[madcratebuilder]

There has been some previous discussion about 3rd gen Colts lettering from the factory. Here it is in print. I received this pamphlet with a 3rd gen Police pocket I recently purchased. You may need to copy and then load this in Photo shop or some other image editor to view the print. This is what is has to say.

Historical
Documentation
A personal Historical
Letter is available as an
Option to authenticate
The origin of your Colt
Black Powder Arm. It
Verifies the basic speci-
fications of the firearm
As it was shipped from
the factory.

The letter shown has the “Colt Manufacturing Company Inc” header.

On the inner pages it states

LAST TIME OFFER
OF 1994 SIGNATURE
SERIES MODELS

So I’m assuming this was printed in 1994.

So now you can run out and order those $100 letters from Colt.


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[pohill]

I checked into getting a letter for my Colt 1851 a few months ago and it was $300. I could buy a nice repro for that.

[Old Fuff]

They need money real bad... :rolleyes:

[poordevil]

Heck they might letter a repo if the price was right! :eek:

[sltm1]

I got the same $300.00 quote also, sorta put that fire out in ahurry!!

[arcticap]

I wonder if anyone with an original in really bad shape ever tried the following:

Manufactured a really good counterfeit reproduction of the original and then obtained a letter to fraudulently pass off the copy as? :uhoh:

[2RCO]

Arcticap--I would guarantee it's happened. Didn't the Antiques Roadshow guy get in some trouble for some kinda similar activities.