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Is Colt still using the term "Combat Commander"
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Looking at their website, I see models listed as "Commander" and "Lightweight Commander", but no "Combat Commanders"
Is it a term that's no longer in usage?
Is it a term that's no longer in usage?
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Or I've pissed off everyone that does know.
I guess that means nobody knows.....
Or I've pissed off everyone that does know.
"The Combat Commander was produced in response to complaints from some quarters about the excessive recoil and rapid wear of the alloy - framed Commander. This model is simply a Commander with a steel frame. The Combat Commander weighs 32 oz. and is offered in blue or satin nickel with walnut grips. No longer in production."
So I guess the answer is a qualified, "maybe."
"The Combat Commander was produced in response to complaints from some quarters about the excessive recoil and rapid wear of the alloy - framed Commander. This model is simply a Commander with a steel frame. The Combat Commander weighs 32 oz. and is offered in blue or satin nickel with walnut grips. No longer in production."
As far as I can tell, Colt is labeling steel framed Commanders as simply that.....the aluminum framed models are labeled as "Lightweight Commanders"
Blued models disc. in 1996.
Now they're just "Commander" or "Lightweight Commander." "Combat" must be too indicative of fighting or harm, therefore not politically correct.
If I could go back in time, I never would have sold it . . . [:(]
[:D] i just called COLT and asked the question about the combat commander. they dont use it . then i asked when they quit. my answer was " funny you should ask, several of us here was wondering the same thing today. we dont know"[:0][:0]
Well, I guess there is our answer.
Here's something to ponder though....I downloaded the Colt 2012 catalog...and page 40 is a close-up of a gun with "Combat Commander" rollmarks.....but again, no such model appears anywhere in the catalog.
.I downloaded the Colt 2012 catalog...and page 40 is a close-up of a gun with "Combat Commander" rollmarks.....but again, no such model appears anywhere in the catalog.
I think that is the XSE commander model with Colt Accessories - custom grips.
Sperry, I have a Double Eagle Combat Commander in 40. There were only 4 guns seperating my serial number and yours.
Can you believe I paid $525 for mine, in 2004? Looking like it had only been range-fired?
I sold it when I moved out of California, and have never seen another.
Isn't it a beautiful shooter? Plenty of heft to tame recoil. Back when ammo was cheap,
I'd regularly take it through a dozen and a half magazines.
I think that is the XSE commander model with Colt Accessories - custom grips.
I think you're right. I found a picture of a new XSE (stainless) with the "Combat Commander" rollmark on the right side.
All of Colt's 1911's last year had the "100 years of Service" rollmark on that side.
It looks like "Combat Commander" is still in use....maybe just on that one model though.
Full disclosure: I'm only researching this because I always thought "Combat Commander" was a bad-* name for a pistol. [:)]
I'm gonna go do a full strip and clean on a semiautomatic before I
do something silly like buy an expensive Colt I don't have time to shoot.