Gun porn:

Colt Woodsman

I had a chance to shoot this lovely thing a few days ago.  It's another "You do know who invented that, don't you?"* pistol from the Master, manufactured by Colt from 1915 to 1977, in three variations: Target, Sport, and Match Target.

This is a early Target model, ser# indicates made in 1924, with a 6" barrel and an adjustable-for-elevation front sight.

There's a pin at the front, screw at the rear; loosen the screw and the blade- which is spring-loaded- will rotate a small amount for adjustment.  It came with a pair of two-color magazines

that worked as they should.

Why two-color?  My understanding is that they only heat-treated the part of the body that needed it, the feed lip area, and that the bluing they used didn't color that area well.

How'd it shoot?  Lovely.  Clean trigger, sights that really needed better light for me to get the best from(those suckers are small), zero problems with CCI standard-velocity ammo, and more accurate than I am.

Why standard?  Somewhere I once read that a lot of early semi-auto .22 pistols would function with modern standard-velocity, and that it put less stress on the works.  There was some standard available, so tried it, and it worked quite well.

That 'more elegant weapon for a more civilized age' quote comes to mind.



*Credit to Tam for that very useful phrase