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orange county sherrifs combat commander

tweet099tweet099 Member Posts: 38 ✭✭
edited May 2002 in Ask the Experts
i just bought a colt combat commander and it says orange county sherrifs dept invintational 1971 wonderign if anyone knows anything about it or what it might be worth was it a sevice pistol or

jonathanJ&Z sales jonathani5@cox.net
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  • nmyersnmyers Member Posts: 16,887 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I don't know anything about this particular gun, but it is a "special edition". That is, it is not a Colt cataloged gun, but 1 of a bunch special-ordered by a group or distributor. I think that a good guess would be that this dept gave them away as prizes to winners in a shooting tournament.

    Special editions generally sell for the same, or a little more, than the plain version of the same gun. What's it worth? Look at your sales receipt; it's worth what you were willing to pay for it.

    Neal
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  • Laredo LeftyLaredo Lefty Member Posts: 13,451 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The O.C. Sheriff's never carried Combat Commanders, at least not the county in Calif, I'am not sure of Orange County in Florida. That gun was probably given as a prize at that match, and was probably engraved after it left Colt, but it still may be worth a little more than a non-engraved version. It has to be a series 70, and that alone makes it more desirable to a collector.
    Regards, Joe
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