hoss
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Post by hoss on Apr 30, 2012 21:23:27 GMT -5
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cubrock
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Post by cubrock on Apr 30, 2012 21:39:49 GMT -5
That is really neat, but I find their ad copy misleading. They say it is a factory conversion, then go on to describe how it COULD be a factory conversion. If there was factory documentation that the work was done at Colt, I'd be all over it at that price. Knowing Collector's and their pricing, their price speaks to the lack of documentation. Still, if I was made of money, I'd be on the phone with them in the morning.
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hoss
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Post by hoss on Apr 30, 2012 23:31:21 GMT -5
I'm not up on Colt pricing, other than to know I couldn't cough up that much scratch for a gun that I wouldn't want to shoot too much: still, the work is neat, and the finish looks pretty good for a gun with a BP frame that was customized for someone with pretty definite opinions on what they wanted in a working gun. If it could only talk...
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Post by boxhead on May 1, 2012 1:33:11 GMT -5
Agree. They are very careful in their wording to not outright say it is factory work. That is Collector's IME. That said, I have landed a few deals from them when they had something that they didn't know much about.
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Madbo
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Post by Madbo on May 1, 2012 8:12:57 GMT -5
I like it a lot......then I like all things "King" a lot! Cool thanks Hoss!!
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Post by Boge Quinn on May 1, 2012 8:42:24 GMT -5
An "Old Frontier"!
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Post by Frank V on May 1, 2012 9:16:28 GMT -5
I am re-reading Sixguns by Elmer Keith. I think he & Harold Croft had many Colts modified with adjustable sights. He even said he offered Colt the loan of some of them so they could improve the Colt SAA. He said Colt didn't take him up on it.
This is an interesting gun, it'd be very interesting to see what it letters to. Frank
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cubrock
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Post by cubrock on May 1, 2012 9:18:46 GMT -5
Yes. If it lettered that the work was done at the behest of Colt, it would be worth quite a bit more than the current asking price. My guess is that someone sent the gun to King's to have the work done. As such, they have it priced on the high side of what I would consider market - but that is typical for Collector's.
Very neat gun that I would love to own - just not for 3 grand.
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Post by bigbore45colt on May 1, 2012 14:20:50 GMT -5
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Post by bobwright on May 1, 2012 17:11:03 GMT -5
Anybody else notice that the hammer spur seems to have been bobbed slightly? And black powder frame?
Bob Wright
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Post by Ken O'Neill on May 2, 2012 7:04:51 GMT -5
Madbo, this is right down your alley!
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