Anyone ever order a Colt Archive Letter?

[SchmittZoid]

Back in May, I ordered a Colt Archive / provenance letter for the 1927 Colt Contract Argentinian Sistema I picked up.

Here is the original thread.

http://www.theoutdoorstrader.com/th...t-matter-experts-on-odt.1143453/#post-5766573

August is now nearing its close. I think the 100th day will be September 5th. Does Colt take exactly 100 days, or is it a (+/-) thing? And if (+/-) what is the delta? Just curious in hearing others experience.

When I ordered, the website said they would charge my credit card when their research begins. I haven't see the charge hit yet, and I check the current statement online regularly. I was thinking/hoping I would have heard something by now.

Your experience?

 

[JWC]

I do not have any first hand experience with Colt. But a friend of mine sent a request for a letter in December of 2014. He called Colt to check on it every two to three months. He received the letter June 7, 2016. The letter was dated February, 2015. I don't know if this is normal, or if this is an exception. I can only relay what I know.

 

[SchmittZoid]

I guess they need to be more specific on which "100 days" they were talking about.

WOW, I wish I could be that delayed on a task . . . . .

I do not have any first hand experience with Colt. But a friend of mine sent a request for a letter in December of 2014. He called Colt to check on it every two to three months. He received the letter June 7, 2016. The letter was dated February, 2015. I don't know if this is normal, or if this is an exception. I can only relay what I know.

 

[SchmittZoid]

At $100 a pop, you would think they could churn out 20 or 30 per day . . . . . .

 

[brettd308]

I ordered two on May 31 and haven't heard anything from Colt or seen anything on my credit card. My email said 12-16 weeks

 

[SchmittZoid]

I ordered two on May 31 and haven't heard anything from Colt or seen anything on my credit card. My email said 12-16 weeks

I think I ordered mine the week before you. I will keep you posted if I hear anything. Didn't know how popular these are, or what their demand is like.

Z

 

[brettd308]

These will be my first. I ordered one for my grandfather's US stamped hammerless 1903, and one for his nickel plated police positive with British proofs. Said he swapped two cartons of cigarettes for the police positive in N. Africa in 1943-44. The hammerless 1903 was issued to him in China in 1945 with the OSS

 

[brettd308]

Just got a call from Colt. They needed my new credit card info. Both of my letters are headed to typing

 

[SR Armory]

Most of my experience has been 100 to 110 days.

 

[spencer60]

Wow. A 'Jinks' Letter from Smith takes a couple of months, but that seems pretty reliable.