Coming home from the gun store
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Coming home from the gun store
With a NIB stainless Colt Night Commander. Im in my truck but pics to follow.
I seriously have a problem.
I seriously have a problem.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. - Thomas Edison
Re: Coming home from the gun store
So you finally found one. I can't wait to see the pictures.gigag04 wrote:With a NIB stainless Colt Night Commander. I'm in my truck but pics to follow.
I seriously have a problem.

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Sweet pics and targets please.
"I am a Free Man, regardless of what set of 'rules' surround me. When I find them tolerable, I tolerate them. When I find them obnoxious, I ignore them. I remain free, because I know and understand that I alone bear full responsibility for everything I do, or chose not to do."
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Congratulations. 

Cougars are shy, reclusive, and downright mysterious... 

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So did some searching - this is a Talo special edition. I have #344 out of 750.
http://www.taloinc.com/colt.htm#NC" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; - this explains why I couldn't find it on the main Colt site. Unfortunately I wont have time to shoot it today. Hopefully I can go sunday afternoon back home, or it will have to be during the week. This will eventually be my new primary off duty gun.
The above TALO link has a better stock photo. Here is a quick iPhone pic.

I'll take some quality pictures soon. Those aren't scratches - they're smudges from my inability to put the thing down. I'll have to steal the fiance's dSLR and do work.
http://www.taloinc.com/colt.htm#NC" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; - this explains why I couldn't find it on the main Colt site. Unfortunately I wont have time to shoot it today. Hopefully I can go sunday afternoon back home, or it will have to be during the week. This will eventually be my new primary off duty gun.
The above TALO link has a better stock photo. Here is a quick iPhone pic.

I'll take some quality pictures soon. Those aren't scratches - they're smudges from my inability to put the thing down. I'll have to steal the fiance's dSLR and do work.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. - Thomas Edison
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I sill have a burning desire for a Colt CCO. But I couldn't resist this one's charm.WildBill wrote:So you finally found one. I can't wait to see the pictures.gigag04 wrote:With a NIB stainless Colt Night Commander. I'm in my truck but pics to follow.
I seriously have a problem.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. - Thomas Edison
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Wow.. that is just.. beautiful..
Please send me the old ones. Thanks. You are THE best.

Please send me the old ones. Thanks. You are THE best.


We don't need no stinking badges!
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Sweet!
Looking forward to the range report.
Looking forward to the range report.

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Dag gum thats nice! Congratulations!
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I brought home a Compact CDP today too! It was too close to being dark, so I'll have to go shoot it in the morning. Congrats on the new pony!
Mine:

Mine:

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Congrats on the new pistol!gigag04 wrote:With a NIB stainless Colt Night Commander. Im in my truck but pics to follow.
I seriously have a problem.
So, what's the problem?

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All guns have at least two safeties. One's digital, one's cognitive. In other words - keep the digit off the trigger until ready to fire, and THINK. Some guns also have mechanical safeties on top of those. But if the first two don't work, the mechanical ones aren't guaranteed. - me
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All guns have at least two safeties. One's digital, one's cognitive. In other words - keep the digit off the trigger until ready to fire, and THINK. Some guns also have mechanical safeties on top of those. But if the first two don't work, the mechanical ones aren't guaranteed. - me
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And for your viewing displeasure - I present the new and improved idiot mark. This variant spares the ugly scratch on the frame and goes right for the slide. Don't sneeze while reassembling your new stainless pistol....now I know...

It's a light scratch that can be buffed out I'm sure - but it will be a carry pistol so I probably won't mess with it. Still hurt though.


It's a light scratch that can be buffed out I'm sure - but it will be a carry pistol so I probably won't mess with it. Still hurt though.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. - Thomas Edison
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Ouch! I'm sure it did.gigag04 wrote: Still hurt though.

I did a lot of research about the dreaded "idiot scratch" when I got my 1911 and to this
day I still live in fear every time I put my gun back together. Been lucky so far.
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Mine had the idiot scratch when I got I swear. 

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Jesus was not politically correct, therefore I refuse to be
To my mind it is wholly irresponsible to go into the world incapable of preventing violence, injury, crime, and death. How feeble is the mindset to accept defenselessness. How unnatural. How cheap. How cowardly. How pathetic-TN
Jesus was not politically correct, therefore I refuse to be
To my mind it is wholly irresponsible to go into the world incapable of preventing violence, injury, crime, and death. How feeble is the mindset to accept defenselessness. How unnatural. How cheap. How cowardly. How pathetic-TN
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Target as requested:

This was about 25 rounds from between 3 -10 yards. I was favoring right slightly until I got my eyes dialed into to not having dots on the rear sights, only the one up front. It's a great shooter. I had one FTF out of 200 rounds that I couldn't trace to anything in particular, so we'll call it breaking in headaches. The trigger is not as smooth as my 40 year old, highly worked Gold Cup, but it is a defense handgun so I'll accept it. I'll run it by Teddy Jacobson (actions by T) sometime in February to get the action honeyed up just a hair. Don't really have my eye on any mods right now. Maybe at some point I'll send it to Colt to have the front strap checkered, get a new MSH, and de-horned.
I didn't realized how accustomed I had gotten to Aluminum frame 1911s. This one is all steel and I LIKE it. It takes the recoil much better, and allowed for much quicker follow up shots.
Highly recommend, as with any Colt.

This was about 25 rounds from between 3 -10 yards. I was favoring right slightly until I got my eyes dialed into to not having dots on the rear sights, only the one up front. It's a great shooter. I had one FTF out of 200 rounds that I couldn't trace to anything in particular, so we'll call it breaking in headaches. The trigger is not as smooth as my 40 year old, highly worked Gold Cup, but it is a defense handgun so I'll accept it. I'll run it by Teddy Jacobson (actions by T) sometime in February to get the action honeyed up just a hair. Don't really have my eye on any mods right now. Maybe at some point I'll send it to Colt to have the front strap checkered, get a new MSH, and de-horned.
I didn't realized how accustomed I had gotten to Aluminum frame 1911s. This one is all steel and I LIKE it. It takes the recoil much better, and allowed for much quicker follow up shots.
Highly recommend, as with any Colt.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. - Thomas Edison