For old revolver buffs only - Colt's best

[johnjohn]

All beautiful old guns.

 

[Kookla]

For years I was shooting a club owned .22 l.r. Colt OMM until the timing went bad somewhere around the estimated 60,000 round count. I had liked the gun enough to buy my own OMM, a 1961 vintage, that I shot for a few years before I sold it off when I realized, that I did not shoot it anymore since I had bought my first Korth.
In post #5 Driftwood Johnson shows a photo of the action of the Colt with the side plate removed. Compare it to the Korth and maybe you will understand why I have come to the decision to sell the OMM.
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Is that a gas strut for a spring?

 

[John Joseph]

It broke my heart when I found that near the end of Colt's DA heyday they used a plastic part to simplify fittting the D frame cylinder latch

 

[jjadurbin]

What a great thread -- thanks to all...

 

[GunnyUSMC]

I only have two Colt revolvers. Both M1917s. The one on the left need a new hand, someone fitted one to it that is to thin.

 

[GunnyUSMC]

A better pic

 

[Jeff62]

09 45lc

 

[LEP]

I don't own any Colt revolvers but I like it when others appreciate the workmanship of these older revolvers. Nice set of posts.