70 Series Combat Commander Question.
I won a Satin Nickel .38 Super Combat Commander from a recent GB Auction and have a question about it. The serial # is 70SC22XX and the frame is steel. However, the slide says "COLT'S COMMANDER MODEL", which I thought indicates an aluminum framed gun. The finish on the slide and the frame is consistent, and it looks un-molested. Does this slide belong with this gun, or was I misled? I hope I didn't get ripped off. Thank you for your help.
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SC in the serial=Combat Commander satin nickle 0 -
Colt is not real careful about such things. My Ace .22 is on a 70B frame and I have seen .45s on SM numbered receivers.
They used "Commander Model" slides on Combat Commanders as available during the early production of the steel framed guns. Maybe they had steel frames ready before the "Combat Commander" roll stamp was finished and they wanted to get guns out the door. One dealer said the first 1200 but he was trying to make them out as "collector's items." I have seen others of later manufacture marked backwards, too.
I am confident your satin nickel gun is original.0 -
Thank you for the replies. I feel a little better now about the gun's originality. 0
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