Ever seen a colt double stamp?????

[02-fatboy]

Ok so I have a colt combat commander that I bought from a friend a while back. Its been double stamped one stamping right over the other? How could this have happened at the factory? Has anyone else ever seen one like this? Does the double stamp help or hurt the value? Any feedback on this subject would be greatly appreciated. Hope you enjoy the picture. Its kinds cool. Did this slip past QA at colt? Or did they just not care?


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[Texas Star]

Most factories have had such sloppy errors, and for several decades, Colt had serious labor problems.

That's one of the aspects that I examine before buying ANY firearm.

Another thing that really bugs me about most postwar Colt autos until fairly recent years is that you can usually look between the slide and frame and see the recoil spring. I'd half expect that on a Beretta made about late 1944-45 or a Polish P-27 made then, late war slave labor made guns or produced under German order against the feelings of the workers.

My son showed me that it's present on his Glock, which doesn't surprise me too much, either. But it is simply unacceptable on a famous name American-made pistol. I always inspected guns until I found one with absolutely minimal gap there, or none. Several times, I bought Browning HP's in lieu of a Colt, so ticked off was I over that issue.

 

[2152hq]

They work(ed) & got payed by piece work.
If they thought it could slip by QC and make it out the door,,it went on down the line.
It's always been pretty much the same in all the factorys, it's the mindset of the workers that changes. Lot's of things can effect that and labor & management issues top the list.

As pointed out Colt had big time labor problems in the 80's.
The UAW struck the plant for 5 yrs in starting '85 and production was done by replacement labor.
Most anything can be expected from that period of time. In the period before the strike and the time immediately after , they didn't necessarily produce collector class firearms either. They had problems for a long time. US Gov't took their M16 contract away at one point and gave it to FN in that period.

But to be fair,,double stamps,,missing stamps, wrong stamps can be found on all the different manufacturers firearms.
Some people find them a collector oddity especially when the stamping is a clear imprint but an obvious wrong one for the gun. Model and caliber markings are usually in that catagory.
Double roll marked or incompletely marked parts are generally seen as curiosity items but not something that most would pay extra for.
JMHO

 

[02-fatboy]

I have no intentions of ever selling this gun. Funny enough if I were to try and sell it I already have several different people some of which have been hounding me to sell it. I just thought it was kind of interesting. If you notice the double stamp too its to completely different stampings. I think is says CONN USA? and Colt MFG?? Its kinda hard to read. As far as the year goes I believe it was a 1981. I know colt had some issues in the 80's but I thought this was more in the later years. Also the gun is nice and tight just like I would expect it to be. I am sure some people might not agree with me but I wouldn't consider this gun to be made of poor quality by any measures. But then again its right here in front of me to look at and I have been able to shoot it. So I have more information to base my opinion on that the people here do and I might be somewhat biased on the matter?