I now have the COLT disease too!

steamloco76 · Sep 12, 2012

I swore a while ago that I would keep my sanity plus a little bit of my money avoid Colt revolvers.
My pledge lasted until about a year ago when a super clean 1954 mfg Colt Official Police .22LR needed a new home. Then a while later a 1975 era New Frontier Buntline .22LR/.22WMR bit me. Not too long ago it was a pair of Official Police .38 SPL. A clean 1943 5 inch and a shooter 1959 6 inch-all of which I've show off on this forum.

Now I'm in trouble as I've caught the dreaded Single Action Army disease!

My favorite LGS and destroyer of the family budget bought out a small hobbyist type gun dealer. Among some nice nearly NIB S&W's was an unfired, but cylinder turned 3rd Gen. Colt SAA 5.5 inch Nickel Plated revolver with box. I ignored it figuring it was the typical .45 Colt caliber. Well, when I finally broke down a week later and asked to check it out, it is a .44 Special. Darn,one of my favorite calibers. Dates to 1980. Colt polymer mother of pearl grips too. Price $1,200 out the door. It is now laid away waiting for me to pay it down. May have to raid the rifle safe and sell a Remington .22 or two..

427mach1 · Sep 12, 2012

Whatever you do, don't pickup a Woodsman or you might catch a Colt semi-auto infection too! There is something about the deep Colt bluing that makes them hard to put down.

chief38 · Sep 12, 2012

And stay away from the Single Action Army, Gold Cup and Dick Special too or it'll really cost ya! Ask me how I know............

Chief38

fat tom · Sep 12, 2012

I say "Have at it!"
f.t.

2152hq · Sep 13, 2012

It's not a disease,,it's a hobby..an expensive one at times,,but a hobby.

dcxplant · Sep 13, 2012

...three 1911's and counting. The sickness has only just begun.

steamloco76 · Sep 13, 2012

427mach1 said:
Whatever you do, don't pickup a Woodsman or you might catch a Colt semi-auto infection too! There is something about the deep Colt bluing that makes them hard to put down.

Yeah, the old Woodsman is a beautiful little pistol. I almost had one last year, but I was ten minutes too late into my LGS.
Got the "Man, I know you'd have been interested but it just sold."

High Standard Supermatics are way cool too.

ladder13 · Sep 13, 2012

What Colt disease?

fat tom · Sep 13, 2012

If you're really worried,let me strongly suggest that you stick with handguns and stay away from Winchesters.
f.t.

mr.jbk79 · Sep 13, 2012

I've had this disease for several years now, and am trying to deal with it the best I can. I added this to my small collection of Colts last week. It was a great find locally, and I couldn't say no.

fat tom · Sep 13, 2012

dcxplant said:
...three 1911's and counting. The sickness has only just begun.

You don't know the half of it! Or should I say the tenth of it?

f.t.

doublesharp · Sep 13, 2012

I've had it for years. No known cure.

.22s

Trooper 22mag

wbraswell · Sep 13, 2012

Now comes the hard part. You must shoot it! The SAA handles like a dream. Do some informal type shooting, make a can dance, try not using the sights. They are a blast.

steamloco76 · Sep 13, 2012

wbraswell said:
Now comes the hard part. You must shoot it! The SAA handles like a dream. Do some informal type shooting, make a can dance, try not using the sights. They are a blast.

Yes, the .44 Special is a shooter's cartridge and the SAA is a shooter's gun, so when I finally pay her off, she will be shot! I know that is blasphemy to some Colt collectors, but what good is a tool if it is never used? The manuals that come with the new SAA's they produce today warn against shooting them or even cycling the action lest you "Reduce future value significantly". Bah Humbug

jaykellogg · Sep 13, 2012

It is a good thing I didn't see a deal like that one.

ladyT · Sep 13, 2012

As long as you stay away from the Snake line you should be ok.
Here is a secert. There is no.difference between the Lawman III trigger and the vaulted python trigger. I would put the sweetness of the trigger pull on my Colt Lawmen III against any Python. It simply cant be beat.

kennyb · Sep 13, 2012

yup...dabble with the snakes....top shelf!

steamloco76 · Sep 13, 2012

ladyT said:
As long as you stay away from the Snake line you should be ok.
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Back in 1990 I bought a NIB 1980 8 inch Python in Royal Blue.
Had it until April of '93 when I got a new job that required I purchase a lot of camera equipment. Paid $400 fort the Python and sold it for $750. If I still had it now it would be worth $1,500 plus... Oh well, at least I owned and shot a Snake!

Badkarma 1 · Sep 13, 2012

COLT's it's a disease! And I don't want a cure! Dale

perrazi · Sep 14, 2012

ladyt- i disagree emphatically. you need to get out more. prewar colt officers have unmatched stock triggers and can be made even better.

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