Colt 100 Years of Service LW Commander

[sdmc530]

Originally Posted by DrHenley

Cool story, but...

2011...when colt was still colt!

[Rick McC.]

Originally Posted by sdmc530

2011...when colt was still colt!

What is it now?

The last one I bought was a Combat Elite in 2012.

I think I might have bought my LW Government Model XSE for the second time after that, but that doesn’t count.

[sdmc530]

Originally Posted by Rick McC.

What is it now?

The last one I bought was a Combat Elite in 2012.

I think I might have bought my LW Government Model XSE for the second time after that, but that doesn’t count.

they have been run poorly and not the same ol colt they were. I love colt, I have colt 1911's but their business hasn't been run well. When they suffer in the money they suffer in other aspects of the guns.

Now owned by Cannae Holdings, who has now gotten back into the revolvers. Thank goodness they did too, should have never stopped that market. I hope they can be as glorious as in past decades!

they need to keep their hands in the proper cookie jar so be as iconic as always.

Just my opinion of course!

https://www.thedailybeast.com/droppe...-goes-bankrupt
https://money.cnn.com/2016/01/13/new...tcy/index.html
https://www.investopedia.com/article...t-business.asp

[sdmc530]

oh our agency still uses M16 from the Vietnam era, I was really hoping they would jump over to Sig when we went to all Sig pistols and let us buy the Old Colt M16's in inventory they are really awesome. But they are sticking with what works still......

[Rick McC.]

Originally Posted by sdmc530

oh our agency still uses M16 from the Vietnam era, I was really hoping they would jump over to Sig when we went to all Sig pistols and let us buy the Old Colt M16's in inventory they are really awesome. But they are sticking with what works still......

That would be something!

As far as Colt; when they got bought out by whoever it was after they declared bankruptcy; there was a lot of info going around that several times prior, when holding companies or whatever bought them, it affected them badly. Seems that those companies would borrow a lot of money, skim most of it, not putting it into Colt as they should have, then leaving the company in a bad way again. Many were saying that the same thing was going to happen then.

After that last re-org, when they let Brent (and I’m sure many other good employees) go, and changed their distribution requirements (master dealers or some such); I lost touch with what was happening at Colt, and saw a lot fewer Colts in the stores than I used to. I have four Colts that are all pretty cool models, and 11 1911s all together, so I’m not actively “in the market” for another one.

These last two 1911s I bought were both special circumstances. That said, we have our 35th wedding anniversary coming up next January; so I wouldn’t rule something special out! It probably won’t be a Colt, but never say never...

[sdmc530]

I hear you. I was following them for a while because I had purchased one and looking for a second at the time. All the gun shops here put a higher sale value and price on the pre buy out guns.

I probably won't but another colt 1911 but the revolver is on my radar. I am still wanting another 10mm 1911 worse though.

[Rick McC.]

Originally Posted by sdmc530

I hear you. I was following them for a while because I had purchased one and looking for a second at the time. All the gun shops here put a higher sale value and price on the pre buy out guns.

I probably won't but another colt 1911 but the revolver is on my radar. I am still wanting another 10mm 1911 worse though.

I bought an XD(M) 4.5 10 last year to use for hunting white tail deer in the swamp down here. I was thinking about getting a 10mm 1911, but I really like the idea of buying something that I could beat the crap out of and not care. I spent an evening reading reviews online. I couldn’t find a bad one on the 10mm XD(M), so I got one the next day.

It shoots great, and I talked Jim at Panther into making me a holster for it. At first he declined, since he didn’t have a blue gun for it; but he came around, and worked it out just fine.