Dealer Clapp & Treat (Hartford CT)

[Big D]

Clapp & Treat?

I think I went there once.

Wait, maybe that was the free clinic at the health department....

Go to the medical officer in Pusan, Korea (1969). One day, at one of our staff meetings with the Colonel, when asked to give a report on the success of the VD control program, the head doctor (who happened to be a Gynecologist), shrugged his shoulders and reported, "Well Colonel, this week, I have looked into some of the worst sewers you can imagine". 40 years after the fact, I Googled my old company ( 609th Ordinance Co) and the only thing which came up was some study on VD in Korea which mentioned tha fact that when the dopot closed, and the company moved further up the peninsula, the "girls" followed the company.

[edgarspencer]

George, do you remember Vine Parmalee, the State Supreme Ct judge? He sold me a gun that he bought at the Hfd store. It was new, in the box, with the sales receipt. I eventually traded it in on something at the Newington Gun Exchange. The guy there said he never heard of C&T. I still have the model 12 my dad bought me in 1957 from them. I think they were still in Hartford then.
I have a friend, whose mother's maiden name is one or the other, though which, I can't remember.

[George Lander]

Originally Posted by edgarspencer

George, do you remember Vine Parmalee, the State Supreme Ct judge? He sold me a gun that he bought at the Hfd store. It was new, in the box, with the sales receipt. I eventually traded it in on something at the Newington Gun Exchange. The guy there said he never heard of C&T. I still have the model 12 my dad bought me in 1957 from them. I think they were still in Hartford then.
I have a friend, whose mother's maiden name is one or the other, though which, I can't remember.

Edgar, No I can't say as I do remember them (but there's a whole bunch of things that I can't remember). Also, I don't remember ever hearing of "C & T"
(which may be one of the above). I do know that Colt FA CO. was & I believe still is in Hartford. I believe that if I had been in charge of C&T I would have changed it's name.

Best Regards, George

[edgarspencer]

Originally Posted by George Lander

Edgar, No I can't say as I do remember them (but there's a whole bunch of things that I can't remember). Also, I don't remember ever hearing of "C & T"
(which may be one of the above). I do know that Colt FA CO. was & I believe still is in Hartford. I believe that if I had been in charge of C&T I would have changed it's name.

Best Regards, George

George (Lander), my post was directed at George Purtill. You get a pass, not knowing the locals up this way.
Colt is now located in West Hartford, and I'm not entirely sure, but don't think they do anything at the old Colt plant in Hartford. The Big Blue dome is still atop the building, and the prancing horse is back up there, but, sadly, I think the heart of the company has moved on.

[Autumn Daze]

Ah yes..The blue onion dome and the rampant colt. I love that old building. I convinced I was born 100 years too late.

[J.B. Books]

Originally Posted by Dave Suponski

Ah yes..The blue onion dome and the rampant colt. I love that old building. I convinced I was born 100 years too late.

Dave, anyone who enjoys nice firearms, lots of open land and plenty of game was born 100 years too late.

[Autumn Daze]

Got that right Pete...Sorry to say..