Is it a good trade? Series 70 VS Colt LW

p0838

April 18, 2004 09:08

Can trade a very nice bright nickel original Government Series 70 45 acp for a mint all correct Commander Lightweight LW series 45 acp circa 1968. Is it an even trade? Is the recoil in the LW[?] Commander severe?

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  tomh.

  April 18, 2004 09:14

  Hi Howard! I haven't seen many catalogs for sale lately! But I saw your bid on a....1950? High prices lately, huh?
  Anyway, sounds like a good trade to me if both of you are happy. Prices look comparable.

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  Xracer

  April 19, 2004 05:32

  Values are about even-steven!
  
  Recoil is no big problem. Just a bit more than a full-size steel 1911.
  
  BTW, a LW Commander has been my carry gun for 30+ years.

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  Rafter-S

  April 19, 2004 20:55

  For a carry gun, the LW Commander would be my choice. The bright nickel gun will show wear quickly.
  
  If you are a collector, both guns (in good condition) are hard to come by.
  
  The LW will have more recoil than the all steel government model, but it's not objectionable.
  
  My humble 2.5-cents worth,
  Rafter-S
  
  "What is truth? No wonder jesting Pilate turned away. The truth, it has a thousand faces -- show only one of them, and the whole truth flies away! But how to show the whole? That is the question."
  --Thomas Wolfe, "You Can't Go Home Again" (1934)

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