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I posted this on the Colt forum, but thought it worth sharing here also.

A family portrait of almost a complete set of 2nd gen standard Blackpowders. Missing is an 1860 fluted and a Baby Dragoon. The Walker and the 1849 pocket are actually 3rd gens, but their finish almost equals the "C" series of the 2nd gens. I'm letting the 1849 pocket model fill in for the baby Dragoon. I haven't convinced myself that I need the two missing models since I don't care for the look or design of either. The implements are also Colt marked.

The Walker is in the center--then starting with the upper right pistol and going clockwise. A 1st model Dragoon, 2nd model Dragoon, 3rd model Dragoon, 1851 Navy, 1849 Pocket at bottom, 1862 pocket Police, 1862 pocket Navy, 1861 Navy, and 1860 Army

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Great collection FO!!!!! I love those 2nd and 3rd Generation Colts.

I just purchased a friend's 2nd Generation 'C' Series '51 Navy that he bought when I bought mine back in 1977. I saw how he treated his ROA the last time we went shooting so I had to get that Colt away from him. Its now safe and sound at my place. :)
 
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Don't forget the Heritage Walker, the Lee and Grant Commemoratives and the Cavalry Commemoratives AND the stainless steel versions! :D

Nice collection, the C-Series '51 Navy is a favorite of mine.
 
Fantastic collection. The cloth they're laying on accents the pieces. Now, if it was on a big wood shield, that would be museum quality.
 
Thanks all for the comments!

@ swathdiver---I actually do have a couple of the sets you mentioned--the cavalry set, and a US Grant. Also, the pocket police in the picture is from a
1 of 500 French fitted cased set series they did for several models.

A lot of the commemoratives have too much garish bling on them for my tastes, but the sets mentioned are rather plain. Usually nothing more than a special serial number and a unobtrusive rolled engraved name on the side of the barrel. I will only buy them if I can get them for less than the individual
components are worth because otherwise commemorative are horrible
investments.

Here's a shot of the cavalry set, which I won just over a year ago--in a GB.com penny start auction for an unbelievably low price that was only $200 more than the set sold for way back in 1979.

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That Cavalry set with the shoulder stock is very nice, but as I don't collect "Colt" Colt repros, I have to ask the question:

On cased sets like this, why in Hades did they come with such plain wood? The left pistol is satisfactory, but the right pistol and the shoulder stock is wood from an average field-grade firearm. To me, other than overall condition of the firearm(s), nicely figured wood is such an eye-catcher!

I guess that is why Reinhart Fajen and Bishop did much business back in the day.

I even upgrade the wood on my Piettas with more figured grips from EBay. :eek:

I'm assuming (bad thing to do) that a cased set like that would never be fired, so why would the market not want a more beautiful appearance?

Just ramblin'.

Jim
 
FO, yep, don't care for the bling bling tiffany revolvers but those Colt Cavalry sets are right up my alley. I've purchased a couple over the years but the next set will be for shooting! I wondered if your PP was from the French set! Ha!

Now there were about forty Colt Cavalry sets with the gold trim around the barrel muzzles and crossed swords if memory serves, missed one on GB about 2 years ago for below regular price of the standard set!

Enjoy!

Expat: They C-Series and F-Series and sets like the 200th Anniversary Colt Cavalry Commemorative set are genuine lettered Colts made throughout the 1970s and into the 1980s. To me, the wood is beauty to behold when you have them in your hands, they feel just perfect! I'm a fan of Pietta's and Uberti's and ASM's but none compares to these and I've had the oppurtunity to hold almost all of them side by side at one time or another. I think Colt wanted to look high end but not too fancy, not like museum guns, but guns to be shot and enjoyed. Most however are investments, not to be shot but to be admired and used as a commodity.
 
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To me, the wood is beauty to behold when you have them in your hands, they feel just perfect! I'm a fan of Pietta's and Uberti's and ASM's but none compares to these and I've had the oppurtunity to hold almost all of them side by side at one time or another. I think Colt wanted to look high end but not too fancy, not like museum guns, but guns to be shot and enjoyed. Most however are investments, not to be shot but to be admired and used as a commodity.
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I couldn't agree more. I own and shoot the Uberti and Pietta repros and love them all but nothing feels as good in the hand or when the action is worked as tight as a 2nd or 3rd Generation Colt.

However, that's the problem!! When these were first offered and all the way through their production run ultimately ending in or around 2003, most probably nearly 99% of the people who bought these Colts never fired, never cocked them and more than likely only took them out of their original boxes to oil and clean them then right back in it went.

The real beauty of these Colts was how good of shooters they actually were, but all too few of the people that bought them when they were available realized that.
 
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Good morning,
I certainly plan on using my Colt. I didn't buy it to sit and look at it all of the time. After I'm dead and gone, someone else can sit with white gloves and oil and polish it to their heart's content.
regards!
 
forward observer

That's has to be one of the nicest collection of Colt black powder revolvers I have ever seen, short of some collection in a museum somewhere. Thank you for sharing it with us.
 
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That's has to be one of the nicest collection of Colt black powder revolvers I have ever seen, short of some collection in a museum somewhere. Thank you for sharing it with us.
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Thanks, but I know that Fingers McGee has me beat, and I'll probably never catch up. It's fun trying though.

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Very nice collection and photo forward observer.

Finger's those '51's are nice looking. Are the grips American Holly?

I bet the Goonerized '61's are sweet. I have a C-Series 3rd Dragoon that I got used/fired already that I want to send him eventually.
 
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