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Today, 08:12 AM

snakeman99 replied to a thread Engraved 1945 Colt Official Police in Colt Revolvers

Here are examples of the "V" pattern. Most Glahn engraved revolvers have one or more of these marks.

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Today, 07:47 AM

what would you say replied to a thread Colt Cowboy in Single Action Army

Forum member, RayB has the Colt cowboy serial number thread going where people can add their Cowboy serial and configuration. I think he’s kept...

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Yesterday, 10:05 PM

68python replied to a thread NASA Trip in The Lounge

Sounds like you did good...

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Yesterday, 10:03 PM

68python replied to a thread Why is it so difficult to speak with somebody at Colt? in The Lounge

Usually 2-3 days to reach someone at regular Colt #. For Archive , usually has worked ,or got call back shortly from Paul.

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Yesterday, 09:45 PM

68python replied to a thread Gunbroker python in Python

We have seen some later T's can have some interesting DOS's, surprisingly late like '90-'91. Of course we don't have any documentation of DOS or...

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Yesterday, 07:08 PM

snakeman99 replied to a thread Engraved 1945 Colt Official Police in Colt Revolvers

Does the "Engraved" label on the box look anything like this one?

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Yesterday, 06:23 PM

snakeman99 replied to a thread Engraved 1945 Colt Official Police in Colt Revolvers

Yes, it would help to see the box as well...

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Yesterday, 05:17 PM

what would you say replied to a thread Is this acceptable for a Turnbull restoration? in Single Action Army

I was just about to say that it’s sort of funny that it resembles a 1st gen with the misaligned serial.

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Yesterday, 05:12 PM

what would you say replied to a thread Why is it so difficult to speak with somebody at Colt? in The Lounge

It’s a timing thing. I’ve had a handful of days when it seemed like it was kind of bad, but many many more times, I’ve called with no wait at all. ...

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Yesterday, 04:11 PM

snakeman99 replied to a thread Engraved 1945 Colt Official Police in Colt Revolvers

I would first get a archive letter from Colt to verify that it was factory engraved. While I'm definitely NOT an expert, I've had a couple of...

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10-14-2019, 09:00 PM

68python replied to a thread python information in Python

Like news outlets and wikipedia , don't assume stuff in books is gospel.

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10-14-2019, 08:38 PM

snakeman99 replied to a thread Assist Identifying Colt revolver grips in Colt Revolvers

Left pic are Viper (tall) and Detective Special/ Cobra (mid 70's) grips. Lower pic are late 60's Diamondback grips. Wanna sell the DS grips? I'm...

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10-14-2019, 08:23 PM

68python replied to a thread python information in Python

+1. Don't know of any books that give accurate Python info.

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10-14-2019, 04:40 PM

what would you say replied to a thread Colt Cowboy in Single Action Army

I have a couple of Colt Cowboys and that is correct.. the frame is chemically case colored.

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10-14-2019, 04:23 PM

68python replied to a thread Gunbroker python in Python

Late T serials are all over the map. This could be '89 to '91 easily. The fuzzy medallions look sort of like the 150 years medallions. The...

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10-14-2019, 03:50 PM

what would you say replied to a thread Colt Cowboy in Single Action Army

Here’s a little something that Dfaris wrote up some years ago. The Cowboy model has been the topic of discussion many times, and thusly makes it...

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10-14-2019, 03:35 PM

68python replied to a thread Gunbroker python in Python

Can we still post auctions for opinions? Posted one for others' benefit yesterday, and the thread was nuked.

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10-14-2019, 12:38 PM

what would you say replied to a thread Check out NIB SAA Nickel in 86000 range in Single Action Army

Uh. Alrighty then. The makings of another infamous rare production piece for the avid Colt SAA collector.

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10-14-2019, 10:32 AM

snakeman99 replied to a thread 1977 Colt Police Positive Info Needed in Colt Revolvers

Welcome to the forum. The Police Positive Special was made for many, many years (1907 to 1995) and in a variety of calibers. They are a very common...

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10-13-2019, 09:50 PM

what would you say replied to a thread Colt Cowboy in Single Action Army

As witnessed by the testimony in the previous post, there is a collector niche for the Colt Cowboy model. I have a few that added a few years back...

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10-13-2019, 06:58 PM

68python replied to a thread Trading nickel for stainless python? in Python

Sell it and buy a nicer- finished nickel, or buy a BSTS as you say. Do not spend any time/neurons cogitating on when a BSTS Python was built,...

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10-13-2019, 06:44 AM

what would you say replied to a thread 1972 Colt Peacemaker 22lr / 22mag w/ box in Colt Revolvers

I found this one hiding in plain sight at the local shop. It’s the same gun parts from the 1977 that we’ve pictured and own, except this one was a...

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10-13-2019, 06:38 AM

what would you say replied to a thread 1972 Colt Peacemaker 22lr / 22mag w/ box in Colt Revolvers

It looks right to me, Dallas Cowboy. “The Right to Keep and Bear Arms”

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10-12-2019, 09:56 PM

68python replied to a thread another what's it worth. Sorry in Colt Revolvers

You're asking for WAGs, so 1700... If was snubby, would have better estimate.

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10-12-2019, 08:35 PM

68python replied to a thread 3" Snake alert in Python

This is my main area of collection, snubby Pythons. All 2.5" and 3" are suspect, until confirmed by original numbered box, or Colt letter, or Colt...

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10-12-2019, 07:45 PM

what would you say replied to a thread New 1911 Black Army? in Colt Semiauto Pistols

Here’s my “black army “ along side the AnvIII model, which have the same finish .. same gun .. Except for some differences in rollmarks. Seems from...

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10-12-2019, 03:35 PM

what would you say replied to a thread Blue 45LC Colt SAA in stock at the Tombstone website. in Single Action Army

They’ll sell ‘em at that price. ....but not to me. Colts msrp did go up last year, and I would pay that if I were looking to buy. Somewhere in...

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10-12-2019, 03:04 PM

68python replied to a thread New to forum in Python

Don't really need spares, but guess you could get a spare hammer though. Don't need side plate screws.Clean it, Ren Wax it if it looks nice,...

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10-12-2019, 05:52 AM

what would you say replied to a thread New to me, 2004 Nickel 45 SAA in Single Action Army

For some reason, it was not too uncommon to find nickeled SAA’s in pairs back when there WERE SAA’s readily traded and availability in local gun...

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