I now have the COLT disease too!

steamloco76 · #1 09-12-2012, 08:14 PM

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 · #2 09-12-2012, 08:23 PM

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 · #3 09-12-2012, 10:04 PM

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 · #4 09-12-2012, 11:22 PM

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

2152hq · #5 09-13-2012, 01:21 AM

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

dcxplant · #6 09-13-2012, 02:50 AM

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

steamloco76 · #7 09-13-2012, 08:06 AM

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Originally Posted by 427mach1

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 · #8 09-13-2012, 08:09 AM

What Colt disease?

fat tom · #9 09-13-2012, 08:11 AM

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

mr.jbk79 · #10 09-13-2012, 08:32 AM

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 · #11 09-13-2012, 08:56 AM

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Originally Posted by dcxplant

...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 · #12 09-13-2012, 09:08 AM

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

.22s

Trooper 22mag

wbraswell · #13 09-13-2012, 09:55 AM

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 · #14 09-13-2012, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by wbraswell

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 · #15 09-13-2012, 12:10 PM

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

ladyT · #16 09-13-2012, 12:23 PM

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 · #17 09-13-2012, 07:54 PM

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

steamloco76 · #18 09-13-2012, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by ladyT

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 · #19 09-13-2012, 10:06 PM

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

perrazi · #20 09-14-2012, 01:12 PM

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

deanodog · #21 09-14-2012, 02:42 PM

I have sneaked in a colt also. Stainless combat commander

steamloco76 · #22 09-28-2012, 09:55 PM

Whew! I finally have my first Colt Single Action Army. Traded away a couple more guns and a little cash to get her out of the LGS safe and into mine. On close examination, the revolver has been cycled however it was never fired. Colt's polishing and plating is nearly flawless on this 3rd Generation 5.5 inch Bbl. 44 S&W Special, which I understand was not always the case for a 1980 era Colt.

I am going to shoot this revolver! Just need to hit the reloading bench and make her some fodder.

LazyKB · #23 09-29-2012, 09:54 AM

Looks expensive. Is there a vaccination of some kind?

doc540 · #24 09-29-2012, 10:36 AM

Resistance Is Futile

therevjay · #25 09-29-2012, 06:06 PM

All Colts are addictive, but the SAA's are the worst. I've got 3 now. a 1906 .38WCF w/ a extra .41 Colt cyl, a 3rd gen 357 and a 3rd gen .44spl /.44WCF convertable Sheriffs mod. 3" Bbl. My wife says "why do you need more then one, they all look alike". (how little she knows) Now if I can just swing a .45 Colt cal. I know I don't really need it. But Jones does!

cussedemgun · #26 09-29-2012, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by LazyKB

Looks expensive. Is there a vaccination of some kind?

No known avalible but there is a surgery procedure that will remove the excess cash & with it goes the craving.

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It's called "divorce court" (no need to ask how I found out)

MP1983 · #27 09-29-2012, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by steamloco76

Whew! I finally have my first Colt Single Action Army. Traded away a couple more guns and a little cash to get her out of the LGS safe and into mine. On close examination, the revolver has been cycled however it was never fired. Colt's polishing and plating is nearly flawless on this 3rd Generation 5.5 inch Bbl. 44 S&W Special, which I understand was not always the case for a 1980 era Colt.

I am going to shoot this revolver! Just need to hit the reloading bench and make her some fodder.

That's what I call cherry pickin'!!!! I have long fallen for the best looking guns for the best price in Colt or S&W (and can be tempted by a few others on rare occassion)...I rarely buy new, and when you score like that you know you will always be ahead...

Congrats!!!