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One of my Christmas gifts. Colt 22LR DiamondBack
22LR DiamondBack Looks to be unfired. I do need the correct box if anyone knows where I can buy one.
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Beautiful!
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That's a beauty!
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12-26-2009, 01:20 AM
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Very nice Colt. I'd love to have one just like it!
Merry Christmas
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The .22 Diamondback is one of the Colt "modern" DA collectors gotta have. Looking at yours one can see why. In a fit of madness I sold my 6" DB .22 years ago. I think there are far fewer 4"ers. Very nice gun.
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I think there are far fewer 4"ers. Very nice gun.
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Not really. The blue 4" .22LR is the second most common DB, right next to the blue 4" .38SPL. HTH
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Very nice gun, I would also love to have one in that condition.
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Great Christmas present. I sometimes look ar non-Smiths and consider thinning out,but Diamondbacks,Pythons and Series 70's aren't in that consideration. I really do not see many Diamonbacks in the southern end. I know you will enjoy it.
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wow, i'm jealous!
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Mighty nice, I have a couple of .38's, but no .22.I swapped my 2 1/2" .22 for something else years ago. What was I thinking.
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"Looks to be unfired."
Not for long, I hope. .22 revolvers are meant for shooting, not sitting in safes.
One of my favorite revolvers is a doggy looking K-22, shipped right after WWII. The bore and chambers are perfect and it is a FINE shooter.
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12-26-2009, 06:57 PM
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Beautiful find! Never let it go. I hardly see them anymore. About a dozen years back, I saw a couple of .38 Diamondbacks in a used gun shop. I regret not getting one of them.
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Great looking gun. I hope you shoot it; there's a world of fun in shooting fulll sized 22s.
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Very Nice Colt, Congratulations!!!!
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That is gorgeous, congratulations.
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Not trying to make anyone drool, but here's a pair of them.
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When I was a kid, maybe 10 or 11, I wanted a 6" .22 Diamondback so bad I could taste it, I was like Ralphie in "A Christmas Story" wanting his Red Ryder. I did everything I would to drop hints to my parents for at least 2-3 years that a 6" Diamondback .22 was a perfect gift for me for any occasion. It was a lost cause, Mom wouldn't let me have a handgun. I ended up getting a 6" S&W 17-3 from my uncle with I was 11 or 12, but that's another story all together. I bought a 4" Diamondback when I was in my early 20's, but always wanted a 6".
Several years ago I was telling my Diamondback story to a friend of mine; my wife was present at the time. She later asked him if he knew what I was talking about, he did, and she told him t find me a nice one as she wanted to give me one for Christmas. I got a nice 98% 6" Diamondback .22 that year.
I still tease my mom that she never would get me one, it took my wife to get me something I wanted so many years ago!
Great Colt, enjoy it!
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I have a 22 Dback in 4" appx the same unfired condition. I know there are pristine boxes available on Gunbroker, but I cant bring myself to spend $150 for one. Just search Colt Box on GB. Seller has several available, with no writing on the end labels.
You may want to look there.
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I have a 22 Dback in 4" appx the same unfired condition. I know there are pristine boxes available on Gunbroker, but I cant bring myself to spend $150 for one. Just search Colt Box on GB. Seller has several available, with no writing on the end labels.
You may want to look there.
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I really don't know what the factory box looks like. My gun was mfg around 1982-83. If anyone has a picture of the original box, please send pics to me @ [email protected]
Already posted on the colt forum, but no one ever seems to answer my post.
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Already posted on the colt forum, but no one ever seems to answer my post.[/QUOTE]
I hope you don't call yourself smith41mag there.
Just a thought.
Nice colt,I'd be real happy to have one like yours.
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No my user name is colt45LW
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I knew better.
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