WOW, I think I understand why this BB is not used much, sometimes it takes me over 5 min.'s to load a page.
Thanks again Bob for the link to the 32 info. I know Jim, Rick, and Roy Jinks very well as I've been a member of the S&W Collectors Association for over 30 years.
I also run the SWCA internet group for them.
I know what you mean about the pictures in some of the books, Jim tried to make corrections in his second edition.
S&W's I know, Colt Auto's I know, but the only thing I know about Colt Revolvers is to stay away from SA's because of the all the fakes.
I checked the listings in the Blue Book and they list about 9 different Models of DA Targets including the Camp Perry Model as follows:
1-Officers Model Target, First, Second, and Third Issue.
2-New Service Target.
3-Shooting Master Target.
4-New Police Target.
5-Police Positive Target, First and Second.
6-Camp Perry Single Shot.
Do you know if I missed any ?.
I guess that's 9 of them, of course I'm not counting all the Minor Variations, I've been that root with the S&W's and the Colt Autos and there more of a nuisance to me than anything else, most cant tell the difference without taking the gun apart or knowing what serial number range there in and if they don't look different on the "outside" no one seems to care.
I'm not counting all the various calibers or the different barrel lengths, just the basic Models, maybe if I become "advanced" in this field I'll pick up a few of the "odd" ones.
I do appreciate all your help and anything you can find out for me. I'm going to try an do a serial number list for each Model that I can understand in a day or two.
I tought for sure that there would be more action on this BB because most Colts seem to be a highly collected gun and it's hard to believe that it was started 9/2000 and only has 155 members ?. I don't know when I'll get back on this BB as it just takes to long for the pages to load, and I don't want to waste that kind of time doing nothing but looking at a blank screen. Maybe that's why it hasn't grown like some of the other BB's I'm sure there are more than 155 Colt collectors out there. IP
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by bfoster:
Ira Paine,
With a "handle" like Ira Paine, a man should have a deep interest in S&W.
Here is the source for my figure of 850 Colt OMT 32's. O'Meara I dropped "Doc" O'Meara an e-mail this A.M. asking for more information.
Here is a pic of this beauty:
As for prices, Supica's website is as good a barometer as any if you refuse to pay inflated prices. The worst of it is that he isn't really a Colt specialist (though many thanks are due to him for his work for S&W collectors).
Supica
Here is a website with some (good?) information and staggering prices.
Wimer's
Some of the items they list for sale have been there a l-o-n-g time!
The Haven & Belden book's illustrations consist mainly of reproductions of catalog information, with a number of pictures taken inside the Colt plant prior to WWII. Unfortunately, the main interest shown in the book is not DA revolvers. You'll find the scholarship regarding the SAA therein a bit "quaint". Not much solid to chew on. Have you a better reference than this?
If you'd like, I'll try to come up with a list, and the s/n ranges wherein these may be found. Counting more than minor variations (mechanical), and chambering, there were considerably more than 10 different target models offered in the period 1900-1945.
As an advanced S&W collector, perhaps you can point me toward some information I'd like to have. Is there a monograph dealing with S&W stocks? Jinks & Supica's books picture many revolvers with "wrong" stocks.
thanks,
Bob
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