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Colt Double Eagle Commander .40 S&W

Sperry
A favorite DA/SA semi-auto has come up for auction. I'm overbid, and will not return to the fray. To the nay-sayers of this failed bid to become the military's next sidearm, the Double Eagle in .40S&W Commander was always a favorite to shoot. The size, weight, and recoil were all right for me in those days. When I removed myself from California I sold it to a local collector, figuring once in the state, it should stay. You cannot "import" one into California.

This model was reportedly only produced in 1992. Wiki claims an Officer's .40S&W was also produced in 1992, but I've heard neither hide nor hair of this version.

https://www.GunBroker.com/Item/781300035

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  • Sperry
    It was my first Colt, and other real Colt being an 01091 (there may have been a couple of pocket guns in there, and a SA blued .380 did make the rotation).

    The Double Eagle was my 3rd purchase after an AMT 380 Backup SA and a Buckmark, the biggest caliber to date, and I enjoyed taking it apart many times. Always got it back together. :-)

    I learned the two biggest events to quickly flood a small gun shop in a rural area with used inventory: law enforcement order to dispose of firearms and divorce.

    The .45ACP was competing for the military contract, I think. All the other variants were for . . . variety?

    As far as its mechanical nature, heck, I was happy it went BOOM every time I pulled the trigger. No tin can was safe from me! As long as it was close enough to read the smaller print across the label [:D]
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  • buschmaster
    feh! S&W 4006

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  • Sperry
    Clunkiness aside, it was a big heavy clunky piece of machined stainless steel. I always thought the felt recoil was diminished from the weight and reduced load over the .45ACP version. Paid $525 in '03 or so, and bought it under advice from the shop owner, who pointed out "these don't come along too often; you can buy that other NIB gun any time you want".

    The collector who bought it from me handled the Colt like it was the chalice Christ himself drank from at the Last Supper.
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