Scored a super clean Colt Woodsman.

[BiggerHammer]

Ran into this at a local shop. I tried several times to talk myself out of it. I have absolutely no self control. Fun as heck to shoot.

Colt woodsman 3rd series Match/Target. 1976 production. Super clean with the original box and paperwork.

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[Alexx1401]

Ran into this at a local shop. I tried several times to talk myself out of it. I have absolutely no self control. Fun as heck to shoot.

Colt woodsman 3rd series Match/Target. 1976 production. Super clean with the original box and paperwork.

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DAMN nice find. That would be VERY hard to say no too. Someone looks to have taken very good care of it.

 

[monkeybutler]

I would not be able to talk myself out of that one.

 

[Mikej]

Beautiful gun! Love the wood grips.
I have one that my father (my avatar) picked up after he got out of The Navy in 1947. It's a 2nd Model Match Target. Plastic target grips. A person that isn't well versed in take down shouldn't, take it down. There's a trick to getting it back together. Properly.

 

[Bobbygun]

Dang dude! Self-control is overrated. Like the soccer announcers say: "Scooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooore!" She's a beauty.

 

[DirectDrive]

Ran into this at a local shop. I tried several times to talk myself out of it. I have absolutely no self control. Fun as heck to shoot.

Colt woodsman 3rd series Match/Target. 1976 production. Super clean with the original box and paperwork.

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Wow !
Heirloom piece.
How much was it ?

 

[cigars]

Yeah that would have went home with me as well.
Hi, I'm Cigars and I'm an ammosexual.

 

[BiggerHammer]

I gave $1298.00 for it out the door. It was on consignment. The gentleman wanted more but that was as far as I was going to go. So it worked out.

 

[Mikej]

I gave $1298.00 for it out the door. It was on consignment. The gentleman wanted more but that was as far as I was going to go. So it worked out.

That sounds about right. The gun looks Reeeel nice! After awhile you'll be glad you did it. Been there done that myself!

 

[Alexx1401]

I gave $1298.00 for it out the door. It was on consignment. The gentleman wanted more but that was as far as I was going to go. So it worked out.

Sounds like you should both be happy. Seller "could" probably get a little more but cash talks and all. At that price I would have probably had to figure out something REALLY nice for the Wife when I told her, sorry, I just "had" to buy this.

 

[cigars]

Sounds like you should both be happy. Seller "could" probably get a little more but cash talks and all. At that price I would have probably had to figure out something REALLY nice for the Wife when I told her, sorry, I just "had" to buy this.

 

[Certaindeaf]

Super nice gun. I heard you're not supposed to shoot high velocity ammo through those?
I've got an old Browning Medalist that I shoot everything out of.

 

[BiggerHammer]

Maybe the CCI Stinger's are a little quick for it. It did shoot the lower velocity bulk stuff well.

 

[Ducati_Meister]

Sounds like a similar scenario where I found aka stumbled upon a very clean 1977 made, West German .380 ACP PPK/S, complete with box, unopened spare mag, test target, manual etc. It's always nice finding gems like your Colt Woodsman where it's in very good shape aesthetically and mechanically.

 

[Tlock]

I have a woodsman in the first series and I still use it for a trapline gun. I had no idea they where that spendy now days

 

[Alexx1401]

I have a woodsman in the first series and I still use it for a trapline gun. I had no idea they where that spendy now days

They were always a FINE pistol. When one as old and in the shape the OP found, with original box and paper work comes up? They are HIGHLY sought after.

 

[Mikej]

They were always a FINE pistol. When one as old and in the shape the OP found, with original box and paper work comes up? They are HIGHLY sought after.

I have the box and manual that came with the 2nd model Match Target my dad had. Along with some of the targets he shot with it back in the late '40s-early '50s. That's one gun that would never leave me. Other than some catastrophic situation.

 

[nehalemguy]

.22 cal. target pistols from that era just looked cool IMO.....except for the utilitarian Ruger Mark 1.

I lucked out getting a unissued "surplus" Beretta 76 when the Italians retired them from service. It shoots like a dream.

 

[BiggerHammer]

Very nice Beretta !