A Colt Only A Mother Could Love

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BTW "cloth electrical tape" is known as "friction tape"

In addition to not taking fingerprints, it used to be popular for wrapping smooth wooden grips for its grippiness.

Friction tape is made by impregnating the cloth with a sticky rubber adhesive. This made the grip very tacky (One might argue for either definition of the word).

Like a lot of the old methods, it still works.

I have very fond memories of shooting an old pitted Colt Cobra which had had the barrel cut down from 4 inches. If memory serves it it had a brazilian police department stamp on the backtrap.

In addition to saying "bra" on the barrel I thought the friction taped grips were "gangster" (which is not to be confused with the modern "gangsta"). As a 13 year old I thought that was the coolest gun in the world. Now that I think about it, it is still cool.
 
Colt shot a lazer out of barrel of their guns, I have been told, beginning in the early 80s , to insure sight alignment with bore. This was always a buggaboo with guns that were not test fired for groups during the QC process. You see it on todays guns quite a bit. When they fired them for group and signed the target you got in the box it was a very rare (I won't say never as I have seen quite a bit!) gun that the sights or barrel installation was in correct, a bad juju condition on a fixed sight weapon.
 
"Just needs to be reparkerized..."

I think the parkerized portion is just fine. The aluminum frame is...uhhh..."weathered".

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I have very fond memories of shooting an old pitted Colt Cobra which had had the barrel cut down from 4 inches. If memory serves it it had a brazilian police department stamp on the backtrap.

In addition to saying "bra" on the barrel I thought the friction taped grips were "gangster" (which is not to be confused with the modern "gangsta"). As a 13 year old I thought that was the coolest gun in the world. Now that I think about it, it is still cool.
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Now that's a gun with character. Very nice!
 
Colt sold several aluminum framed revolvers with a parkerized finish in the 70's 80's. Obviously, THAT one saw some use. I'd re-park it (not that it's going to rust) and keep using it.
 
The Agent is baking in the oven this evening. What the hell, I'm trying this "Duracoat" thing.
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Taped off the trigger and hammer.

If I don't like it, I'll blast it off and do something else.

Right now I'm shopping for black friction tape for the grip. ;)

OHHH....and I shot it for the first time today!:what:

Six rounds of Speer +P Gold Dots. YIKES!!! What a fine little hand cannon it is.
 
Very nice work! You know, a Colt is a Colt, regardless of the finish. :cool:
 
that looks like my wifes baby..... it's a colt det spl but it don't have any shroud over the ejector rod..... it just kinda hangs out there... it has a cool little round barrel and original wood grips............. she's a mother and she loves it!!

LIFE IS SHORT.....
 
Colt sold several aluminum framed revolvers with a parkerized finish in the 70's 80's.
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You cannot Parkerize aluminum.

You can Anodize it, or Duracoat it, but you simply cannot Parkerize it.

Parkerizing is either a Manganese Phosphate or Zinc Phosphate crystalline structured coating that actually interacts with the steel surface it is applied to.

It will not work at all on aluminum alloy.

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I stand corrected re: actual parkerizing, still Colt sold revolvers with aluminum frames and a finish that LOOKED parkerized.
 
Hammer is on its way for bobbing and checkering, then it's back to master gunsmith Gary Dean for a trigger/action tune.

THEN we'll see if it bumps the DS from the coveted carry position.:cool:
 
I'm sure the Dura Kote really bonds to it ! I had one Tefloned by Robar but sold it to a cop after I used it 5 years.
I wonder what they put on the Aluminum to look like parkerize.? I've never seen an anodize finish like that anywhere else except from Colt. Maybe DFerriswheel could solve the riddle?
 
I decided not to make a new post out of a grea thread!
This is the 3rd Agent I've owned. The first was a nicely polished 1976 one I got while narking for back up. It uses the same speedloader as a K frame in a pince. We used the New Treasury load in the 66 snub as I shot in the Agent. Lots of free Treasury loads :eek: which loosened the gun up so I bought from Colt an unpolished one to replace it in 1980 or so.I shot that one quite a bit with wadcutters and such, having learned my +p+ lesson. I had Robar teflon it and bob the hammer ect, and carried it another 5 years or so until a LEO I knew had to have the "16 oz Python" :D
I got this one 20 years ago from old Stock still in inventory. I have taken it a part a few times and keep things timed and clean,;) and only shoot about 250 rounds a year of range 158 grain. I keep 158 grain Rem LSWCHP +p (the ;new +p;) which hits to the sights in little bitty groups. I like the Grip configuration well, I took off the custom grips long ago and can pretty much point shoot this at 7 yards. It is on my CCW(California demands ser # on back of card)and I don't like thumbsnaps and I do like hammers for cocked distant shots. This unusual leather is fortunealy suberbly made!
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