EXCITED? No. Hopeful? Yes. I still like the idea of, someday, ordering a Colt single-action revolver, from what I would like to be some form of a Custom Shop. I have several USFA revolvers, with fixed sights, so, I would like to see the return of the adjustable-sight Colt New Frontier.
I still consider my Colt AR15A2 Govt Carbine, purchased with PD letterhead, during the 1994-2004 AWB, to be one of the best weapons I ever owned. I sold it to a colleague, with younger eyes. The two Series 80 Colt Government Model pistols were, in hindsight, two of the best handguns I ever owned. I should have kept them. I was Colt-less for a while, but in 2020, bought a Colt mid-length AR15 upper, with a wonderful Centurion handguard, and, since the upper unit is the true heart of an AR15/M4, I can again say, “Have Colt, Will Travel,” and be largely-accurate. (That is my sig line, on a couple of forums, and one of my e-mail addresses is an abbreviated form of that phrase. I do not, however call myself “Paladin.”)
It is not that I am a Colt fan-boy, or apologist. Colt has had significant problems, over the years I have been paying attention. I have bought competitors’ firearms, such as the above-mentioned USFA revolvers, and none of my four current 1911 pistols are Colts. In the early Nineties, I bought a Stainless Python that was not better fitted or finished than my Ruger GP100. I shot the GP100 better, too, so the Python went away. I later learned that the early Nineties were a bad era for Stainless Pythons.
So, I hope Colt does well, under CZ ownership.
