and shoot them too. My first Colt doesn't like anything but hardball though which is pretty common. I know guys who are successful with lead but that must be a quirky bore. The New Service Colts are fun to shoot and I like big guns but I must say the NS Colts are really too big. It's hard for me to imagine how the smaller people of 100 yrs. ago managed.

All my NS guns have extremely stiff DA pulls compared to S&Ws of the same era. That probably didn't matter much as people were likely prone to shoot SA most of the time.

I would suggest that you remove those stocks and soak them in pure mineral oil ASAP. The fissures are charming now but can get worse.

Enjoy!

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Bob.
SWCA 1821