Colt Woodsman
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- čas přidán 20. 05. 2022
- Up next, a 1923 vintage Colt Automatic Target Pistol......or more commonly called, the Colt Pre-Woodsman......just called it the Woodsman in the title for the sake of CZcams algorithms. This is a beautifully designed and made .22 caliber pistol that will conceivably last forever. Enjoy.
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I was stationed at a Marine Barracks in Hawthorne, Nevada from 1975-1977. We were the guard force for a huge Naval Ammunition Depot that had been there since 1928. They had a bunch of standard, 4.5 inch Barreled Colt "Woodsman" pistols in the armory that marines could check out while on liberty to take into the high desert and plink or hunt jack rabbits with. I did it a bunch of times before aquiring my own pistols. The little .22s were well worn with more of a gray, finish as the blue had worn off over the years (or perhaps they were only parkerized for sale to the government). Either way, they were absolutely beautiful, felt great in the hand, and ran flawlessly. Thanks, Milsurp, your 1923 Colt Automatic Target Pistol segment brought back a fond memory of the enjoyment I had long ago with a classic Colt hand gun.
Thanks for your service. Pretty cool that they had a bunch of Colt Woodsman pistols you could play around with.
I've got the short barrel version ! I was offered $ 1000 back a few years !
Really enjoyed this video, I have this pistol, mine was made in 1924 it is at least 95-98% original condition as it sat a sock drawer for over 80 years, it is an absolute joy to handle. Looking forward to more of your content, by the way I have been aquiring a lot of neat gun books because of you.
The books are a whole other collectors item and I love featuring them. Thanks for the kind words.
"Just use the standard velocity. Trust me.. What do ya' need to prove." Well said sir! Enjoyed your video. Thanx!
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Very nice pistol! The front sight has a good elevation adjustment system, lots of fine machining went into it. The whole piece is exquisite TBH.
Yeah, you don’t see that much with an adjustable front sight. I think the reason is that they get beat up quite a bit.
Thanks for the emotions!
This pistol makes my emotional.
Hey Milsurp G., there is a Cool Custom Gun co. called Standard Manufacturing llc and they have just released a Re-bop of the Colt Woodsman in Blue, Cased Colored and engraved. A seriously cool remake for sure. Ive been wanting one of these for 10/15 years! Thanks
Looks like the Huntsman. Pretty cool.
On the MSH the "checkered" oval is the spring for standard velocity the MSH thumbprint with serrations is rated for high velocity. Thanks for looking at one of my favorite original Colts.
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A real classic.
That they are, my friend.
They make the high velocity springs for these guns and is safe for the gun to shoot high velocity. The hollow points will open better with the high velocity. The high velocity will still be shooting subsonic with the barrel length of a pistol and enough to cause bullet expansion.
I would stick with mild ammo for these early first gen Woodsman models…..John Browning didn’t have high velocity .22 available way back then and there is more to integrity concerns than just the springs. Remember, John is watching.
It is not the integrity of the spring that the high velocity springs were designed. It was the integrity of the pistol itself. Colt knew what they were doing by integrating the new springs to absorb blowback energy. The identical pistol with nothing more than the high velocity springs being the difference has worked for generations. Have you heard of one shooting itself apart? These wives tales you have jumped on and promote do your viewers no good.@@MilsurpGarage
@@Strutingeagle I only speak from experience…..so much so that I’ve had enough incidents to use Stingers and Punch rounds in sturdy revolvers only. Curious, do you own a Colt Woodsman as old as mine?
My wife does. She inherited it from her father and boy does it shoot. I am jealous. The bluing is almost entirely gone and she said her dad always carried it. He got it as a young man from his brother who died in a car accident and had his name inscribed in some target style hand grips underneath where the mag goes. The grips are longer and overhang the bottom and has a thumb rest. At some point early on there was a spring change done. It shoots as good now I am sure as it did when it was new. Luckily there are no pits in the barrel as it surely saw some corosive ammo early on. @@MilsurpGarage
I am not sure what happened, I replied but it isn't showing up. I will wait and retype all that stuff if it doesn't show up. I agree about the hypervelocity rounds. I was talking about regular high velocity rounds. @@MilsurpGarage
I have one with a 6" barrel that was made in 1977. So John Browning definitely did not handle my Colt Woodsman 😮
1977 is a good year though……disco was king.
The Part Attached To The Hammer is Called the Hammer Strut 😀😊😀 Love All Browning’s Designs 😊
Yeah, I was really messing up there. I also mentioned that the flat spring controlled the hammer when in fact that mainspring is inside that housing I removed….and I knew that. My mind was distracted thinking about the reassembly procedure……it’s been a while! Meanwhile, I got it on the first shot.
@@MilsurpGarage That Was A Great Job Of Reassembly 😀
J.M.B was a engineering genius. No CAD no CNC machining, but even today his designs are relevant and work flawlessly! My own old Auto 5 impresses me every time.
@@MrVuicho Me Too 😊
@@MrVuicho And he said many times that the designs came to him in dreams….he would wake up and note it all down in a frenzy before the details faded. So strange to be just a delivery agent of these ideas from who knows where……
1908 1928 c olt 22cal long pistol
Very interesting pistol. After watching, I'm not so sure that disassembly is significantly easier than the Ruger Marks I - III models. What is your opinion as to why the front sight is too low, particularly since it seems original, is adjustable. and you have gotten it to the apparently highest setting?
Might be that as a target pistol it's made to be sighted in at a longer range coupled with the fact that even the "standard" velocity ammo I was using might still be on the "hot" side for what it's sighted in for back in 1923. Or....the sights suck.
Disassembly is the same. Reassembly is WAY easier than the Ruger.......
Do Realistic Snap Caps Make .50BMG Snap Caps And 50-110 😀
Not as of yet but they are expanding their inventory constantly. Keep checking. In fact, they are working on snap caps in a new caliber that will have special examples created exclusive to the Milsurp Garage! Stay tuned.
@@MilsurpGarage I’m Hoping One Of Them Is a .303Savage CaliberSnap Cap For my Savage Model 99 Lever Action It’s a Hard Caliber To Find Anything For and I Love Mine
Great video my guy!!
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