[MtnSpur]

I personally think you may have given more than that little fella is worth due to the finish issue but if you're happy that's all that counts. I picked up the Government MK IV .380 (1984) that the wife wanted at my new favorite LGS and ended up walking out with a Gold Cup Trophy compliments of the little woman. I think I made out better than she did, but it's all good.

This one went for $700 and I think I did ok (I typically don't tell what I paid for something but that's a FWIW on your deal):

 

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Ive got to run to work right now but we are going to talk about this when I got back. Ok I suppose compared to the fine specimen above my finish is less than perfect but dont forget Im in California. Just to see a Colt for sale is a opportunity and as for 380's all we see is Mustangs and Kimbers. Strangely I feel Kimber sold out for bending to the California antigun legislators so the slightly unequal trade (-$200 to me) didnt sting at all. Possibly aided by this forum, the Colts in my Safe began multiplying so... I had to make room.

It's all good and I forgot that you're in Kalifornistan where they have the goofy "drop & pop" test lists (yuck).... I've not spent any time looking at Kimbers other than when they failed to feed for the guy next to me on our range qualification. I think he literally took it out of the box, loaded the magazine and expected everything to work (factory crud has a tendency to muck up the works methinks). We had a forum member that worked for a guy that offered a lot of Colts on GB from Kali and he hated that he couldn't buy the guns due to the restrictive legislation on some models. Haven't seen him on here or GB for quite some time.

Like you said, it's a Colt and that's what matters. Demographics does play a part in what the same model pistol will fetch across the country. I'm in Texas, we're blessed

 

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Don't have a rattle on mine. It's a pretty tight little pistol, mfg in '84 I believe.

 

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Ivory Grips arrived today

Nutmeg? Those look great and are on my list for mine, or my wife's depending on who you talk to