colt commerical 1968 price check?

[ap3572001]

I found a new and UNFIRED Commercial colt 1968. (No box or manual). Condition is 100%. Is 1250.00 a fair price?

[dsk]

IMHO that's a bit steep, but not outrageously so. If it still had the box and manual it'd be worth the price. Since those are missing it's more a matter of how "perfect" the pistol itself really is. It was around the mid-1960's that Colt first began having some issues with quality control, once the company had been bought out by a larger corporation and the workforce unionized. A lot of the old hands that had been working there for decades either retired, or left after being dissatisfied with the changes going on. The result was a lot of "new blood" was brought on board, and their lack of experience with shaping, polishing, and fitting the parts showed. For example, my father has a 1966 Government with a badly mis-shapen triggerguard and uneven slide edge, which was something I never saw on any Colt made prior to that time period. The majority of those I have seen since have had some sort of flaw as well. If the example you see displays no apparent cosmetic issues then it was likely put together by the workers who knew what they were doing, in which case I for one would be more inclined to pay a premium for it.

[flusher]

Here's an earlier 1951 Colt Government


http://publish.hometown.aol.com/flusher2/myhomepage/gun%20colt%20govt%20pre%2070%20l.jpg