I Rescued A Queen Today.

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Lef T

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For over three years now,a fellow CGN and myself have joked back and forth about a Series 70 Colt he has kept stored away in the dark recesses of his safe.
He bought it as an estate item and never fired it.
We believe it has never been fired.
I told him if I ever bought that pistol from him,it would definitely be fired.
Well,he called my bluff,told me the price and said "Deal or no Deal"
Needless to say I picked it up today.
I had only seen two crappy pictures he had sent me, but today got to handle it in person.
Oh MY!!!
Colt Series 70...1979..small rollmark...100% pristine condition.
A beautiful piece..tight..no rattle..a very decent trigger.
We both laughed away.
It exceeded my expectations.
A virgin queen.
For over twenty five years she has been locked away in the deepest of dungeons and it took this brave soul to set her free.
Well...I will deflower her...but definitely no changes to this baby.
I can see it now.Those hot summer days...sipping lemonade..shooting some pins with my buddies.
The king gets a queen.
Before anyone rants about how this story is useless without pics,I took some, but for the last two hours tried linking them to this post via photobucket.
I give up.
Hey,I'm a brave knight,not a computer whiz.
If anyone can help post pics to this thread let me know and I will send them to you.
Hope you enjoyed my story.
Thank you to my CGN friend for supplying the map to the dungeon.
This queen will remain with me forever.
 
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Recently have had a similar experience...
Have a friend who does a little gun buying/selling and picked up some NIB...
I couldn't resist one...a Colt Combat Commander, blued in 38Super.
He had bought it from a collector, along with a bunch of unfired units, and I
have every intention,(once the paperwork clears!), of making sure that this
'sweety' gets a though 'barrel warming ceremony'....
I came to the conclusion that any unit earning a place in my locker(s) would 'earn it's keep'!:D
 
Posting pics for Lef T....very nice gun BTW.

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Interesting pistol.... the slide markings look very much like pre Series '70 slide markings. In fact I have a Colt Commercial mfg in 1968 that has similar slide markings....

What does the script on your slide say?
 
Lef T said:
Well...I will deflower her...but definitely no changes to this baby.
I can see it now.Those hot summer days...sipping lemonade..shooting some pins with my buddies.
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We'll se how long before you are forced to put a set of sights on her - I figure a box of shells and all the pins still standing will do it. Beautiful peiece, I am quite envious.
 
Sorry for the crappy pics guys.
I tried my best to get good shots of rollmark etc,but that's the best I could do. I'll have to get someone to shoot some pictures of it.
The rollmarks say Government Model COLT Automatic Caliber .45
It is actually more black than the pictures show.
There is no pitting on the gun,just a bit of grease,reflection and bad lighting.
I love the rollmarks,without the series 70 designation.
Barrel is stamped series 70.
I'm going to shoot it this weekend.
I'm interested to see how it shoots ,especially with the collet bushing.
As for the sights....mmmm...I've got a buddy who shoots pins with a GI .45 Colt and he always whomps my ass big time.
I figure if he can do it with those sights,so can I.
 
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Well the mystery deepens.
I posted this story on the 1911 forum and DSK,a well respected contributor
said that the grips weren,t original and the slide was from the sixties.
Whoever did put this pistol together,did it with the utmost care.
The series 70 barrel,collet bushing,etc. are pristine.
I put the gun under my magnifying lamp and there is not a nick in the magwell or anywhere on this pistol.
Perhaps it was the old guys dream Colt gun.
Maybe it was in the stars.
Maybe I'm too old now to experience a virgin.
I'm a bit disappointed,but this gun is just so sweet and well fitted that
I am having a chuckle over having thought I slept with a virgin last night..
I'll probably never know how this pistol got this way.
Doesn,t matter.
It was meant to be mine.
 
Still a keeper despite the mismatch...

Lef T said:
Well the mystery deepens.
I posted this story on the 1911 forum and DSK,a well respected contributor
said that the grips weren,t original and the slide was from the sixties.
Whoever did put this pistol together,did it with the utmost care.
The series 70 barrel,collet bushing,etc. are pristine.
I put the gun under my magnifying lamp and there is not a nick in the magwell or anywhere on this pistol.
Perhaps it was the old guys dream Colt gun.
Maybe it was in the stars.
Maybe I'm too old now to experience a virgin.
I'm a bit disappointed,but this gun is just so sweet and well fitted that
I am having a chuckle over having thought I slept with a virgin last night..
I'll probably never know how this pistol got this way.
Doesn,t matter.
It was meant to be mine.
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I thought that it wasn't matching, looks like the 'experts' confirmed it... a Series 70 frame with a pre-Series 70 slide [my 1968 mfg Colt commerical government .45 has the identical slide].

It is in nice shape & still quite a find, though. Nicely assembled. A Colt that a guy can still be proud of. Great find & a keeper for sure, despite the mismatch.
 
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