A Brace of Cavalries

[Abilene]

I picked up the 7th Cavalry Cimarron today that I got from Sgt. Drydock (thank you again, sir!), so now I have a brace.  I had been pairing my Cavalry with a Cimarron antique finish pre-war .45, but this is mo' betta' 

I bought the first  gun 5 1/2 years ago and have 657 rounds through it, all in CAS matches, so it's still like new (I rotate through a lot of guns in matches, but mostly shoot conversions). A tiny bit of blue wear at the usual places, left side of muzzle, end of ejector housing, and backstrap. The new gun was made in 2023 and Sgt. Drydock says he only shot 20 rounds through it (can't tell) Both are Company I, with s/n about 2900 apart.  I have always loved charcoal blue and don't know if you could come up with a prettier set of Colt repros in standard authentic form out of the box.  They have all the proper military markings.  The s/n on the frame might be laser marked, not sure, but I think all the other markings and the grip cartouches are stamped. The action is just fine, as usual for out of the box Model P's, but I will lighten the main spring to match the first gun, and I will get around to shortening the base pins at some point.

[Abilene]

More.

The gunleather was made by my friend Drew of Lone Star Leather.  He was the keyboard player in my band in the early 80's and is the guy who got me started in CAS in the late 90's.

[Coal Creek Griff]

Excellent!  Beautiful guns!

Griff

[Black River Smith]

Very nice match-up and nice looking rig they are in, also.

[Drydock]

This was an orphan in my safe that more or less showed up by accident.  Glad to see it in a proper loving home.

[Hair Trigger Jim]

That's a pretty piece of leather, and those lovely guns certainly do it justice!

[Major 2]

WOOF !  those are NICE !