Grey or green frame. Nickel, chrome, stainless frames remind me of the 80s along with holes in triggers and pachmayer grips. Respectfully Ode

 

Two-tones are just sexy. I have others, but this ones my favorite.

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• Lisa93
• May 8, 2022
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A couple of mine. A 45acp and 9mm. My favorite two-tone combination.

 

I dislike the appearance of any two tone pistol. They look like franken-guns to me.

I only got mine because it was the best "real deal" I could find on a new Colt .38 Super Government Model in early 2020. It redeems itself because of its chambering, its accuracy, and its fine trigger pull.

 

I dislike the appearance of any two tone pistol. They look like franken-guns to me.

I only got mine because it was the best "real deal" I could find on a new Colt .38 Super Government Model in early 2020. It redeems itself because of its chambering, its accuracy, and its fine trigger pull.

Agreed 100 percent. The only time I’d bought a two tones pistol is because it’s not offered in a monochromatic version.

I literally almost bought that gun you showed (Talo edition) when Colt announced the .38 Super Classic being released in blued model and SS model?

 

I build a lot of two toned guns. SS 80% receivers seemed to be the easiest to obtain.

 

im a two tone whore

 

How come there’s no option for preferring neither? There are all sorts of two tones combinations and not just black and white.

 

 

Thanks alot, my eyeballs hurt now

 

I like the old 2 tones with the dark slide, just neat looking. Fir carry I normally use a jakslide for different length barrels so stainless is on my body but if my shirt rides up there's a dark slide in bluejeans that doesn't scream out to someone that might notice. Conversely the the sights on a light slide are easier pick up on a fast sight over or point shooting. A catch 22.

 

Agreed 100 percent. The only time I’d bought a two tones pistol is because it’s not offered in a monochromatic version.

I literally almost bought that gun you showed (Talo edition) when Colt announced the .38 Super Classic being released in blued model and SS model?

After some weeks of monitoring availability of .38 Supers from the new Colt dealers on GunBroker I pulled the trigger on this one. In February of 2020 it was the only one priced under $800. It was $765. All the blued ones had risen to over $800 by the time I got around to buying.

There had been blue ones available for a little under $700 in fall of 2019. It was in February of 2020 that COVID erupted into the news cycle.

 

In the fall of 2019, just when I was to buy that Talo two tones, the shop dude told me that Colt is coming out with the blued and SS model. The next week those two guns showed up at the shop and I snapped them up. Soared me from owning another two tones pistol.

 

 

 

I voted above for the dark slide with a light frame finish configuration as my two-tone preference. Then you have something like this. It was a Colt factory option back in the day, but I've seen some home builds using the same concept of two-toning using small parts.

 

A few of mine.I like the variation of colors,nothing mega bright.

 

I have a two tone Hi Power Practical I'm quite fond of.

 

I have only one two tone, and that's my new Tisas Aviator. I'm really in love with that pistol with it's contrasting slide, pins, controls, and grip panels.

 

Although in general I'm not a huge multicolor fan when it comes to guns, I will admit that a nicely hard chromed receiver mated to a nicely blued slide with nice grips on a 1911 does sort of sit all right with me.

 

Been a fan of two-tone since the days of IPSC - pretty classic look.

The way I'd understood the reasoning for the colors back then was to 1) minimize glare on top and 2) add sweat-resistance where gripped, so pistols with a dark frame and silver slide just look stupid to me, as if someone didn't understand the purpose of the two-tone and just botched it.

 

I tend to like the silver frame / black slide on my Sig STX.

I also like my Springfield MC Operator with the green frame / black slide.

 

I'm not a two-tone guy but different strokes for different folks.

 

Black is Beautiful.

 

 

I'm proud to own one of the last Two-tone guns Ted Yost built, square trigger guard and all.

Its hard chrome under a blue'd slide.

Once his hard chromer past away he said there wasn't anyone else out there he really trusted.

 

I prefer blued pistols, but I like the blued slide two-tones enough to own 2. The 'reverse' two-tones just look odd to me, but YMMV.

 

My CMP Rd 4 rack grade. 1943 Colt frame with Colt replacement slide. Kinda cool looking, but prefer the "fresh from the arsenal" rebuild look so I sent the slide off to Shuff's for a zinc repark.

 

There was a functional reason for black-over-silver, it's not just a matter of pretty colors.
With the advent of dark, wear-resistant finishes, it's now more of a cosmetic thing, or even a nostalgic thing.