Series 70 Reissue Stainless

[feathers73]

Did colt ever make the original 70 series in stainless? I've thought about getting one but I don't recall seeing an original in that configuration.

[OD*]

Did colt ever make the original 70 series in stainless?
No sir.

The first stainless were Series 80s.

http://mysite.verizon.net/od45/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/coltad.jpg.w560h327.jpg

http://mysite.verizon.net/od45/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/coltad2.jpg.w560h330.jpg

[Joni Lynn]

No, the original was blue or nickle.
Here's my new one, it's a great shooting 1911!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/Joni_Lynn/Colt70Gov.jpg
My original series 70 in nickle
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/Joni_Lynn/GovtSeries70-1.jpg

[azreloader]

So Joni

What are all those wheelguns I see in the background? You a Smithshooter too?

[Joni Lynn]

Ahhh...............yes, there might be a 'few' S&W N frames 'n stuff in there somewhere. I try to rotate them a bit so each gets a few trips to the range each year.

[dakota1911]

No. Colt introduced SS around 1984 by which time the Series-80 firing system had been deployed. This is why I want the new Series 70 SS. A gun that was never built. O.K. The new ones have better sights, nylon MSH, blah, blah, blah. Still a nice gun.

[azreloader]

O.K. The new ones have better sights, nylon MSH, blah, blah, blah. Still a nice gun.

Say it ain't so! :scared:

[dakota1911]

I had one and sold it to a nephew, so I don't have it in my hands now. Not 100% sure that the MSH was Nylon. On the other hand that is like a $40 part. Save whatever came with the gun.

[OD*]

Say it ain't so! :scared:
Mine came with a nylon MSH.

[Ogie]

No. Colt introduced SS around 1984 by which time the Series-80 firing system had been deployed. This is why I want the new Series 70 SS. A gun that was never built. O.K. The new ones have better sights, nylon MSH, blah, blah, blah. Still a nice gun.

I love mine! It's a great shooter and a great looker too.

[Ogie]

No sir.

The first stainless were Series 80s.

http://mysite.verizon.net/od45/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/coltad.jpg.w560h327.jpg

http://mysite.verizon.net/od45/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/coltad2.jpg.w560h330.jpg


So what was the color of the medalllions on the first stainless steel Series 80 Government Model? I can't tell by the picture you posted. In fact I can't tell that it is stainless steel. Maybe my eyes are getting bad?

[Rio Vista Slim]

Mine came with a nylon MSH.

While I can't speak with any authority on the guns being shipped from Colt at the present time, both of mine (purchased in May and June of 2006) have steel mainspring housings.

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a294/RioVistaSlim/IMG_0898.jpg

[Chocobo]

My blue one have nylon and my stainless one have steel MSH. So I guess it can be both.

[OD*]

So what was the color of the medalllions on the first stainless steel Series 80 Government Model?
My 1984 and 1987 had silver.



I can't tell by the picture you posted. In fact I can't tell that it is stainless steel. Maybe my eyes are getting bad?
Probably not your eyes. ;)
That is an add that Colt released when they introduced the stainless model, it didn't scan very well.

[OD*]

While I can't speak with any authority on the guns being shipped from Colt at the present time, both of mine (purchased in May and June of 2006) have steel mainspring housings.

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a294/RioVistaSlim/IMG_0898.jpg
Mine was a first year production pistol Slim, and they came with a flat plastic. ;)