What's written on the box...

[cliff731]

Has got me a bit puzzled... :confused:

I know what's inside the box... and it is a blued finish Colt made in 1976.

So... obviously "STL" as hand written in the "FINISH" block doesn't imply "stainless".

What else could it represent?

http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w266/pentaxuser01/Folder%203/Folder%204/ColtCommander9mm3-1.jpg

Any and all help is greatly appreciated... :D

[Hawkmoon]

"Steel"?

[cliff731]

"Steel"?

Hawkmoon,

That's exactly what I was thinking. It is a steel frame Colt.

Maybe that's what Colt's employee was thinking in 1976.

I do know that for a Colt from 1977, the box is marked "N"... and that one is a nickel plated Government Model.

Cliff

[dakota1911]

I would think Steel also since Colt didn't introduce SS till 1984.

[OD*]

Yep, it stands for steel, my 1984 stainless steel MKIV is marked S STL, under finish.

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb274/OD1911/f2b90324.jpg

[DuckRyder]

O.K., now that we have that out of the way, where are the pictures of what is in the box? ;)

*Never mind, found them in an old thread*

Nice!

[cliff731]

Thanks, Dakota1911 and OD*... that's good information.

Dakota, you're spot on with that date for introduction. I did see one recently, if I recall correctly, over on Collectors Firearms site. This was a pre-1984 stainless Governent Model Series 70... a prototype of sorts that was evidently released from Colt's archive collection and sold via an auction house with other Colts (a previous sale). It wasn't there last night, so I guess someone bought it.

Duckryder... I hope to get newer and better photos to follow up on what you viewed... :)

[OD*]

Thanks, Dakota1911 and OD*... that's good information.

Dakota, you're spot on with that date for introduction. I did see one recently, if I recall correctly, over on Collectors Firearms site. This was a pre-1984 stainless Governent Model Series 70... a prototype of sorts that was evidently released from Colt's archive collection and sold via an auction house with other Colts (a previous sale). It wasn't there last night, so I guess someone bought it.

Duckryder... I hope to get newer and better photos to follow up on what you viewed... :)Good memory, Cliff. ;)

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb274/OD1911/STS9mmS70-2.jpg

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb274/OD1911/STS9mmS70.jpg

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb274/OD1911/STS9mmS70-5.jpg

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb274/OD1911/STS9mmS70-letter.jpg

[cliff731]

Good memory, Cliff. ;)

OD*, that, sir, is the one I saw! http://forum.m1911.org/images/icons/icon14.gif

I hope you are the most fortunate soul who brought that Colt home! :)

Cliff

[OD*]

OD*, that, sir, is the one I saw! http://forum.m1911.org/images/icons/icon14.gif

I hope you are the most fortunate soul who brought that Colt home! :)

CliffNo Sir, I wish though. I only saved the pictures. ;)

[LoadedColt45]

"Subject Revolver"...?

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb274/OD1911/STS9mmS70-letter.jpg

[Rio Vista Slim]

"Subject Revolver"...?

Yeah, I saw that too. :)

[dakota1911]

Maybe cutting and pasting in a word processor with a lack of proof reading before sending?

I would hope there are more SS mod. 70 guns from the 1983 time frame out there. I would think Colt would have worked with and tested more than one gun prior to manufacturing them for sale. I could even see prototypes that would be part SS and part blued steel or part Aluminum alloy and part SS. Hopefully they weren't destroyed.

[OD*]

Typo I'm sure, everything use matches the pistol.