Colt Woodsman referance book
Can anyone recomend a good referance book on The Colt Woodsman. I seem to find more and more of them lately and feel a little schooling is in order.
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Go to Bob Rayburns site, at this link. He sells a pocket sized quide that is very helpful to carry with you at gunshows, gunstores etc.
http://www.eskimo.com/~rayburn/woodsman/0 -
Get a copy of "Colt Rimfire Automatic Pistols" by E. A. Brink for the definitive book on the Colt Model S. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by JudgeColt
Get a copy of "Colt Rimfire Automatic Pistols" by E. A. Brink for the definitive book on the Colt Model S.
Brink's book is dated, ( circa mid 80's), and out of print. It would probably set Deerehart back $200.00, to even to get his hands on one. Rayburns is $10.00, and his last revision dates to 2007.0 -
Jeeze, I would sell my Brink's for half that Rufe. There is not, as far as I know a really updated and exhaustive volume on the Woodsman (I collect the Huntsman version), but Rayburns is probably the best short course around.
I have several Huntsman, one shooter, more that are in the 97%+ range. I couldn't afford Woodsman but I grew up shooting them so I went to huntsman. Nice accuracy, better than I am capbable of.0 -
quote:Originally posted by He Dog
Jeeze, I would sell my Brink's for half that Rufe. There is not, as far as I know a really updated and exhaustive volume on the Woodsman (I collect the Huntsman version), but Rayburns is probably the best short course around.
Amazon has (1) copy of Brink's book on their site @ $260.00. If I was Deerehart, I would jump on yours for that price!
As a aside, I just picked up a nice Huntsman as a shooter recently. First year of production, very accurate and reliable. Outstanding little pistol, quality wise.0 -
I've got several. A pre war, a second series target, a second series match target, and one of the newer colt target 22's. And I love every single one of them!
Here's some practical advise you may not get from the books......
If you get a pre war, be sure that you get the original magazine and that it functions correctly. Aftermarket magazines will drive you crazy with skip feeding and stovepiping problems.
The second series woodsman requires it's own special magazine also, due to the fact that it has a trigger disconnect and the ejector is spring loaded to pop the magazine out of the gun. Aftermarkets won't work, period.
All of the third series models, and second series challenger have the magazine latch on the bottom of the grip, and allow you to use the newer colt 22 stainless steel magazines, which are plentiful. I've converted some of these magazines to fit the first series, and while it takes some time and is a bit costly, they load and feed incredibly slick.
So obviously, the magazine that comes with the gun is a very important consideration.
As a side note, U.S. Firearms had plans to re-introduce the pre war woodsman. Don't know where they are at with that, but you can bet they'll be expensive puppies for sure. Should make a nice source for quality magazines, though.0 -
"Brink's book is dated, ( circa mid 80's), and out of print."
That is true. However, the guns have been "out of print" even longer, so how does the book become "dated" when nothing has changed with the guns in the nearly 35 years since the last one was made?
The poster asked for a good reference book on the Model S. Brink's book certainly qualifies as a "good reference book." Mr. Rayburn's book is a small pocket guide and is in a different class from Mr. Brink's book. The poster would be better "schooled" to acquire both.0 -
I have Brink's book which I bought from him at an OGCA show years ago. Mine is copyrighted in 1982 and is a 1984 printing. It is a good reference and certainly worth having.
Getting both Brink's book and Rayburn's book is a good idea.
Gun research is never done even for guns that are themselves out of production. A book is just a progress report from one perspectice at the time of the book. New information continues to emerge from research and some of the new information will contradict the published information.
My High Standard research has produced quite a bit of information that contradicts published information in the various books on High Stadnard. Burt had indicated that newer data contradicts some of the data in the Madis book. I suspect that the same will be found to be true of Brinks book and of any other gun book.0
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