Officers and Directors of the Colt Collectors Association

I hope you all had a safe and pleasant Spring, but Summer is upon us, and soon the CCA Annual All Colt Convention will be here. If you haven’t already, please submit your table applications and make your host hotel reservations. There are also sponsorship opportunities available. Sponsorships are appreciated and benefit the show by helping us provide…

I hope you are enjoying spring and getting out to enjoy the new season. As you all know, I am a basketball fan and this year’s March Madness did not disappoint. Well, maybe a little when Purdue (my alma mater) flamed out, but I never really expect them go far. And then I tell my Illinois friends that Purdue is an academic…

With summer arriving, the 2026 Colt Collectors Association All Colt Convention is just around the corner. Planning is underway with the Noblesville Embassy Suites to finalize details for the October convention.
We’ve got some absolutely incredible updates to share with you!

There are two premium engraved Colts being prepared for the 2026 CCA Auctions: the annual CCA Show Gun and a special Colt for the general auction.

The great historical significance of Samuel Colt’s letters hardly needs any further emphasis today. All these documents, each unique, speak for themselves. They are certainly among the most impressive and remarkable objects in the field of Sam Colt memorabilia.

The Lakeland Rifle & Pistol Club (LRPC) in Lakeland, FL, is proud to announce that a generous $5,000 donation from the Elizabeth Colt Legacy Foundation (ECLF) has directly enhanced our Advanced Junior Program by providing eight Colt King Cobra .22 LR revolvers for youth training.

I own a Colt M1911A1.45 caliber semiautomatic pistol that the commanding officer of a Marine Corps infantry battalion carried during combat on Iwo Jima in 1945 during World War II.

Long before Colt collectors came to recognize his work, Jim Alimo grew up in a busy household in Springfield, learning—often without realizing it—that in both lite and craftsmanship, a person’s hands build a legacy.

As most collectors know, the War Department adopted the Colt Model 1911 pistol as the official sidearm for the U.S. military in late 1911. According to Clawson, the first 40 guns were assembled on December 28, 1911, and shipped to Springfield Armory on January 4, 1912.

The Rampant Colt, the official publication of the Colt Collectors Association Inc., welcomes article submissions from members and qualified researchers who share our passion for Colt firearms, history, and collecting.

You may have wondered at some point about how The Colt Collectors Association is organized and governed. CCA is organized as a 501(c)(7) “Non-Profit” with Bylaws that govern how our club is run and managed. You can Google “501(c)(7) learn more about nonprofits and find our Bylaws on the CCA website.

When Colt Manufacturing sought to enter the American sporting and hunting rifle market in the early 1970s, it turned not to its own Hartford, Connecticut workshops but to one of Europe’s most storied gunmakers, J.P. Sauer & Sohn, reestablished in Eckernförde, West Germany in 1951 after the postwar division of Germany left the firm’s original…

In the spring issue of The Rampant Colt you saw the very first newsletters sent to members after our organizational meeting of November of 1980, including the two typed letters and the first two printed issues on slick paper.

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