I don't have a 40p yet but when I do try to look for one I'm going to try to find one with milled recess so I can add that to the collection to be kind of fun to have. I still want a Colt z40 in the stable also but you know that'll be a while those prices man and they're not up for sale all the time I like to be lucky and come across things locally
I'm hoping one day to find a Colt Z40 for sale in a shop that has no idea what it really is (e.g. someplace like Gander).
Just like the new, technical, "official" term for the P-10c trigger safety is the "dingus", there needs to be a standard term for any CZ 40 (B or P) that had the Colt logo milled off.
De-Colted?
Un-horsed?
any other ideas?
So here I was trying to come up with a funny name for the milled out logo and learned a thing or two in the process...I vote one for De-Colted or maybe I throw out Ponyless
I went to see if the Colt Horse had a name and came across some interesting History behind the Colt logo:
http://www.coltfever.com/The_Colt_Emblem.htmlThe Colt company emblem is a modification of the Colt family coat of arms dating back to medieval England.
In ancient heraldry a horse is a symbol of loyalty and service to a monarch. A broken spear or lance symbolizes a fallen knight.
The famous Rampant Colt Pony is taken from the coat of arms, and pictures a horse defending it's fallen knight by breaking a lance in half, one half over it's legs and the other in it's mouth.
This is an ancient symbol of loyalty.
The Colt Pony logo is stamped on almost all Colt firearms.
Over the years the Pony has maintained it's form, but has changed from skinny to heavier ponies and back again.
also
and also from a 1911 forum:
https://www.1911forum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=49752"In the days before firearms, when the crusaders went into battle on horseback and armed with spears--one very intelligent horse, seeing that his rider was about to be pierced by the enemy's spear--reared on his hind legs, grasped the spear in his mouth, struck out with one hoof and broke the spear: This is embelmatic of the Colt--always coming to the defense of the master." from the Archives of the Connecticut State Library--Author Unknown.
Doug Sheldon's book--Colt's Super .38, The Production History-From 1929 Through 1971 documents the design variations of the Colt logo that were used from the 1890's through the 1960's.
The story dates back further. The Colt pony is based on the legend of Alexander the Great's horse Bucephalus, or Bucephalas. Legend says that once in battle a warrior struck out at Alexander with a spear, Bucephalus grabbed the spear in his mouth and broke it between his hoofs saving Alexanders life. The bond between them was strong. Bucephalus was also credited with pulling spears out of his own body and breaking them in battle. With this horse all the great legends of horses fighting and dying to protect their riders begins.
When Bucephalus died Alexander erected a city in his honor; Bucephala on the west bank of the Hydaspes River in modern Pakistan.
When the Pony first went up in Connecticut most folks knew of this legend so the pony with the spears in his mouth made sense. Like Samson and his haircut, the sword in the stone, the search for the Holy Grail, etc. folks knew the reference and got it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucephalus