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Colt Pachmyr special combat

JAP0801JAP0801 Member Posts: 5 ✭✭
edited August 2010 in Ask the Experts
Can anyone tell me what a 1980 Colt MK IV/ Series 70/ Pachmayr special combat is worth these days?
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    perry shooterperry shooter Member Posts: 17,390 ✭
    edited November -1
    Condition is everything. Please put yourself in our Place .sort of like asking "I have a 1980 3 bedroom brick house what is it worth" I know it is fairly hard to down load pictures here but if you go to one of the top post on this forum you will see STICKY on how to post pictures. Without more information $400.00 in well used condition to-$800.00 + in the box never shot. [:(] sorry that is the best guess I can make.
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    Hawk CarseHawk Carse Member Posts: 4,369 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    A full custom Pachmayr Combat Special is worth a lot more money than that. The last I heard of to change hands was $2600.

    Now if you mean a regular Colt with Pachmayr grips, go with P.S.
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    JAP0801JAP0801 Member Posts: 5 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    It is a full custom Pachmayr special combat and I will bring it home tomorrow so I can post some pics. I would be the second owner and its had no more than 50 rounds put through it since it was built in 1980. I dont have the box or papers. I did however verify the serial with colt. It has two light scratches but otherwise perfect. brought it to the range guys at my work and they said its one of the guns that brought custom 1911's to light. I will get those photos and thanks for the reply.
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    bladeandbarrelbladeandbarrel Member Posts: 2 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    please email pics and a price to aplombardo@sc.rr.com

    very interested
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    SpartacusSpartacus Member Posts: 14,415
    edited November -1
    back in the 70's the conversion from packmayr cost over $800 and you supplied the basic gun. oh, there was up to a 5yr wait for one.
    todays equivalent is built on a custom built frame and slide (not colt) and runs about $4500, last i checked.
    tom
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    JAP0801JAP0801 Member Posts: 5 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Here is the 1980 Pachmayr special combat.This is the only way I could find to post a pic with it being too small or big. It does have the scratches at the front of the slide. Oh and the pistol is not forsale. can anyone tell me why the gun is rubbing only at that spot causing the scratches?

    http://yfrog.com/my1002402fj

    http://yfrog.com/mv1002408ij

    http://yfrog.com/jo1002406j

    http://yfrog.com/el1002405kj
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    Hawk CarseHawk Carse Member Posts: 4,369 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    It shows there is still enough play or misalignment between slide and frame for that spot to rub inside the dustcover in recoil. Not desirable but not uncommon even on new guns.
    A fine specimen worth a good deal of money as above.
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    JAP0801JAP0801 Member Posts: 5 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Next question: Can the adjustable sight be replaced with a fixed one for better use as a duty gun?
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    Hawk CarseHawk Carse Member Posts: 4,369 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    John Harrison makes a fixed sight to fit the Bomar cut:
    http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/pid=26360/Product/1911_AUTO_HD_001_REAR_SIGHT

    I guess it would be sturdier if you plan to knock it around, but it is not going to protrude any less than the existing well rounded Bomar.
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    bladeandbarrelbladeandbarrel Member Posts: 2 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by JAP0801
    Next question: Can the adjustable sight be replaced with a fixed one for better use as a duty gun?


    email me
    aplombardo@sc.rr.com
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