Aragon
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Well, there is always this at the Connecticut State Library:
Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company Records, circa 1810-1980 (RG 103)
My, my, how could that be given:
The drawings had no value (existing or potential) to the people who had them so they trashed them...
...Whatever. The drawings were reportedly trashed so it is rather pointless to argue about what value they might have if they had been retained...
Engineering drawings, process sheets, obsolete gauges, etc. are intellectual property that a competitor could use. The attorneys would never allow those items to get out the door without being destroyed...
At least you did some research before responding this time. If you would have dug a bit deeper you would have noticed this donation was made by Colt back in 1957 -- when many of its DA revolvers were in production -- definitely not a time when they would have been donating what we have been talking about -- engineering drawings, process specs, master gauging, etc. (at least for current models.)
In any event I have absolutely no question that Colt's assets include engineering drawings for just about any gun they produced in the 20th and 21st Centuries, process specifications (many of which I'm sure are still in use), master gauging, etc. Sure would be interesting to see the Morgan Stanley list so all this "trashing" nonsense can be put to bed once and for all.
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