i have looked at a couple of these



but never fired one. it is a neat looking pistol but I don't think they were ever very popular from various things I have read. I have heard parts are very hard to find and colt does not support any aspect of this pistol.the ones I have looked at were the base model and $500. was just way more than I wanted to pay. for another $100. I ended up buying a 98% 1952 6" colt challenger.

 

I don't know any facts, so I will just repeat and embellish rumors I have read on the internet and therefore perpetuate them. :bthumb:

I heard that after the fiasco with having to change the name really hurt interest in them. Not sure.

I heard that they were not so cheap to build as would be imagined.

I heard that Beretta bought the licensing for them and morphed it into the Neos. Don't know if that is plausible, but the guns are quite similar as far as outward appearance (grip angle)

I like mine, but others who have tried it hate it because of the strange grip angle.

 

I own two - the original short barrel and the later target version. Both wear red dot optics and shoot well! Having tried Rugers, S&W's, and Brownings, I keep coming back to my Colts. The magazine is quite easy to load and the magazine release, while peculiar to some, functions quite nicely for me. The Neos magazine is an exact duplicate of the Colt. Having fired thousands of rounds through my original Colt, nary a part has been replaced and has been far more reliable than any of the other 22 pistols fired. In fact, I have my eye on a black anodized version Colt produced. Is it an addiction? No, I just enjoy firing a quality pistol!

 

A friend of mine has one that I've shot quite a bit. It shoots quite nice.

I'm glad Colt came out with them because I've been converting their magazines to use in Browning Challengers for years.