Post by CXM on Oct 31, 2021 17:40:18 GMT -5
I realize I have a weakness... I'm a sucker for a Colt Government model 45... Just no way around it so I might as well admit it up front.
So why was surprised when I went into my local gun shop yesterday??? Well a funny thing happened at the LGS yesterday... curious funny... not ha ha funny.
I stopped in and did some browsing... I spent some pleasant time browsing the empty primer shelves, as well as the powder shelves... brought back memories of the old days when Obummer was president (I didn't say happy memories.) After perusing the empty ammo shelves I wandered over to the pistol cases...
The pistols mostly had the usual stuff, a good supply of Glocks, a few SIGs and a few S&Ws. There were also a couple of 6" new Python 20s as well. I asked the owner if there was anything interesting available (sometimes he has not put stuff out the minute it comes in.) He told me the only thing he had gotten was a somewhat beat up old Gold Cup... My ears perked up some at that... I asked to see the gun even if it was an old beat up Gold Cup. Seems there is not much demand for old worn target pistols these days...
So, out came the pistol and was placed on a mat in front of me...
Sure enough it was a Colt's National Match... and an old one at that... a pre series 70 in fact... And not marked Gold Cup on the gun, though the box is marked Gold Cup. The serial number is NM rather than GC as well... so it may be the box is not original to the gun.
Well,it was clearly used... grips had wear as did the slide and parts on the slide... but no rust at all. I was allowed to field strip the old gun and not only was it in good condition, it was white glove clean inside... it became obvious someone had taken care of this old gun. Barrel was in great condition with on signs of wear in the barrel either. I suspected this was used as a target gun with cast 200 wad cutter bullets.
The owner starting to smell a sale closed in for the kill... "It has the original box and a holster that come with it. Wanna see me?" DID I WANT TO SEE THEM?
So he fetched the box and the holster. The box was not in good shape... but it was an old Gold Cup box of a style only used for a few years in the 1960s... The holster to my surprise was an old Safariland #3 in a russet color of a type I bought for my first carry 45 way back when... It struck me some of the holster wear may have been from the gun being carried as a CC pistol...
Now I have wanted one of these holsters since the late 1970 when I came back from my first overseas tour to replace the one I foolishly let go when I went overseas in 1974. And there it was in front of me...
Anyway, it was clear I was hooked and after some minor negotiations I took the old (turned out to be a 1968 production) came home with me... I'm sure happy to have the pistol AND the holster...
FWIW
Chuck
So why was surprised when I went into my local gun shop yesterday??? Well a funny thing happened at the LGS yesterday... curious funny... not ha ha funny.
I stopped in and did some browsing... I spent some pleasant time browsing the empty primer shelves, as well as the powder shelves... brought back memories of the old days when Obummer was president (I didn't say happy memories.) After perusing the empty ammo shelves I wandered over to the pistol cases...
The pistols mostly had the usual stuff, a good supply of Glocks, a few SIGs and a few S&Ws. There were also a couple of 6" new Python 20s as well. I asked the owner if there was anything interesting available (sometimes he has not put stuff out the minute it comes in.) He told me the only thing he had gotten was a somewhat beat up old Gold Cup... My ears perked up some at that... I asked to see the gun even if it was an old beat up Gold Cup. Seems there is not much demand for old worn target pistols these days...
So, out came the pistol and was placed on a mat in front of me...
Sure enough it was a Colt's National Match... and an old one at that... a pre series 70 in fact... And not marked Gold Cup on the gun, though the box is marked Gold Cup. The serial number is NM rather than GC as well... so it may be the box is not original to the gun.
Well,it was clearly used... grips had wear as did the slide and parts on the slide... but no rust at all. I was allowed to field strip the old gun and not only was it in good condition, it was white glove clean inside... it became obvious someone had taken care of this old gun. Barrel was in great condition with on signs of wear in the barrel either. I suspected this was used as a target gun with cast 200 wad cutter bullets.
The owner starting to smell a sale closed in for the kill... "It has the original box and a holster that come with it. Wanna see me?" DID I WANT TO SEE THEM?
So he fetched the box and the holster. The box was not in good shape... but it was an old Gold Cup box of a style only used for a few years in the 1960s... The holster to my surprise was an old Safariland #3 in a russet color of a type I bought for my first carry 45 way back when... It struck me some of the holster wear may have been from the gun being carried as a CC pistol...Now I have wanted one of these holsters since the late 1970 when I came back from my first overseas tour to replace the one I foolishly let go when I went overseas in 1974. And there it was in front of me...
Anyway, it was clear I was hooked and after some minor negotiations I took the old (turned out to be a 1968 production) came home with me... I'm sure happy to have the pistol AND the holster...
FWIW
Chuck
