Maybe that's why I now own this one. This gun has a history that @BatteryOaksBilly will have to tell. Spoiler alert! It spent a lot of time submerged in salt water after a coastal flood. Not pictured, but I have the home made compensated barrel and extension that was made for it. I actually had this fine old Colt out to Battery Oaks a few weeks ago and we all shot some rounds through it. It's never a disappointment.
Maybe I'm a bit young, but holy crap, wal-mart used to sell handguns?!Commanders are dumb, short barrel, short sight radius, big honkin grip, much like the G45.
I bought this one when I was young, dumb, 21, from Wal-Mart. It was a GI model, had I any sense I would've spent $50 more and gotten the fullsize stainless next to it.
It's always been a sweet shooter, heavy as a hammer and used as one once, I've spent some time and a little money trying to make it more appealing, but it's still just a misfit.
If you want one cheap, basic, reliable, and accurate; or a good base to tinker with the Springfield Champion is hard to beat.
In 19 hundred and 70 I went to Treasure City in Florence, S.C. On A Sunday and bought a Colt Commander in 45 and a Colt Gold Cup in .45. Both OTD for $200. The GC was $125 and the Commander was $75. To show what a commitment that was, I was Not making $200 a week then.
There were like 7? WMs '04 (guess I was 22) that sold handguns, I believe the majority were in Alaska were I happened to be, also had a catalog you could order from shipped to store no transfer fee. I understand none do anymore.
