Intersting Colt Combat Commander

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aegiswa

Discussion Starter · Jun 27, 2019

I stopped by the Cabela's and found this Colt CC in the Gun Library I couldn't resist taking it home and the wife was encouraging me so ...
I was excited when I first saw it, as it is hard chromed with square checked trigger and front strap checkering looked like my Swenson and it has the “barrel positioner” - but no Swenson markings...
The other noticeable parts are the Kings - safety, slide stop, trigger shoe and hardball sights.
Upon farther inspection the barrel has been welded up all around for a refit, locks up tight!
Anyway here are some pics, I'm hoping someone might have some inkling of who might have done the work Serial # look up is 1974 -

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aegiswa

Discussion Starter · #2 · Jun 27, 2019

I should note these were the before pics - it cleaned up nicely - that bit of rust was just surface

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SparkyAZ

· #3 · Jun 27, 2019

Now that is completely cool.

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Coquio

· #4 · Jun 27, 2019

Did Cabela's Know what it was? or just sold as a normal Commander?

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Greg Derr

· #5 · Jun 27, 2019

Nice, I see a Swenson esk barrel tab and a Kings safety. Looked hard chromed. Very nice.

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aegiswa

Discussion Starter · #6 · Jun 27, 2019

Coquio said:
Did Cabela's Know what it was? or just sold as a normal Commander?

They had it for pretty much a Colt Combat Commander Cabela's price ~$850 out the door - seems like what they are going for around here.

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Jim w.

· #7 · Jun 27, 2019

King Tappan sights, King's trigger boot, thumb safety.
Done there?
Not King's slide stop, though.

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WC145

· #8 · Jun 27, 2019

Looks like a great catch for $850!! I'd have grabbed it for that, for sure. Style wise it looks like it could be a King's gun or maybe a Hoag but both marked their builds. The barrel positioner looks very similar to the one in my King's/Capone built '48 Colt-

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Steve in Allentown

· #9 · Jun 27, 2019 (Edited)

Nice.

Watch out for problems caused by a clocking extractor.

If you do have problems, I recommend fitting an EGW oversized, flat bottom firing pin stop along with one of their heavy duty extractors.

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aegiswa

Discussion Starter · #10 · Jun 28, 2019

Jim w. said:
Not King's slide stop, though.

I'm not a Kings expert and was using some pics of their builds I had found like the one below:

I thinks it looks pretty much the same save the beveled area on the front.

Steve in Allentown said:
Watch out for problems caused by a clocking extractor.

I had the same thought but when I disassembled it actually has a bevel on that edge and is not clocked - not sure what the purpose is..

WC145 said:
Looks like a great catch for $850!! I'd have grabbed it for that, for sure. Style wise it looks like it could be a King's gun or maybe a Hoag but both marked their builds. The barrel positioner looks very similar to the one in my King's/Capone built '48 Colt-

Thanks, I sure wish it had someones mark on it, I have a Hoag and Swenson both Combat Commanders and the work looks similar - I am happy regardless I feel it was a hidden gem and glad to have found it!

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Jim w.

· #11 · Jun 28, 2019

Well, darn. It looks like the extended slide stop I discarded may have been a King's.
They just don't look like the catalog illustration.

I really miss King's, I like their extended safety and especially their Hardball and National Match sights fitting the GI dovetail without a hundred bucks milling machine time for somebody's fancy fixed sight.

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