Colt Commando Information requested
I bought a Colt Commando today from my local pawn shop. It is serial number 43404, has greyish black parkerizing, no military markings, and reddish brown plastic grips. I know it is a WWII era revolver, but that's about all. Condition is good overall with some wear on the finish on the barrel's sides. Lock-up is excellent and the revolver is mechanically very sound. What would Colt charge for a letter telling the history of the revolver and is it worth getting? Can anyone tell me its age or any other information? I paid a total of $187 so even if it doesn't have any collector value it should be a good shooter anyway. There is the letter "I" on the bottom of the grip, but other than the model name and colt patent, etc. on the barrel I didn't see any other markings. Thanks in advance for any responses.
"Let him step to the music he hears, however measured or far away." Thoreau
"Let him step to the music he hears, however measured or far away." Thoreau
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Supposedly? 50,000 were made during W W II. I always questioned that figure. It seemed to me they would be a lot more common then they are, if it's correct.
Basically a Official Police with dull unpolished finish and various shortcuts to expedite production. Primarily for use by various stateside security and paramilitary oganizations, i.e. rentacops.
Seems to me you got a outstanding deal, I would be very happy.
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Yeah, that's pretty cheap. Your factory letter will run about $150. Log on to Colt, it's on their site.
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I'd say the cost of a factory letter would be a gamble. Especially being from the WWII era, I'd think Colt might only show date of manufacture and that it was shipped to whatever gov't agency handled distribution of firearms to defense contractor's security forces. Where it went from there would likely be tough to obtain.
However, if you decide to get the factory info I'd be curious to hear what you learn.0
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