Very nice. Identical to my very first handgun. I bought it when I was 15 from my friend's father, without telling my parents. This was in the SF Bay Area, and I guess we would both go to jail for doing that now. Interestingly, I traded it and an unremembered sum of cash for my first AR-15 when I was 17...my 18-year-old friend did the paperwork for me, with the store rep fully aware of what we were doing. Different world.

Nice catch. Sometimes the GB gods smile down on us.

 

Very cool. I had one of these years ago. Great guns

 

Good for you! Beautiful gun. Brings back some memories of my neighbor's Colt Woodsman from back around 65-66. Very similar to yours. Would love to own one too. Glad ya got it and shared with us.

 

Great score. Not everyone on GB is out to screw us. I have gotten similar buys over the years. Right place right time. Let the pictures do the talking. Enjoy it.

 

Gunbroker isn’t as much as an auction as it used to be, but still some penny auctions where highest bid gets it.

 

Exceptional Huntsman. I stumbled up on this 2nd Series yrs ago when nobody else bid. It had red specks on it that did look like blemishes. I like ugly shooters so I bid and won. Turned out the stuff on it was from whatever it had been wrapped in before the photo. Finish was much nicer than the photos showed. Pd $375.00 in ‘18, correct 2nd Series mag, nice red swirl grips and matching red grip adapter.

 

Guys, Old guy here, if ya hear me tell the same stories ya have to forgive me. I have traded guns all my life, like from 1964 till now, and I have let some jewels slip through my hands. One of them was a Colt Huntsman in really nice condition with a 4 inch barrel. I could shoot that pistol so well, extremely accurate. For the life of me I have no idea what I traded it off for, but I needed my head examined.

 

Sorry you traded that one. I had two Colt Woodsman’s and gave a 98 percent 3rd gen to a great nephew, as he is bloodline. It lives on with his dad and will stay in the family. The one I kept is a 1929 first gen once owned by a family member who was a Pearl Harbor survivor on the USS Maryland! I’ve since purchased a Standard Manufacturing SG-22 reproduction (incredible quality and engraved) to spare the original. I hope you found another Woodsman?

 

wproct: If all of us who have traded guns and then regretted it had our head examined, shrinks could all retire.

 

When I was a teen(I am 80 now), my father bought one of these. I put many rounds thru it. My brother has it now. I ended up with a 1918 vintage Colt 1911 before my father passed. I loved both guns.

 

Thread was tough for me. When I was 16 I handled the Colt Match Target with the elephantine grips and hooded longer barrel with the Bullseye stamping! Probably pre-war. No permit back then for a handgun but sure would love to have it now!! Can imagine how accurate they were. Think they took a special magazine differing from the Woodsman model.

 

First thing in my mind was SUPPRESSOR

 

You have a very nice Colt, there. Congratulations on a good buy.

I have it's kissin' cousin, a Series 3 Woodsman 4.5" barrel model. It is a pleasure to shoot and extremely accurate. Guns like this are just not made anymore.

 

Just to let you know, you can get a new Standard Manufacturing SG-22 (reproduction Colt Woodsman 2nd Gen), I own one and it’s incredible quality (saves my 1929 Colt Woodsman).

 

Standard Manufacturing SG22 .22 LR 6 5/8" Royal Blue, Walnut Grips 10+1 | SAP22B | 10+1 Rounds, 6.62" Barrel, Wood Grips, Blue/Black, Adjustable Sights

 

My uncle's Huntsman was one the first handguns I ever shot ... I was maybe 11 or 12. That and my dad's HR .22 revolver and another uncle's Colt New Frontier. I remember going to deer camp and getting to shoot all three and I out shot them all with their own guns. This started my life long love for shooting handguns.

It continues today and for as long as I can pull a trigger. I have found tho ... for us older guys, the trick is to shoot bigger targets and move them closer. It really improves your groups.

 

It does indeed look nice! Nice barrel length for target. How light is the trigger? Definitely interested myself. Thanks for sharing.