Dealer Clapp & Treat (Hartford CT)

[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..

[George M. Purtill Member #28]

Colt in Hartford is nothing but a highly valuable trade name.
What is under the Blue Onion Dome ( a gift from a Tsar I believe) has nothing to do with guns. The original Rampant Colt was sold to a speculator group, but may have been bought back by the state and is now in the CT Museum in the Supreme Court building.
That museum is worth a trip, in my opinion.

[George M. Purtill Member #28]

that pony is fiberglas I believe.

[edgarspencer]

At one point Larry Wilson claimed to own the original Colt, but I believe it came back to the state. More than I can say for some of the fine Colts that he 'borrowed' from the state library.