Officers and Directors of the Colt Collectors Association

Convention preview, a call for auction consignments and sponsorships, and notice of the officer and director positions up for election at Noblesville.

A report from the Kansas City summer board meeting, plus new website features — printable membership cards, American Express and auto-renewal, and an expanded Resources section.

Full details for Noblesville, Indiana, October 1–4: the America 250 member pin, seminars, display awards, shipping instructions, trade-table rules, and the two premium engraved Colts headed to the auction block.

A close look at this year’s Annual Show Gun: a 7½-inch Black Powder Frame Single Action Army in .38 W.C.F., master engraved by Bertram Edmonston with 85 percent coverage of period-correct scrolls drawn from late-1800s to mid-1900s factory practice.

A detailed forensic study of a Model 1851 Navy that once belonged to Auguste Francotte & Companie of Liège, Belgium — and that refuses to fit the brevete category it has long been filed under.

The Benefit Auction returns Saturday, October 3. Consignments already in hand include a reproduction Model 1877 “Bulldog” Gatling gun, consecutively numbered Third Generation SAAs, and a lettered antique Single Action Army.

The M1911A1 dominates the story of American wartime handguns, but it never met demand. This survey covers the double-action Colts that filled the gap: the M1917 .45 ACP New Service revolvers pulled from storage and reissued, the commercial Official Police revolvers supplied to the Army and the Defense Supplies Corporation, and …

Colonel John S. Mosby devoted nearly a full page of his 1887 Reminiscences to Samuel Forrer Chapman — the Baptist minister turned artillery officer who rode into the Union ranks at Miskel’s Farm standing straight up in his stirrups.

A candid argument for the honest shooter at the bottom of the market. The author’s subject is an 1876 civilian .45 Single Action — buffed, re-nickeled, pitted bore, all original parts, $1,600 — and after timing work, new screws, and a trigger job it puts three rounds into two inches at 25 yards.

What the magazine accepts, manuscript and photography requirements, the review process, editorial standards, and deadlines — a complete guide for prospective contributors.

A period image feature: an unidentified Confederate soldier in a homespun frock coat with a pair of Model 1851 Navy revolvers and a Model 1842 musket.

Ten questions on Colt models and production figures, from Paterson No. 5 output to the first commercially successful Colt double action. Answer key included.

Show pins from Louisville 2006 through Concord 2025, anniversary pins, the CCA patch, and table covers — with ordering information.

The association’s year-end 2024–2025 balance sheet and profit-and-loss statement, presented side by side for the membership.

How the CCA is organized and governed as a 501(c)(7), what the Bylaws require of officers and directors, and the slate standing for election on October 2.

A practical succession plan for Colt collectors and their families: building a current inventory, photographing the collection, assigning realistic value ranges, choosing the right selling venue, and putting business terms in writing.

Since 1980 the CCA has contracted with Colt several times for members-only Single Action Army special editions, and this article assembles their history from the club’s own newsletters, Colt Archive letters, and surviving guns.

New members from across the country and abroad, with an overview of what CCA membership includes.

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