finfanatic
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I went to a Local Gun Show this week in LA.... Lower Alabama..... it was packed. Prices were MSRP and above on the newest stuff, with low availability on most (popular) ammo.
I found a beat up S & W Model 19 2 inch blued (from some of the blue that was left) that the dealer wanted $650 on and would not budge.
At the table beside him I spied this....
A parkerized Colt Detective Special looking firearm.
It has Commando engraved on the barrel.
I didn't need it, but....
It was wearing some Det. Special grips, but the seller said it had come to him wearing the black Colt grips which were included.
Some holster wear on the top and a touch of rust on the bottom of the trigger guard, but very clean.
From what I am able to google-fu, it was a way for Colt to keep selling product when the majority of it's workers went on strike in mid-80s. They didn't have the labor to blue and polish, so they parkerized some Det. Specials, called them Commando Specials and sold them.
If anyone has any other info, I would be glad to hear it.
I found a beat up S & W Model 19 2 inch blued (from some of the blue that was left) that the dealer wanted $650 on and would not budge.
At the table beside him I spied this....
A parkerized Colt Detective Special looking firearm.
It has Commando engraved on the barrel.
I didn't need it, but....
It was wearing some Det. Special grips, but the seller said it had come to him wearing the black Colt grips which were included.
Some holster wear on the top and a touch of rust on the bottom of the trigger guard, but very clean.
From what I am able to google-fu, it was a way for Colt to keep selling product when the majority of it's workers went on strike in mid-80s. They didn't have the labor to blue and polish, so they parkerized some Det. Specials, called them Commando Specials and sold them.
If anyone has any other info, I would be glad to hear it.
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