Colt Commercial

celse

I bought a NIB Colt Commercial model produced in 1970. My question is did the gun come with cosmoline on it?

nmyers

Absolutely not. It would have been shipped dry, in a folded plastic bag, inside a shaped foam liner. IIRC, the box at that time would have been the wood-grain cardboard.

I'd be surprised if you could have found cosmoline anywhere in the factory.

Neal

dfletcher

I'd presume it's not cosmoline, but having worked in a gun store in the 70s I think I remember Colts having a liberal layer of something on them - oily & slightly brownish in appearance. The wood grain paperbox with styro inside seems about right.

perry shooter

They may have used a thin layer of a grease something like RIG that could leave a brown stain on the styarfoam box insert. but it was NOT cosmoline. Serial should hav 70B somewhere within the serial. if it is a 45ACP.government model

nmyers

Plus, the oil INSIDE the gun will probably have broken down & become gummy. That, too, will leave a brown sticky substance that may ooze out of the gun.

Neal

hunter7737

No cosmoline. A light coat of oil. Colt Commercial Government Model made in 1970 with a C suffix would be in a two piece box with no styrofoam liner and brown plastic grips with Colt logo. Colt also started production of the Series 70 in 1970. Also no comoline. 70G prefix. One piece woodgrain box with the styrofoam liner. Checkard walnut grips with the gold Colt medalian.