Colt Series 70

[Kruzr]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Sometimes I wonder why the manufacturers even sell guns to CA. Such an asinine system. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
Because in spite of all the BS, Califonia supposedly still accounts for between 15% and 18% (+-) of all firearm sales in the US.

[jdberger]

According to the DOJ website, 145,335 hadguns and 169,730 long guns were sold in the state in 2004.

If each sale was assessed a DROS fee of $25, that would be $7,876,625 in fees alone that the state recieved from the sales of firearms to citizens. Sales tax adds an additional 8% onto the total value of the sold guns.

All of that money goes into the State budget. If manufacturers would refuse to send guns here for just one year, the state would take an economic hit to the tune of about $20 million.

Now we would have something to bargain with.

(sorry if I'm hijacking this thread)

[gunsnrovers]

The differences have all been laid out above.

That being said, any smith worth his salt can give you an awesome trigger pull using S80 parts for just a few bucks more then the more traditional S70. The S80 block has been around for a LONG time and has proven very reliable and effective. It's fun to be a purist and pooh pooh the design, but the fact remains that it works, it works well, and it's easy to gunsmith into a high quality feel.

[Y. Lee Quiote]

Only guns currently in production are submitted for drop testing since there's no reason to pay to keep discontinued guns on the list. The Series '70 would pass fine, but since Colt doesn't sell this model any longeer why should they pay thousands to have it tested?

The differences are tiny. I have owned both the worry over the firing pin safety was 99% over-blown hype.

Here are my '70 Colts. Gold Cup and .38 Super Gov't Model.

[BigAL]

According to http://www.colt.com/CMCI/pistols.asp Colt still sells the Series 70.

[simonp]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by BigAL:
According to http://www.colt.com/CMCI/pistols.asp Colt still sells the Series 70. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

They sell a new "repro" series 70 that is supposedly exceptional, far better QC than the original ones. How I wish we could get them here in the soviet zone