Colt Officer Model Target

[Onomea]

Nice!

This one is 1928, if memory serves:

 

[Checkman]

I love those old stocks. Great.

 

[H Richard]

David, any idea who made the grips?

 

[DCWilson]

David, any idea who made the grips?

I think they are a rarely encountered Colt factory design. I have seen the exact same pattern on a gun in Wilson's Book of Colt Firearms, and there are similar but not identical stocks on guns produced in the same decade. See the ones on Onomea's 1928 OM, for example. (I think they may be quite a bit older than the gun, but I confess that I am not an expert on the varieties and dates of Colt stocks.)

 

[Art Doc]

Yes, Colt stocks. A rarely seen option on very early target models. Very pricey if shopping for a set. Note the checkered trigger. Early Colts had lots of deluxe features like checkering on triggers, cylinder releases, etc. By the 1920s it had all disappeared.

 

[glenncal1]

I have OMT's in .22

and .38

This gun now has proper wood grips. I am on the search for an OMT in .32, but they are scarce and $$$.

 

[j38]

Here's one from 1915. It is a superb target revolver - and closing in on 100 years old.

Jerry

 

[Checkman]

That is a very fine looking revolver. Very nice.

 

[Checkman]

I have something of a sickness... er, fondness for the Officers Model Colts.

You never fail to impress with your collection Saxonpig. Beautiful.