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Old 06-09-2009, 05:39 PM
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Default Colt SFVI

Simply put....Supply and demand.
The Colt SF VI was a last ditch effort by Colt to stay in the revolver game .
In the end they gave up and the little SFVI, the Special Lady and .357 version (Det2?) were the last litttle revolvers Colt made.
Not much of a Swan Song but to the purist collector they represent holes in their collection that must be filled.
As they did not make a huge splash in the brief period they were sold not many are out there.
What few remain, well lets just say most are either in pitiful shape or the deepest bowels of some collectors safe.
When they do pop up they easily sell for $950.00.
Is it any surprise when the Python .22 sells at $1600.00? The new Smith "classics are listed near the $1000.00 mark and not true copies.
It is what it is and frankly I dont think much of them as a firearm,
They have the lightest trigger of any Colt, so light that the trigger often does not reset when rapid firing and Colt had to include free service return information for those unsatisfied owners that wanted heavier triggers.
It is a 6 shot 38 no frills stainless revovler.
But...... its rare, its collectable and to the followers of the rampant pony.....its a Colt .

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