My other half has a Colt Woodsman that her father had when she was a little girl. She’s 78 now, so the Woodsman has been in the family for a long time. We only shot it once back in 2017. In 2017 it was worth $900. Probably more now.

My mom’s dad gave my dad a Colt Woodsman back in the 60’s. Butter smooth. Dad did tell me to only fire low powered ammo through it. I bought some extra spring steel pieces for it. Dad had had it around 60 years when he passed it to me Cleaned but never disassembled. So I did it. It is an amazing piece of machinery and art. Man, it was grimy inside. When it was cleaned and oiled the action was even smoother. IMO, I don’t think the gun was designed to be disassembled very often. Everything is so tight fitting that to me other than swabbing out the barrel and wiping it down, spraying it with cleaner is all you need to do. I’m supposed to pass it down to a niece. I will. But not until I’ve put a lot of rounds through it.

@jacobadams7440

4 ай бұрын

If your Woodsman was made after 1933 it is okay to shoot regular bulk box high velocity ammo in it, but not stuff like Mini-Mags or Stingers.

I love my classic Huntsman.

Indeed, I love the classics too. I wouldn't kick a TX22 out of bed though.

@samholdsworth420

8 ай бұрын

You make love to your guns?

@Killin_365

8 ай бұрын

Tx22 and the keltec p17 both light, little laser beams.

Old steel is the best .. Iv gone back to all metal guns.. especially used older ones..

Old 22's are my favorite, there are a lot of really cool and unique ones out there

@nanaki-seto

9 ай бұрын

Old 22s were wild back in the day they made so many different 22 pistols you could find some reall odd ball things

Slow mo needs huge amounts of lighting! I love the P17, but it is NO comparison to a Woodsman!

The Ruger target 22 is a great plinker.. I didn't realize how heavy the Uzi is until I held one.. Also the 1921 Thompson is a heavy piece of machinery.. In the 80s when I lived in Texas my best friend had a cousin that had a collectors license and had both full auto. I had a chance to buy an HK 91,but bought the hunter rifle I think it was the M77..I sold it or traded for something automotive ,as I was into hunting and hot rods.. What a Dumbass... I digress... God bless you and your loved ones Godspeed

I remember when the Huntsman came out. There were some gun writers even back then who didn't think much of it compared to the older 1st and 2nd generation Woodsman pistols. Today I can afford none of them, LoL and content myself with an old pre-owned Ruger Standard and a few spare magazines. :)

Had one of these that I bought for $75 at a garage sale.

I'm old school still. Steel & Wood for me!!!

I'm originally from New York so I've been rebuilding my collection since I moved to Florida. I have a large variety of modern guns, but, in the last 6 months I've been going to the classics. Wood and steel just feels better. From a classic ruger mkII to a 586 from 1997. Maybe it's nostalgia. Do get a kick out of you being an engineer, designer a scientist and using the terms "Winchester wachamcallit"

Nothing compares to steel and walnut, or brass and walnut ( I'm also huge into vintage American airguns ).

Love the old classics they was made with pride and honor.

Would love one of those.

I own a colt woodsman from 1918. first generation as far as I know

@chrism4008

9 ай бұрын

Oh wow!! Thats a really cool piece to have!!

@Nozzlejockey2

9 ай бұрын

@@chrism4008 It was my fathers. it was the first piece he bought used as a young boy.

Definitely a cool piece of firearms history!

Like you said. They truly don’t build them like they used to. Old guns are wayyyyy nicer then most of the stuff you buy now. Unless you get to the 2 to 3 thousand dollar range.

I have a 52' built Match target 6". It's a second gen so it has the 1911 style mag release and the slide stop. It's one of my favorite new to pistol shooting training guns because it has the typical newer pistol manual of arms. Being from a slightly younger generation my friends and I call it the magic wand because of how easy it is to point and how smooth it runs.

I think the plain Ruger Mark 4 with the metal Luger-style frame, wood grips and skinny barrel is a current production 22 with some old school soul to it. Always been meaning to add one to the collection

@KevinVincent

9 ай бұрын

Everyone should have a ruger 22..

@chrism4008

9 ай бұрын

I have an older one, cant remember off the top how old it is though. It shoots straight as can be at distance, i love it

Love my Ruger standard (mk 1)

Love both classics and modern hardware!

I just quickly checked on the original price of that gun. Found an ad from 1977, at which time the pistol was sold for 124USD. That is about 630USD today, if you account for inflation. Given the stricter controls, higher cost of governance etc. that we have due to firearms regulations, I would say we are looking at a 800USD gun in todays price. A range in which the quality is probably not that far off from what we see in the huntsman. Just my two cents on the price.

@mattmarzula

9 ай бұрын

That is a proper estimate although this pistol shouldn't sell for more than $400 no matter what. I used to work at a gun store in 2016. I never really liked it unless it was cash customers who knew what they were about and what they wanted. Like me. Smooth process. We had nearly a dozen Woodsman and Huntsman pistols come through while I was there. I steered people towards consignment and they averaged $600. But when people would claim that they wanted $600 cash for them, I would practically be at them over the head with it and get it for $250. Rust, dust, powder fouling, skin buildup, worn parts... I'd start gigging those pistols hard. If they were a jerk, I'd disassemble it and pull out the magnifying glasses. I had a guy down to $125 telling him he'd be better off selling it to a gun buy back program with all the rust. He took it. A little G96 and 0000" steel wool... It sold for $700 because it belonged to the store. All guns sell for what people are willing to part with them for and what people are willing to pay for them. There's always a drug addict with access to grandpa's collection. I'd tell you about a never been fired nickel plated Smith and Wesson Model 36 with Confederate flag grips but, the story isn't worth the $80 I got it for.

@peteraugust5295

9 ай бұрын

@@mattmarzula Impressive that you are proud of it even...

What is hilarious is back when i was a kid i had a daisy bb pistol that looked just like that other than it had a cocking lever under the barrel LOL

@ChrisB.C.

9 ай бұрын

I broke a couple of those trying to make them actually powerful enough to break glass. 🤦😄

My relative owns a Huntsman. We used to shoot bottle caps , lighted cigarettes and empty shot shells with it.

Back when Colt built GUNS, by God!!

Dad left me His Woodsman, that will someday be passed down to my daughter.

I love the classics. I own a Colt Woodsman first series that has adjustable front and rear sights. My grandfather gave it to me on my 16th birthday. So it's not only a lot of fun to shoot, but it has sentimental value as well.

I just got an old model Ruger single six with walnut grips made in 69 and I just love it and it's a convertible with box and everything

Thanks Mark. Tell Val to get back in front of the camera!

Great find Mark! 2 of my most prized possessions are a pair of Browning Challenger 1's made around the same time as your Colt. Same sort of beauty, the machining and finish on them is incredible. I inherited them and still have the original receipts from when my FIL purchased them. They were $150 each in 1972. 😂

I really like the wood it's easier to change the color excellent video thank you for sharing this six stars

My first gun was a Colt Woodsman Match Target 6", bought used in 1971. I will never sell it. The firing pin can get gunged up, sometimes causing misfires.

I had one when I was a kid. Sweet pistol.

You cant beat good old fashioned quality!

Winchester ammo and i hate each other. Every caliber I buy is Trash, while others love and swear by it.

@SwampOperator

8 ай бұрын

I bought a 200 round range pack 9mm 115 gr. Out of that I had 24 rounds that wouldn't fire. Tried them in 4 different 9mms and wouldn't fire. Hard primers.

@stefanmolnapor910

8 ай бұрын

@@SwampOperator last 200rnd pack of 9mm i bought from them i had to be refunded because there where empty damaged cases, damaged bullets also. They didnt bat an eye and paid me. I've had cases of the 200rn white boxes that where not loaded correctly to the point i gave them to a reloader, because i was tired of it.

The Colt Woodsman was almost priced out of the market when that one was made. While not the equal of a Colt, I bought a new Ruger Standard in 1971 for $68 bucks, half the price of a Colt. High Standard made a pistol more expensive than a Colt that matched in every way, but the Colt had a deep black finish and fine wooden grips. The old Standard shoots better than my Mark IV/45. The Trigger on the Standard is so much better than the one on the Mark IV.

I bet you remember 286 computers and 2400 baud modems. Lol. When you said "phoning in" this video put me to mind.

@kenibnanak5554

9 ай бұрын

LoL, you missed suffering a 300 baud modem.

@joshuagibson2520

9 ай бұрын

@@kenibnanak5554 I did. Fortunately!

@Njazmo

9 ай бұрын

Amiga 500 was way better, with a 2400 baud modem. 😂

@CCW1911

9 ай бұрын

The 286 was a screaming machine compared to my XT my first "computer" being a Timex, phoning it in comes from the typewriter days don't miss those..

Was shooting a friend's old Ruger Standard (pre MKI) and MKIII 22/45 Lite a while back. Both had probably roughly the same number of rounds through them and the Standard trigger was miles ahead of the MKIII 22/45 Lite. He stated that they were both factory triggers. Amazing in how diferent the triggers were. Night and day difference between them.

The Browning Buckmark is as close as you get to the Huntsman now, at a reasonable price.

been shooting quite a bit of 22lr this year, since purchasing my first 22lr silencer. even purchasing from big chain retail ammo. ive noticed bad or lack of primer compound in Norma, Winchester, Aguilla, and Remington. ive had the best results with cci all different varieties from, green label, mini mag, stinger, subsonic lead, and subsonic hollow point. all these results were tested with both a newer Ruger 10/22 and FN 502

I love the classics myself as well.

If this was the only gun I had I would feel safe with it on my nightstand.

I got one of those back in 1988 from my ex mother inlaw as collateral for a $20 loan, i was kind of worried thinking it might have been stolen because she was into not so good stuff. It turned out it wasn't I've even run the numbers just a couple of years ago. I haven't seen her since 1994 she never came to reclaim it. I learned she passed a couple of years ago. She actually passed in 2001 that's why I recently ran the numbers again. Still not reported stolen. It's a great little gun very accurate. I did have to buy a clip for it several years ago because it didn't have one. I think that cost me $12 bucks. Once in '92 I was offered $500 dollars for it and that was a gun show in Reno NV

I love these old plinking/target pistols. May have to pick one up soon!

Don’t trust the camera display. Use two or three times as much light as you think you’ll need. Yep, I feel the older guns too. Even the crappy little Raven auto I bought for gits and shiggles forty years ago was better made than a lot of modern guns. (When Mark mentioned the ammo he was using, did anyone else hear Paul Harrell rattle off “Remington green and white box…”?)

Classic!!!

My 2nd series Woodsman from the 50’s is a nice gun, even has a mostly straight trigger.

I carved wooden grips for three of my home made firearms.

S&W Model 41 is the right stuff.

Had a woodsman back in 74 when I was 7.Shot a few copperheads with it

Cool sir.

Thanks again

I have several High Standards. Dad had an HD Military back in the 40's and it was burned in brothers house fire around 1978. I traded in a new Ruger semi auto pistol on an HD Military just to have one. The Huntsman looks a lot like my B model. My most reliable one is the Sportsman model but I think the magazines get a bit finicky over time.

Have admired and desired one of thise Colts for years! Lucky you!

I've been wanting a colt huntsman match target ever since I saw kino's journey.

@andrewsparks4112

8 ай бұрын

Kino's journey ?

@acat4103

8 ай бұрын

@@andrewsparks4112 an anime

The only theory I can come up with about the difference in movement is the longer barrel on the Colt or maybe weight? Love the old 22s especially Colt and High Standard, one thing that can cause missfires is a slightly weakened recoil spring, doesn't make sense but you can see the bolt bounce in the video and what happens is when the spring gets weaker it doesn't quite fully close the bolt after the last bounce which means some of the hammer energy is used to close it and not available to dent the primer quite enough. Crud on the breach face and bolt will also cause missfires for the same reason.

Awesome.

That looks way to close to the High Standard Sport King. I love the older Metal and Wood firearms. A time when craftsmanship went into the fit and finish. They feel and shoot great right out of the box !

Got a nice ruger for plinking myself, but this is beautiful as well. 👍 Love the vids mark.

My dad still has one of these, first gun I ever shot and my favorite gun!

That's a good looking pistol. I prefer wood and steel but then again I have a Glock right now because of cost and reliability. Both are paramount for me.

👍🐿👍Squirrel gun

Nice huntsman, I just got done putting together a Colt Pre Woodsman made in 1919, Same gun but mine is much older.

Got one years back .. didnt pay much for it, got a bunch out of it when i sold it, but sure wish I hadnt

@chrism4008

9 ай бұрын

I always say that about every one i sell

@KevinVincent

9 ай бұрын

@@chrism4008 yea.. me too.. even the ones that were, honestly, Junque.. lol.. I still really wish I had that PPKs 22lr smaller than 'clone' that bit my hand SO bad all the time that I got for 150 and sold a few years later for 200.. and I HATED that gun.. I was never so glad to get rid of one..

steel and wood, my only cheater is my plastic EDC Ruger 9mm, but it's light and easy to conceal

I've got one!

Lewman Arms retail shop is in Winter Haven

My EDC is a High Standard DuraMatic... on the hip in leather. But only on the farm.

I feel the same about my Ruger Mk.1 4" barrel pistol. Still got the plastic grips, though...

A High Standard HD military would be cool AF.

@kimmer6

8 ай бұрын

The lines look very similar. My dad had a High Standard with 2 barrels, 4'' and 6''. Press the button to release the barrel and disassemble the pistol in 10 seconds. I shot that pistol many times as a 6 year old kid in the 1950's. It was very accurate. That was a very nice pistol and was very accurate. I believe he bought it new in 1949 for $18.00.

Beautiful gun. I suppose inflation has something to do with similar rimfire pistols being in excess of $400 today (for the very entry level types of guns). And who tf disliked this video?!

The Hunstman's modern equivalent might be the Buckmark. The latter has the rear sight on a fixed rail, so may be more accurate.

I think I like walnut and steel!

I’m right in the middle , I love a good classic , an old 30-30 or a ww1 -ww2 surplus bolt rifle they have a heft and a feel to them that you can’t get anymore . Exactly like you said you could still make them but they would be extremely expensive and people only want lightweight and high capacity. I’ll shoot a Glock or 1911 any day and have a good time , I know a few fanboys of both that won’t touch one or the other simply because they read online one bad thing about the other gun and ran with it 😂 same with ak/ar both awesome guns with their own areas to shine in .

...I just started an AR lower made of Black Walnut.

I had a batch of Remington Golden bullets that were inconsistent with lots of misfires that would fire on a second attempt in a different spot. Pulled 20 or so and found gaps in the priming that when struck of course wouldn't ignite and varying amounts of priming which accounted for the inconsistent velocities. Wish .22's used a dual firing pin like many of the very early rimfire guns did which would nearly eliminate the misfiring problem encountered sometimes.

@markserbu

9 ай бұрын

I hear ya, Recoil Rob. But in this case I tried every round twice and one of them 3 times, and of course in different spots around the rim. There was obviously no primer compound in them.

@recoilrob324

9 ай бұрын

@@markserbu If you still have those duds laying around...would be interesting to pull them apart and see if the priming flaked off with the first strike. I found that in several duds where the pin hit an area with no compound that it shocked the rest off that was found in the powder so they were total duds. For the billions of .22's they make...guess they're doing pretty good making them reliable. Thanks for the reply Mark!!

Misfire could be to a build up of fouling on the firing pin, either the face of the bolt/extractor not letting the pin get full stroke or cushioning the impact just below the threshold of ignition. Those misfire rounds might be fine in a revolver or rotate 90 degrees in the semiauto after a good chamber and bolt face cleaning

I know how you feel about the classic style handguns.

Thats so damn cool 22plinkster made me want one of those but ive never seen one in a pawn shop or used cabinet in a gun store you have good taste in pistols👍

22 misfires, I know some guns were built with twin firing pin strikers, it should be universal. I cannot remember the last time I had a 22 misfire that would not go off when the rim was struck in a different portion of it.

I preferred the Ruger Mk 2 but that's me. Still a good video.

❤️ steel and wood 🪵

I'm not sure about the science but I do watch a lot of the slo mo guys and they always talk about overly increasing the lighting when they shoot slo mo. (and they are shooting way slow. like, 100,000 frames per second slow).

ive got a woodsman, ww2-ish era. its stupid accurate and so much fun to shoot. feels like it weighs half as much as my ruger mk4. the way theyre built is nothing like youll get in a modern plastic gun. everything is super smooth, tight tolerances. not even the mk4 feels like that. maybe a polished gucci volquartzen will, but for a few grand it better.

We request more live stream q&a!

Very nice find. Not sure what's going on with Winchester and their .22lr stuff, but it's gotten to the point I'll always pass it up. Even some of the older stuff is noticeably inconsistent.

Cool

Say what you will about tacticool plastic guns , there's a good reason the 1911 has been used by MEN for 112 years .

Had occasional to use a S&W m41 during a match. OMG! How I'd luv to fall into one of those. Years back I had a buddy had a kitchen table shop . He had a Hi Standard Sport King, electroless nickle,4" HD Military that I coveted; but he wouldn't sell it😢

Not only is the older stuff stronger, it looks nicer. How long has it been since you have seen a new plastic pistol that has a blued slide? Or a blued anything?

@j.robertsergertson4513

9 ай бұрын

Old gun designs were artistically crafted to be functional as well as aesthetically pleasing, todays plastic injection molded guns are just mass production cookie cutter guns

I have a Ruger Standard(mk1) built in ‘57 that shoots as good as the day it came out of the factory.

Interesting vid. What camera was used and how many frames?

It's dark becaus highspeed requires beter lighting. You know, less time, less photons hitting the camera. Light physics and stuff

2:40 - even with good quality ammo that shit can happen (guess you won the lottery of the "quality bell curve")

The slide/bolt bounce is really what interests me. I wonder if the Ruger MkII bolt bounces, or the high standard bolt? It would be interesting to see if a semi-uzi bolt with all of it's mass does a bounce, same with a semi m11. Again, this would apply only to semi closed bolt systems - how much mass or spring force do you need to prevent a bounce? Or are we seeing something else? Is it just the nature of steel bouncing off steel? Like watching a steel ball bearing bounce off a steel table.

I always go for a wooden stock

Funny they can't make them like that anymore, considering it's A LOT easier to make stuff with CNC and EDM etc!

@chrism4008

9 ай бұрын

They can, its just more expensive

@CandidZulu

9 ай бұрын

Sorry you missed my point...@@chrism4008

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If we are talking about cool 22lr pistols - Mark, can you improve upon the H&R 195 USRA pistol?