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26th April 2007, 17:52
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Officer frame, Commander slide mystery
Last year I obtained an Officer’s Series 80 Mk IV, serial SFxxxxxE, model 09180E. Although the box indicated a 3.5 inch barrel, the weapon had a high-gloss Commander’s slide with the 4.25 inch barrel. The gals at Colt made a great effort to come up with the weapon’s pedigree, but in the end all they could verify was that occording to their records, the weapon was shipped as a 3.5 inch barreled weapon.
After many months of e-mails and phone calls, here is what I found out from Lew Horton; Dear Michael, This gun was one of 125 Colts sold to us in January of 1997 from Colt. They were originally ordered by a police department (hence the slide conversion) who never bought them as they turned around and cancelled their order. The guns were then offered to Lew Horton Distributing (us) for purchase. We then purchased the "cancelled" lot from Colt with the already swapped slides. The guns were labeled used but actually were not. This labeling (USED) is what Colt designated the guns as their order from the police department was cancelled after production. Hope this helps you out... and sorry again for this request slipping through the e-mail "cracks"!!! So it would seem that there may be another 124 Officer framed, Commander slid weapons from this run in late 1996. Mike |
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26th April 2007, 18:13
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Sounds like a CCO of some type. can you post a picture of your gun?
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26th April 2007, 18:38
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Very interesting find, Mike!
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26th April 2007, 20:02
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That is an interesting find. Now you have a collector on your hands, and a nice one at that.
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26th April 2007, 22:58
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How unique! Mike, it would be great to see pictures of your Colt. Fantastic story--sounds like it was well worth the effort you went to in order to document it's history.
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26th April 2007, 23:13
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Another mystery unraveled!
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26th April 2007, 23:20
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Officer's frame, commander slide
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27th April 2007, 01:37
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27th April 2007, 06:40
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I've got one too!
And my dealer in Indiana told me the same story in 1997. Glad to hear someone else confirm it. My guy said the PD canceled the order because when they got the stainless guns they said "we wanted blue guns".
Here's mine... I have had work done to mine by Novak. Novak low mount nite sites, hi-ride beavertail, carry bevel, bead blast finish. I love it, but feel free to tell me how stupid it was if you wish.  I can take it. |
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