Originally Posted by watch4bear
Originally Posted by 41magfan
Enjoy that gun but treat that little Colt gently. Parts and service on all the older Colt revolvers is becoming more and more of a challenge. Factory support is VERY limited (or even non-existent) and just about all of the "old heads" that did competent work on them are either dead or retired. I predict a lot of old Colt revolvers are going to become expensive paperweights as time passes.



I had an old fella tell me he could fix a colt new service I had. It came with a bag of parts, when a friend gave it to me.

The old guy spent all summer on it, and finally bought it from me for 100 bucks, He said he was close grin


I can believe it.

I had an interesting conversation with Fred Sadowski many years ago about an issue I had with a DS. It became pretty apparent to me that keeping these old guns running was going to become a big deal as there were few (if any) gunsmiths taking up the mantel. The only guy I know of currently that might still be a source is Frank Glenn.

The uninitiated are always easily impressed.
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