Carry, Western