I purchased a Colt Officers Match. It has a wonderful trigger, and has been refinished in a Matte blue at some point.
Suspect his may have been a target pistol of someones, and I have not gotten to shoot it yet. I looked it up on proofhouse, and it was manufactured in 62. I don't know much about Colts, the only other one I have is the Official Police it is pictured with below. All my other revolvers have been SW.
The price seemed reasonable for a refinished gun. Probably would not have purchased one for the additional cost of an untouched model.
Anyway, I have a couple of questions:
First - Was Matte blue ever an original Colt finish, or was this likely applied at a local gunsmith?
Second - The trigger has been polished smooth. Was this a common modification for a target gun, or just someone loose with a piece of emery cloth?
Thanks for the time.
Suspect his may have been a target pistol of someones, and I have not gotten to shoot it yet. I looked it up on proofhouse, and it was manufactured in 62. I don't know much about Colts, the only other one I have is the Official Police it is pictured with below. All my other revolvers have been SW.
The price seemed reasonable for a refinished gun. Probably would not have purchased one for the additional cost of an untouched model.
Anyway, I have a couple of questions:
First - Was Matte blue ever an original Colt finish, or was this likely applied at a local gunsmith?
Second - The trigger has been polished smooth. Was this a common modification for a target gun, or just someone loose with a piece of emery cloth?
Thanks for the time.