1972 vintage Colt in 38 super.
Want Ad find...not a mark on it.
Clean 42 year old Colt.

Very nice gun!

Future table fodder?

OUTSTANDING!

Oh my goodness.

You must be living right. Congrats on an outstanding find.

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Nice score! Hope you got a good deal on it, too!

It is great to see that clean Colts can still be had, though the prices have certainly increased over the last 10 years. And folks seem to have gotten wise to that fact, even non-aficionados. The days of liquidating granddad's old, beat-up (read: GI) 1911 for $450 have come and gone, I fear.

I can truly appreciate your joy: I just came upon a 1969 pre-Series 70 .45 in great shape and at a price I could live with. Luckily mine is not in such great shape as yours, so I won't feel bad about stuffing it in a holster and putting it to work!

GREAT GUN! Also a great SD round.

Here's mine, dates from 1929 I believe; SN 8890. Superb quality, but it's not as accurate as one belonging to a friend and dating from the 1990s; mine headspaces on the rim while his headspaces on the mouth of the case. The difference in accuracy is quite evident.

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My 1936 model:





And my 1948 fat barrel:







Yeah, I have a thing for the Super .38 and they are addicting.

Curl

WOW ...How nice...I have coveted Colt 38. super for years..Only lack of availability and PRICE have kept me from realizing my dream pistol...O' well now at my age I guess it was not to be...Outstanding pistol..

Have one just like it. You'll be more than happy.

I'm loving the 38 super photos, keep 'em coming! My grandfather was a bit Super fan, though sadly his Supers ended up with my uncle on the other side of the continent and not me. Still need to get one for myself one of these days!

Cyrano- I think yours is from 1930, second year of production.

I have always liked the Super better than the 45 ACP. Currently have 2 Supers, a Colt from the early 1980s that I bought at show in Salt Lake City around 1999 and an RIA clone that I picked up a few years ago. A friend gave me a set of ivory stocks and I put them on the RIA.





Here's the Colt also wearing ivory (it's a weakness).




The Colt shoots OK.

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I have a late pre 70-series or early 70 series Commander and an identical 45 Commander, I call them the Bobbsey Twins. I got thy Super for $220 out the door (and get this; at Vance's), when used Commanders were in the 400-450 range. I've turned down an offer of $1200 and an offer of $1600 about 2 years ago. Where will I get one that affordable again. I have about 8 Colt mags (most still in the blister pack). The stores that had them, said they had been there for ever and were glad to get rid of them. I think I averaged $5 each. Up until a few years ago, the only ammo you could find were 130 grain FMJ and 124 grain Silver Tip HP's. Much of the time a box of the FMJ would have been on the shelf for years and be at an old cheap price. I have dies to reload and hundreds of empty brass, but never needed to make any, with about 400 on the shelf. Most people have no appreciation for the finer things in life. Ivan

Great Supers fellas! I too love the old round, it's underrated at best and scorned by those who don't understand it.
Capable of besting the vaunted 9mm+P+, rivaling the .38 Special for both accuracy and enjoyment to shoot, and will give even the .357 SIG a run for its money
Some say its moribund, I say its a well kept secret.
Dale

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1952 Colt Lightweight Commander in .38 Super.
I made a couple of changes to suit me, but nothing that can't be put back to original.
I also have Series 80 Governement Model and Combat Commander in this caliber.
Yeah, I'm a big fan of the Colt Super 38 Automatic.