WHATS MY GUN WORTH IN CALIFORNIA????

[SPC G]

Tree fiddy that's the amount Nessy would want to borrow

[NIB]

It maybe on the roster but OPs does not have the 80s series safety so his is an off-roster pistol. Some are willing to pay extra for that.

[rromeo]

It is not a Series 70. Only the Government models were Series 70.

[Quiet]

Based on the limited info given, $500 to $600.

That's a beater. I personally wouldn't go more than $600. Colt series 70 or not.

I agree with their estimate.

[PyroFox79]

About three fiddy

[Jimmy's]

In all seriousness I'll give you $400 today!

[Lonestargrizzly]

I'd give you $600 for it.
Even though, I mean you can tell it's been a bedside gun..
It's seen alot..

[CSACANNONEER]

It's worth exactly what someone is willing to give you for it and not a penny more.

[SkyHawk]

With that massive idiot scratch and the scratches on the front strap I would be surprised if you got 800

Ouch, yes looks rough. Forget everything I said, OP added pics after.

OP - you should take pictures outside using indirect lighting and a neutral background (like a wood table or something). Flash photo over a light colored towel is no good, throws off the color balance and the flash exaggerates flaws.

And yes Commanders were also series 70, from 1970 up until 1983. Unless it was the pre-70 Coltalloy frame with serial starting 'LW'

[rromeo]

Ouch, yes looks rough. Forget everything I said, OP added pics after.

OP - you should take pictures outside using indirect lighting and a neutral background (like a wood table or something). Flash photo over a light colored towel is no good...

And yes Commanders were also series 70, from 1970 up until 1983. Unless it was the pre-70 Coltalloy frame with serial starting 'LW'

The Series 70 models were only Government Models and Gold Cups. Just because it's made in the '70s doesn't make a Series 70

[cannon]

OP, Colt has cache to many and even though yours has a massive idiot mark and scratches on the grip. I think you can get around $1,000.

That model pistol is desirable and the mars on yours allow a new buyer to customize it. While I'd never customize a pristine one. A shooter like yours would be on its way to either customization or competition.

[2761377]

The Series 70 models were only Government Models and Gold Cups. Just because it's made in the '70s doesn't make a Series 70

technically you're correct. However, you are swimming against the current-

"Series 70 vs. Series 80

The term "Series 70" originally referred to the spring-collet "Accurizor" barrel bushing and matching reverse-tapered barrel used in Government Model and Gold Cup pistols starting in late 1970 (see post #5 below). Prior pistols became known as "pre-Series 70" guns, and since the collet bushing was not used in the Commander models there were technically never any Series 70 Commanders. The collet bushing was finally phased out around 1988 or so, several years into Series 80 production.

The aftermarket began using the terms "Series 70" and "Series 80" to identify parts they offered for pistols with or without a firing pin safety, such as extractors and firing pins. Eventually the use of "Series 70" to identify any 1911 without a firing pin safety caught on and even Colt began using it in that manner as well, calling their Series 70 reproduction, Wiley Clapp models and various WW1/WW2 replicas by that name even though none of them use a collet bushing"

1911 forum thread- https://forums.1911forum.com/showthread.php?t=15201

perhaps you'll join me in repudiating the commonly held verbiage of "pre-Model 29" used today to refer to early S&W .44 Magnums? Even Ray Jinks uses that term. Of course when those pistols were sold they were not called "Pre-" anything. Just .44 Magnum.

[rromeo]

I'm already there on the S&W revolvers.


I really find it amusing that a lot of people pick and choose which terms to be annoyingly correct about, then ignore 10 others. Magazine, not clip. Etc. It's funny when a person says "it's a suppressor not a silencer" then he talks about class 3 weapons.