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Old 01-06-2012, 05:51 PM
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Default Colt Coltsman rifle

Is anyone familiar with the Colt "Coltsman" rifle? A friend has one he bought back in the 60's. His is a .223 and built on the Sako L461 action. I found them listed in a Standard Catalog of Firearms 2009, and they mentioned they were built by Kodiak arms for Colt between 58-66 and about 10,000 were build in .243, 308, 30-06, & 300 Win mag. No mention of the .223. He mentioned he bought it as the dealer had it marked way down as no one wanted that "odd ball" .223 caliber. (How times change).

He has never seen another one and was wondering if there was any collector interest in them.

I happen to have a Sako .222 on the same L461 action, and it is one of my favorites.
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