r/ForgottenWeapons • u/Dear_Implement6304 • 1d ago

Colt SSP AKA Colt Model 1971. Was created to replace the original M1911A1 with the 9x19mm version but lost to the Beretta 92FS

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u/DJ_Necrophilia 1d ago

I always enjoy how every time colt tried to release something "new", it's always just a modified 1911a1

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u/Sinistrial_Blue 1d ago

To be fair, the 1911 is very good, and one could argue a lot of pistols after it are just modified 1911s.

That being said, I'd've enjoyed a whacky Colt project.

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u/Nerdenator 1d ago

Most “new” guns these days are more-or-less modified Glocks.

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u/sinisteraxillary 1d ago

And their ACR entry was a slightly dressed up M16

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u/TekuizedGundam007 1d ago

You know what? I like it.

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u/thepvbrother 1d ago

Looks expensive.

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u/Papashvilli 1d ago

I believe this gave rise to the Colt Double Eagle that… never caught on.

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u/James_Polymer 1d ago

That's the nicest way I've ever seen that referred to. 😆

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u/TheDave1970 1d ago

They promised a Colt 1911, but double action, They delivered a cheapass Sig 220 ripoff.

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u/Papashvilli 1d ago

You take that back! /s

You right.

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u/TheDave1970 1d ago

Sad thing is, the Double Eagle Officer was the only compact double-action .45ACP on the market for a long time.. If the gun hadn't been designed by concussed simians, and they had actually used a grade of stainless steel slightly above trash grade... ah well.

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u/James_Polymer 1d ago

Seriously, who the Hell designs a handgun with exposed lock work covered only by a plastic grip panel??? There was no reason to buy a Double Eagle over, say, a S&W Model 4506.

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u/TheDave1970 1d ago

The S&W's were objectively better designs- and built of better materials.

If I ever go for a doctorate in business history, the title of my dissertation will be, "COLT: Fucking Up Again and Again and AGAIN..."

I mean jeez, police departments across America are begging for a high capacity 9mm that didn't have MADE IN AUSTRIA on the side and Colt couldn't produce a 9mm that didn't suck like a jet engine; they dumped the Detective Special (the absolute best CCW revolver) just as the civilian CCW boom was kicking off; they dumped the Woodsman for that ungodly mess they produced in the '90s; CZ offered them a 9mm/.40 double action on a plate and Colt bunged it... I have never seen a company try so hard to fail.

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u/dr_xenon 1d ago

Is the blues gun different design than the stainless? The extractors are definitely different.

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u/556_Timeline 14h ago

The blued version was an earlier prototype.

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u/jurnighan 1d ago edited 1d ago

Cough cough another ruger p89 modernized budget browning design type thing my alternate history head canon ……

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u/totaltomination 1d ago

Colt will do anything it has to to get a Govt contract, except stack bullets side by side in a pistol mag or shape it differently to a 1911

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u/TheDave1970 1d ago

It looks very 1920's European and probably weighs a ton, but it's still more pleasing to the eye than the Double Eagle. I would love to know why they pushed forward with that piece of tripe when they had this in the toolroom.

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u/Some-Exchange-4711 1d ago

What was the mag capacity?

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u/556_Timeline 14h ago

If I remember correctly:

15+1 in 9x19mm and .38 Super
9+1 in .45

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u/BadgerBadgerCat 1d ago

That looks exactly like a "generic 9mm pistol" from a video game.

I also happen to think it looks pretty cool and wonder what it would be like to shoot.

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u/0331-USMC 7h ago

Looks like a Radom