Today's Sick Jokes:
NZ Police state that a Survey Result ...Shows trust and confidence in Police remains high at 69%
- That's High ?? - I would judge that as an abject FAILURE.
This is yet another example of police spokespersons living in a fantasy world.
Last year's (2022) Drunk Driving DEATHS are up from 78 to 111 -- police spokesperson 'Acting Assistant Commissioner' Nada Hassan says "Any death on the roads is one too many."
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I have been busy reading anything & everything I can find about the 19th century percussion guns .. well it helps fill in the gap left by not having to work rotating shifts in an unheated cargo shed at a freezing wind-swept airport 😷(for 29 years) eh.
- You learn something new some days eh - there is some debate 'out there' about Colt's 'Second Generation' percussion revolvers sold mostly in the 1970s - and the 'Third Generation' "Signature Series" made later, up till the 1990s.
First I heard tell that some of these Colt revolvers had been found to have ITALIAN PROOF MARKS ... maybe .. but I'm now hearing better stories about these "antique" percussion guns.
It seems that Lou Imperato was the man responsible for both. - The story goes that Mr Imperato noticed how well imported black powder guns were selling in America following great success of "Westerns" on TV and at the movies and persuaded the 'Colt' Company that both he & they could make a buck by selling some new US made production.
Deal Done and manufacture was started by a new business called Colt Blackpowder Company - using part machined components bought from Uberti of Italy
- They sold well as Second Generation Colts, inspected and distributed by Colt - until Colts decided to end that agreement (I don't know why).
This upset Lou Imerato as he had lots of imported components on hand and machinery to make "Colt Revolvers" and there ensued angry 'negotiations' and legal manoevres that eventually allowed him to make and sell a further number of revolvers from a different factory other than his "Colt Blackpowder Company" - still marked as 'Colts' but not supported by Colt. - A messy deal while most of these further guns were engraved with Sam Colt's signature and sold as highly polished presentation sets.
Some excellent insider information and discussion here:
The issue today about these revolvers centers around MONEY.
- Everyone accepts that the Uberti's. Pietta's and other European made imports are decent guns being copies ("not perfect, but pretty wonderful" - Othais) that generally LOOK & SHOOT much like the original guns after some tuning and fettling - while being built using modern steels on up-to-date machinery.
Naturally there are interesting old guns built around the time of the American Civil War that are copies of Sam Colts guns. - Indeed some are authorized and licensed by our Sam as 'BREVETE Colts' ... Some are not. -"Brevete" is French for 'Patent'.
The trouble results from the modern Czechoslovakian owned Colt business disowning the 'Signature Series Colts' - having no records of their Serial Numbers, and refusing to supply letters of authenticity for them.
That is no problem unless you need parts or want to maximize the asking price of one of these to - or- from a COLLECTOR-INVESTOR.
Some folk pay good money for Signature Series guns thinking that they are extra special ..
Have a Great Day,
Marty K.
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