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Colt NM Gold Cup to range
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Dang, Grey, Did the quality of Colts go downhill?
Maybe it’s the lighting, but the slide of your ACP looks pitted.
Maybe it’s the lighting, but the slide of your ACP looks pitted.
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Im still wanting a Series 70 Gold Cup. Never owned one. I used to shoot my friend's gun in PPC matches (he was shooting his 6" Colt Python) and did pretty well with it. I once shot a 50-yard 3-shot cloverleaf with it. A fluke, for sure. I'm sure I couldn't have duplicated it, then or now.
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50 yard Clover Leaf!
15 yard cloverleaf, offhand, with a new Beretta 92. 
Back when Markham Park first opened.
Buddy's new pistol, and he said to finish the mag.
My reply, you finish it, I'm just here to show you it works, and light up your new Thompson.
Took a ricochet, in the neck, as the Cops were shooting on the 50 yard range, when we went down range to change targets, on the 100 yard range.
The short wall, was made taller, right after that day.
No plaque with my name?
These days, hitting the barn's roof, from the inside, a challenge.
The whites are finished, on the GC now.
Old pic.
Back when Markham Park first opened.
Buddy's new pistol, and he said to finish the mag.
My reply, you finish it, I'm just here to show you it works, and light up your new Thompson.
Took a ricochet, in the neck, as the Cops were shooting on the 50 yard range, when we went down range to change targets, on the 100 yard range.
The short wall, was made taller, right after that day.
No plaque with my name?
These days, hitting the barn's roof, from the inside, a challenge.
The whites are finished, on the GC now.
Old pic.
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Its a late 70s one, not new. Doubt Id buy a new Colt same as new S&Ws. 53 years ago there would have been no x or 10 ring....
Smithboomer
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A 2 inch group at 50 yards was the gold standard for target .45 pistols back in the bullseye match days.
H Richard
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My Series 70. (with a Kart barrel and action tune) I have been shooting for over 30 years, and still solid. At 85, I shot a 292 of 300 for my CCW Qualifications last year. I thought I should have done better.
Onomea
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Makes such a difference, doesn’t it? My optometrist initially gave me shooting glasses that focussed my eyes between the front sight and target, leaving both sorta fuzzy. Reading here I came across a suggestion to have dominant eye lens focussed on front sight, and other eye on target.
My optometrist was skeptical. Said this made many people feel discombobulated. Works great for me though. Much better than both eyes at an intermediate distance. Getting a sharp, clear view of that front sight is critical for me.
Onomea
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This is inspiring! I got into shooting late and at 74 believe I am getting better. Nice to know there’s significant runway left!My Series 70. (with a Kart barrel and action tune) I have been shooting for over 30 years, and still solid. At 85, I shot a 292 of 300 for my CCW Qualifications last year. I thought I should have done better.
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Green Frog
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Years ago my dad gave me a Colt Series 70 Service Ace. I had no use for it as I had a box full of High Standards, so I found a stripped NOS Gold Cup slide, then bought the parts to fill it. My colleague at school was a retired Navy team gunsmith, so he built me a Series 70 Gold Cup tuned to shoot wadcutters. It was and is all a 45 should be. 
it.
Very nice! I’m lucky enough to have a few of them. All series 80 or newer though.
Here’s the one I shoot the most:
Series 80 stainless with a little work. The pistol in front is a “NRM” 1991a1 that went to the Colt Custom Shop.
Here’s the one I shoot the most:
Series 80 stainless with a little work. The pistol in front is a “NRM” 1991a1 that went to the Colt Custom Shop.
cherrypointmarine
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Ok , I'll play . Just don't tell my PC guns I own these . Should have wiped them down before taking a picture .
Green Frog
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Back in the 70s it was pretty much a given that a new Colt (Gov’t or GC) was actually just raw material for building a serious Bullseye gun. The one I described above had to be extensively fitted to make it the gun it is!
Froggie
Mine didn't start out as a Gold Cup, just a Government Model and yes it is highly modified. Back then the top pistolsmiths would actually build up a standard Colt barrel and recut and refit it! These days match barrels, like Karts are plentiful and easily fitted. Accurails and/or CNC machining make fitting slides to frames the old way obsolete.
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