Officers Model Target

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Cigarlvr313

Discussion Starter · Jan 17, 2014

I just picked up a pretty nice 1949 OM Target in what I think is its original box...........if it's not the original its still been stored in it for a while........every "divot and dent" in the box fits the pistol perfectly but I'm anxious to hear from the experts! S/N is 755 XXX which looks like a 1949 to me? Was this the last of the Targets made before switching to the Match? Let me know what you guys think, I noticed it is missing a screw in the front sight to adjust and another in the rear which I assume was a lock screw. I havent had time to shoot or clean it, it's just the way I found it..........$775

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Cigarlvr313

Discussion Starter · #2 · Jan 17, 2014

Here are a few more..............

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Cigarlvr313

Discussion Starter · #3 · Jan 17, 2014

and more box............

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Cigarlvr313

Discussion Starter · #4 · Jan 17, 2014

The trigger on this pistol is amazing!!

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Colt-SL

· #5 · Jan 17, 2014

Congrats on the acquisition! These really are special guns! Good job on the photos!

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Cigarlvr313

Discussion Starter · #6 · Jan 17, 2014

Thanks Tony, do you think the box is original? What can I do to save it without ruining it?

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capstan

· #7 · Jan 17, 2014

Very Nice one. I love mine. It is great shooter and that front sight adjustment is special. I might be wrong but that looks like the highly desired leatherette box.I don't keep track of the details of what box goes with what gun,but my guess is that one looks right for 1949(But I could be wrong).

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Cigarlvr313

Discussion Starter · #8 · Jan 17, 2014

I'd like to try to preserve the box but I'm not sure how to go about it

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Walter Rego

· #9 · Jan 17, 2014

Nice gun. Numrich shows stock for a replacement rear sight screw: 257390 Rear Sight Lock Screw

OFFICIAL POLICE. Accessories | Numrich Gun Parts

The Officers Model Target parts are listed along with the Official Police parts. I would buy a couple of screws just in case you lose one, they are tiny little buggers.

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JudgeColt

· #10 · Jan 17, 2014

Why does the box need "preserving?" Do you really mean the box needs to be "repaired?" If you mean the latter, then you repair what is wrong with it by carefully gluing the split corners and the like. These boxes are difficult to repair invisibly once the covering over the underlying cardboard is gone, so the repair may show. You will have to decide which is more important.

A Post-War Officers Model Target should have Coltwood stocks, so the wood stocks are incorrect. Finding a set of early, highly-colored Coltwood stocks will be difficult.

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Colt-SL

· #11 · Jan 17, 2014

Cigarlvr313 said:
Thanks Tony, do you think the box is original? What can I do to save it without ruining it?

Looks like it to me. Personally I keep my Colt's boxes stored separately from the guns in the vaults. I store them in a climate-controlled basement in plastic bins with extra desiccant packets.

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Cigarlvr313

Discussion Starter · #12 · Jan 18, 2014

Thanks for the positive comments. I think I will start out by cleaning and shooting the pistol tomorrow and then going about seeing what I can do to repair whats left of the box.

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