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New to me 3rd generation Colt Woodsman 1972-73 manufacture.

Took it out shooting this last weekend & it did well. With one ammo type it put 5 rounds into .75" @ (50' rested) but right on the bullseye.

I really think this pistol has been sitting in a gun safe for the last 40 or so years, it had a few issues with the first 2 magazines then was flawless for the last 100 rounds.


Enjoy.

That was a good find.

41rem: Good for you on the great find!
I used to frequent the Seattle Sporting Goods Sportsland stores out in Puget Sound country.
They were a great chain - I bought many a firearm from them.
That original $100.00 price tag you included in one of your photos made me swoon!
Enjoy your new pistol.
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy

Nice score. I had one and traded it off. Need to replace it and have some fun like you are having.

I grew up here & don't remember them at all. Where were the stores located at?



Now I do recall Warshall's & Ben Paris, also the big Sears store on Lander st. had a great gun counter back when I was a kid.

41rem: There was one in northeast Seattle at 47th and Roosevelt, one on Rainier Avenue and McClellan, one in downtown Renton (I was born and raised there) and others in like Des Moines and Burien IIRC.
I worked off duty at Warshals for many years protecting the Jews who owned it and worked there from the dark skinned "urban" youth.
I spent all my checks on GUNS and Nikon cameras and lenses.
Great people who owned and worked there.
Bill Warshal loved me and always wanted me to accompany him to the Seattle Tennis Club (where he was a member) to play him at tennis - I never did, to ritzy (exclusive) for me.
One day Mr. Warshal took me outside and pointed to the huge Federal Building that took up the whole adjoining block - he smiled at me and told me he owned that block and was leasing it to the Feds - he said they were the best "tenants" he ever had and they were never late with the rent!
Good for him and may he rest in peace.
Maybe you remember the Seattle Sporting Goods Sportsland stores with the original name = Seattle Sporting Goods?
When the Mormons bought them out they changed the name to Seattle Sporting Goods Sportsland (now Big 5 Sporting Goods).
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy
P.S.: Don't forget the wonderful gunshops at Eddie Bauers and Frederick and Nelsons - aahhhh... the good ole days!

that's a dandy, 41.

Thanks guys I'm enjoying this little 22 pistol.

I too blew a lot of my hard earned cash @ Warshall's on guns, fishing & camera gear. They had it all!


I do remember a "Sportswest" store down in Westwood village, between West Seattle & White center. SW Barton & 26 SW. It's a big five now.

My dad purchased a few guns from that store, an older gentlemen named Casey was really nice to deal with.

I picked up my Remington 870 wingmaster 12 gauge there a few days after turning 18. That would be 1976. Good times, local ducks & honkers were scrambling!!

I have a pre war target in an old Heiser flap holster. I have carried that gun for decades. I used it for 9 years as I was escorting deer and elk hunters. It was used it to finish off close to 100 wounded head of game. The most natural pointing handgun I ever had. I have shot flying birds by just pointing. Of course mine isn't a safe queen. It looks like it got pulled through a knot hole backwards. Most of the bluing is gone and the checkered walnut grips are worn smooth. I threatened my grandsons life if he ever refinished my Woodsman when he inherits the old Colt.

Sounds like sage advice, that Colt has served you well.

I got this 1920 pre woodsman last year.
It had been sitting in a safe. Not a gun safe, a bank safe.

Very Nice Pistol! I would have to do that as well (Bank Vault) or else I would shoot it.

I had a buddy who kept his pistols in a safety deposit box at the bank. Whenever we would go shooting, we stopped by the bank on the way to the range and he went inside with an empty brief case and came out with it full of pistols. He would clean them at the range and then on the way home we would stop at the bank and reverse the process. Kind of oddball, but he was eccentric in many ways. The only real downside was the inability to sit by the fire and fondle them. Perfect security and perfect climate control was his desire, but I can't imagine doing it today without setting off all kinds of alarms and creating a news-worthy crisis.