Hi Sam & all. Well I made it to Fred's yesterday afternoon. That Colt is darn nice. Fit and finish were very nice, no rattles

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It had the same rollmark on the left side as my XSE as near as I can remember. It said series 80 on the right side. The finish was interesting. I am not a pro, it looked to me like a matte blue with lightly polished sides on the slide. Rather handsome I thought.
I haven't done any pricing on this gun, my gut told me it was about $100 too high. I forget the gals name, it wasn't Linda she was doing something else, anyway I asked if they would be getting anymore Colts in and she said no, that this was a special order for someone who never showed up to get it. I said he probably found it for less elsewhere. Oh well. Fred's has always been a little high priced.
BTW, Linda was putting gunpowder containers behind the glass display by the backroom. I asked her if they were going to put the old guns and stuff back on display somewhere else in the store. Linda said she hasn't decided yet and that she had to put the gunpowder back there because it was being shoplifted from the shelves!! My wife was even more flabbergasted than I at that revelation. She said words to the effect of, my god you are all wearing firearms and these people still have the nerve to shoplift? I too was a little taken aback that it would happen in our nice little town. Reality bites.
Sorry this is so long and I didn't see your post in time to say hi for ya. Apologies for that.
Be Safe,
Dan