Dealer Clapp & Treat (Hartford CT)

[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

[George Lander]

Originally Posted by Destry L. Hoffard

Sorry George, I know this is a serious post for you. I just couldn't resist. *wink*

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No problem Destry. It was not at all "serious" in that I seldom get "serious" about anything save eating, drinking & sleeping anymore.
I do remember when my ship was leaving Recife, Brazil after the Santa Maria Cruise Ship hijacking that a good many of my shipmates (fortunately I was not one of them) had to be "treated" for the "clapp"

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.

[George Lander]

That's O.K. Edgar. At times I also get confused as to who I am.

Best Regards, George Lander

[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.