Colt .22 automatic model and value?

[wintermute76]

A guy at work says his brother is looking to sell his Colt .22. It's an auto, .22LR, matte stainless, 2 mags and should have it's original box.

I guess it doesn't have any model name on it, any ideas what it is exactly? I was hoping it would be an older Woodsman, but now I'm not sure. He's asking $250 for it. He's gonna bring it into work next Monday so I can take a look at it anyways.

Never been a big Colt fan, so I don't know much at all about em.

Thanks in advance

 

[Jim Watson]

If it is stainless it is the Colt .22 Automatic, made in the 90s after the Woodsman was discontinued. They started out calling them the Cadet but somebody else had that registered as a trademark.

It really operates more like a High Standard Duramatic than anything else I know of. I never heard anything bad about them but apparently they could not compete with Ruger Mk II or Browning Buckmark.

 

[wintermute76]

Well that explains it I guess I have a Stoeger Pro Series 95 (High Standard Victor clone). So it operates pretty much the same then, just with the steeper angle on the grip? I don't suppose High Standard parts are at all interchangeable on the Colt tho.

$250 a decent price?

 

[eerw]

sounds like the Colt cadet or the Colt cadet Target..

decent little .22..had one of each..both shot extremely well and the target model was really accurate..

$250 is decent if its the 6" target..I have seen those for $225 to $275..the 4" model I have seen from $200 to $250.

I think I read somewhere..the Beretta Neos shares some parts with it..

 

[gbundersea]

If this is what you're talking about, it is the model I have! I paid $215.00 for it years ago. Mine has the 4.5" barrel, not the 6", which added $100.00 to the price.

I love this gun! Mine has over 20,000 rounds through it, mainly the Federal bulk pack from Wal-Mart, which has been SUPERB. Out of 37 boxes (20,350 rounds) I can recall throwing away ONE round which was discolored and didn't look right. Other than that, I cannot think of ANY ammo-related malfunctions with the Federal.

The gun has performed flawlessly for me. It still has the original springs in it, and hasn't ever been fully stripped down for a truly detailed internal cleaning. It just keeps plinking away!

BTW, one of these sold on AuctionArms recently for $344.00, so maybe $250 isn't a bad deal.

 

[Jim Watson]

No, the Colt Cadet (I'll call 'em that until the copyright lawyer catches up with me.) is not at all related to a High Standard Victor.

The mechanical design is similar to a High Standard Duramatic which is entirely different from any other HS. I doubt there are any interchangeable parts, but the straight line striker instead of a swinging hammer and the bolt on molded butt instead of a grip frame are pretty characteristic.