Posted: 10/21/2007 1:03:12 PM EDT
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I recently gave my dad a nearly NIB condition Colt Agent. Since receiving it, hes been doing a little background research on the gun. And has determined it was one of the guns made in 1974. At least I think that was the year he said. Anyways, whats really interesting is that the guns from that year came with gold medallions on the grips. While his revolver has silver colt medallions. Does anybody know why this could be? Also his colt agent is a blued finish. And all the agents he has found/seen online are parkenized. Does the blued finish mean anything special? Overall I'm just curious if the blued finish, and silver medallions make this gun special in some way? I bought the gun for him to shoot and enjoy. But its starting to seem like its more of a collectors item than a real shooter. Edit: Thanks for clearing that up guys. |
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Colt is infamous for using whatever parts are lying around to build things. So it's not unusual to find older style parts on newer era guns simply because they don't automatically run out of older parts perfectly on time, and they don't throw anything out they can use. AR's are extremely terrible for this odd-ball parts usage, but it can apply to all Colts. Silver...gold...I don't think it really means anything. Agents were blue until the somewhere in the early 80's when they used a matte finish and less hand fitting of non-critical parts to reduce cost. The one you have is one of many, and there is nothing unique about it. Do what you want with it. They're getting higher priced because of collectability and they are great working guns, so you can't go wrong doing either. I carry a Cobra with Agent grips (virtually the same gun) and have no problem using it as a tool because it didn't look as nice as your's frankly. Still, I wouldn't be afraid to shoot your's. It's not like an original .45 Luger or something. Just a good gun in really nice shape. |
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Way back when, from the 1930's on, Colt put Silver medallions on all guns. In 1955 they brought out the Python which was the only Colt to have Gold medallions. Later on, they started using Gold on other higher end guns, then in the mid-70's they started appearing on other models too. Finally, by the late 70's early 80's everything was Gold. As above, the Agent was originally bright blue, later coming out in a flat black finish. In other words, your Agent isn't unusual. As long as your gun was made before 1979, you can check the production date by checking serial numbers here: proofhouse.com/colt/ |
