Colt 50th Aniv. 82nd Airborne Edition

[Prosecutor]

Does anyone know anything about this edition or where I can look for more information. A search turned up almost nothing.

I saw this pistol at a shop in Fayetteville, NC. Nice looking gun with 82nd Airborne symbol embedded in wooden grips and airborne symbol engraved in the slide.

Thanks.

[paul45]

No, I don't know about that particular one.....but thought I would say Colt has in the past made countless small runs for groups who commission those runs, such as police agencies, etc. , that would be only available to members of those agencies and not sold thru retail outlets. I would assume the model you are seeing is something like that.

[dakota1911]

I would agree with paul45. I did try a few quick searches and found this page at forum.m1911.org, so it is not a well known gun. I would call Colt with the serial number and see what you could find out for free.

I know guns like this seem not to have generated a lot of collector interest. My father was in WWII and grandfather in WWI, and there are collector guns of all sorts out there but I would rather live my life than relive theirs. I was in Nam and the last thing I want is a gun that reminds me of the fun I had over there. Right now be the "good old days" to me.

[OD*]

You are certain it's Colt produced, right?

[Prosecutor]

First, I'll say thanks for the responses so far.

I am sure that it is produced by Colt in 1990 or so. I found it yesterday at a gun shop in Fayetteville, NC and looked it over closely. The serial number is something like 82AB****. I found another one for sale (Google cache) on an old auction site. I'll see if I can snag a picture.

Incidentally, it makes sense that I would find this gun in Fayetteville, NC...home to Fort Bragg and the 82nd Airborne.

Thanks.

[daveohno]

I'm surprised you can find any Colt's for sale in NC, Hunter, Larry and Paul are all over there.....

[tombstone]

I saw these - could you have seen this commorative gun with the 82nd grips? This gun however, is Auto Ordnance, not Colt. See the links below.

http://www.ahfrichmond.com/projectgraphics/132air45.ahf

http://www.gungrip.com/catalog_products_with_images.php

[Prosecutor]

I saw these - could you have seen this commorative gun with the 82nd grips? This gun however, is Auto Ordnance, not Colt. See the links below.

http://www.ahfrichmond.com/projectgraphics/132air45.ahf

http://www.gungrip.com/catalog_products_with_images.php

No sir, that is a different gun. The pistol I saw was manufactured by Colt. I found another example in Tennessee on an old auction page. I am looking for the pictures. I hope to be able to post them in a minute.

[Prosecutor]

Here are some pictures I found from another auction site. This pistol was in Tennessee.

These should at least convince everyone that I am not crazy. :)

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b78/Prosecutor/Colt82nd.jpg
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b78/Prosecutor/Colt82nd2.jpg
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b78/Prosecutor/Colt82nd3.jpg
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b78/Prosecutor/Colt82nd4.jpg
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b78/Prosecutor/Colt82nd5.jpg
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b78/Prosecutor/Colt82nd6.jpg

[OD*]

That's neat, I had never seen one.
Thanks.

[Prosecutor]

That's neat, I had never seen one.
Thanks.


Glad to share it. I am going back to Fayetteville tomorrow and seriously thinking about buying this thing. It feels great in my hand. It looks even better in my hand. Just a nice looking pistol.

The only thing holding me back is the price. I don't mind spending $1,250.00 on a gun...I do that often enough....it's just usually for something that is not rare or collectible. I don't need a safe queen. My IWB holster would destroy the finish on this gun.

[azreloader]

How much are they asking for it and did you buy it yet? (Edit: oops, you beat me to it) I paid $1000 for a Lew Horton Commander that was not nearly as cool as that one.

[tombstone]

Now, that's a nice looking Colt! And great recognition of our Airborne troops.