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Old January 2, 2006, 05:27 PM   #5
WayneM
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Thanks Dfariswheel

Dfariswheel:

First off.....thank you very, very much for taking the time to make such a detailed post. You obviously know what you're talking about. I guess, I'll ask around and get some "opinions" about locals (for my non-Colt guns).

True "craftsmen" are disappearing in this country at an alarming rate and I fear gun smiths may be among them. My father, (84 years young and still going strong) is a "master machinist" and a tool and die designer. Even at his advanced age, he has all the contract work he could ever want - people with his skills simply don't exist anymore.

I understand what you are saying about the Trooper Mk3 and simply replacing defective parts - because of the metalurgy involved in making them. This begs another question: Troopers have been out of production for a number of years - How big of a stock of parts does Colt have? Its one of my very favorite guns, and I'd hate to see them "go away" or become guns that are only admired and not shot.

Thanks again,

Wayne
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