Last edited by fatdog; 06-09-2021 at 08:54 PM.
@Dagga Boy wrote once that, back in the day, it was not uncommon in larger departments to find boxes of Colt revolvers that had gone out of time and needed repair. Supposedly, the hand on a Colt was a wear part; in effect, the guns were designed to go out of time and be repaired by installing a new hand.
Then there is the old saying that "the devil lives under the sideplate of a Colt revolver." Supposedly the lockwork on a Colt is about as complex as can be, with parts performing more than one function, so trying to fix one problem can induce other problems unless somebody really knows what they are doing. Fewer gunsmiths seem to work on them.
So, my guess is that an older Colt won't be as durable as a similar Smith. If you're buying one to have, maybe for a house gun or to go rambling with and to shoot from time to time, they're great. If you're going to run it hard in matches, maybe not so much.
If we have to march off into the next world, let us walk there on the bodies of our enemies.
When the last Colt armorer retired from the FBI gun vault, all the Colt revolvers (BuGuns and privately owned) were no longer authorized for use. All repairs had to be done at the gun vault in Quantico.
The first indication a bad guy should have that I'm dangerous is when his
disembodied soul is looking down at his own corpse wondering what happened.
Thanks for the info all. Appreciate it.
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Sandy Garrett of Northern Virginia Gun Works in Lorton, Virginia is the last Colt factory trained armorer listed by the American Pistolsmith's Guild. He does all my Colt work and I've known him for over 50 years from when he was an Academy firearms instructor and armorer for our department.
That’s really a sad thing to hear. Not just in the gun world, but in other areas of fine machinery from an era where the phrase “remove and replace” got you a look like you had a third eye in your forehead. I have a GE refrigerator I inherited from my folks when they passed. Made in 1947 according to the data plate. It’s never had a service call. EVER. It’s ran continuously (pretty much) from the day my grandparents got it.
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Found two of these Colts in a store local to me.
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