What IDPA and IPSC shooter use Colt

[Metal]

I have just recently gained interest in competition shooting and I was wondering if there are any famous IDPA and IPSC shooter that use Colt pistols.

[Airedale]

Metal,
I don't know of any current top USPSA shooters shooting Colts. Wheelgunners almost all shoot S&W. Limited guys run, mostly, STI/SVI,production guys normally run plastic and SS / L10 guys run a myriad of 1911s.

If you are on the Louisville/Lexington side of the state, you can shoot USPSA every weekend in about an hours drive.

www.practicalshooters.com has most of the local area clubs listed.

If you need any help getting started, shoot me an email. This is a good area for shooting.

Dave

[Rich-D]

The "Famous Competition Shooters" use the guns provided by the companies who sponsor them.

Rich

[OD*]

The "Famous Competition Shooters" use the guns provided by the companies who sponsor them.

Rich
BINGO!

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[RickB]

Colt used to sponsor a USPSA team, the most visible members of which were Jerry Barnhart and (the then) Sharon Eddington. Jerry was arguably the only guy who ever consistently beat Robbie, and Sharon won a few lady's titles, as well. As for use of Colt pistols, almost everyone was using them in the '70s, and into the '80s, until Springfield started to make a dent, and then when the sport went almost completely hi-cap, Colt didn't really have a product that went with the game. You saw Paras with Colt slides, but STI and SVI have completely ruled the roost for many years.
The best performance I've witnessed with a Colt pistol, is when a buddy of mine, shooting a stock Colt M1991A1, beat Smith & Wesson's sponsored shooter and his $3000 Performance Center gun, at a USPSA Area championship. :)

[Metal]

The best performance I've witnessed with a Colt pistol, is when a buddy of mine, shooting a stock Colt M1991A1, beat Smith & Wesson's sponsored shooter and his $3000 Performance Center gun, at a USPSA Area championship. :)
I would like to have seen the look on the sponsored guys face when he realize he lost to a stock Colt.

[Jeffrey]

I have just recently gained interest in competition shooting and I was wondering if there are any famous IDPA and IPSC shooter that use Colt pistols.

I don't know about the IPSC part but I believe Hunter shoots IDPA. He is a famous Colt shooter. :D

[mtngunr]

BINGO!

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Double bingo.....this is like asking who builds the best NASCAR ride, Ford or GM....they drive what they're paid to drive.....locally, the number of folk who use Colt as a base gun for competition is huge.....sure, they might pull a Wilson out of a shooting box, but most of their "babies" are customized Colts, whether action-shooting or bullseye.....this was a suprise to me.....maybe everybody DOESN'T read the morning paper and swear it's God's word?....will wonders never cease......

[Hunter]

Thanks Radar, no I am not even close to famous but I have fared very well in a few IDPA matches with my Gold Cup Trophy.

[mtngunr]

Thanks Radar, no I am not even close to famous but I have fared very well in a few IDPA matches with my Gold Cup Trophy.

You, too, huh? I'm probably the most famous person you've never heard of in the entire world....in the inner circles of the world's best shooters, my name is probably not mentioned more than anyone else's.....

[daveohno]

I'm not even a very good shooter as evidenced by my scores at the matches I go to, but I use a Colt at all the matches I go to.

[mtngunr]

There used to be a brisk trade in take-off pre-80 gun slides for competitors to slap on the rising star hi-cap frames...enough so that Colt made a new run of the slides, even though all they were selling were S80 guns which match shooters did not want....since the supply dried up on both, pros work with what they're given, coupled with what's most available while giving them a gun that holds up decently...

[irq23]

Maybe now that single stack is a permenant division is IPSC (which is the largest of the shooting sports), Colt may have a reason to sponsor some shooters again. A previous poster already made the observation that the sport went almost completely towards high capacity 1911's. Who knows though-- dont flame me for this-- but Colt has not been what I would call "suportive" of the civilian firearms market as of late. At least not in relation to their AR15/M16 division.

[OD*]

Who knows though-- dont flame me for this-- but Colt has not been what I would call "suportive" of the civilian firearms market as of late. At least not in relation to their AR15/M16 division.
If you're talking about magazine capacity and the bayonet lug, buy from Colt Defense and not Colt Manufacturing. ;)

[auto45]

I don't believe Colt views "sport shooting" as a market for their guns.

[irq23]

If you're talking about magazine capacity and the bayonet lug, buy from Colt Defense and not Colt Manufacturing. ;)
OD are they actually two separate entities?

[RickB]

I don't believe Colt views "sport shooting" as a market for their guns.

A little would go a long way, in Colt's case. A lot of manufacturers "sponsor" competitive shooting, by donating products to be given away as prizes. Some makers have elaborate sponsorship "programs", while others will send a discount coupon or a stack of shirts or hats. Last year, our IDPA state championship had eight or nine prize guns, most bought at a steep discount from Springfield, with one Smith & Wesson that was an outright donation. One year, Colt came through with a donated pistol. We get discount offers from CZ, Para, and others. One company that absolutely refuses to participate in this sponsorship in any way, shape, or form, is Kimber. They'll pay for two or three color ads in a mag, but they won't support the shooters who support them. Colt was the title sponsor of End of Trail, for many years, and they had a team of sponsored shooters in IPSC, so I don't think it's a matter of their not seeing a market, but their inability to absorb the costs; their total lack of advertising is an indication of how much money they have to throw around. I think they could make a dent in USPSA and IDPA, if they spent some time (that is, money) promoting their single stack pistols. And, there is a HUGE market for ARs and their accessories. Springfield sponsored a M1A match at Camp Perry, this year; why couldn't Colt do the same for ARs? But, again, it takes $$$$$.

[OD*]

OD are they actually two separate entities?
Yes Sir.

Colt's Manufacturing Company LLC is a completely separate company that designs, manufactures and sells Colt handguns and Colt Match Target rifles.
http://colt.com/

http://www.coltsmfg.com/cmci/home.asp

[auto45]

A little would go a long way, in Colt's case

Possible, but at this point they don't even sell a production 1911 with a fitted beavertail, let alone a 9mm, etc, etc.

All the new models from Colt have been historic, WWII, WWI(2) or self defense style....totally opposite of "target/sporting/competition". Clearly, they are not interested.

I think they sell all they make anyway. ;)