Colt Woodsman

[rimfire]

I have an older one in 22 with the drift adjustable rear and spring loaded front site.  I inherited from my grandfather and selling is not an option, but right now I hate shooting the darn thing.

Gun shoots way high with any ammo.  Rear sight is already too short, and I hate the spring loaded chincy front site.  I dropped this off with a gunsmith several years ago who promised to polish and reblue plus replace front and rear sight with better.

Bottom line is that the bonehead kept it for near 20 months, and when I get it back it was full of bluing salts, had been excessively polished at the Colt markings, and he had spent a lot of time replacing the front site with an exact duplicate and leaving the rear as is.  Arrgggghhhhhh.  I found out later the gentlemen fought cancer during this time so I left it alone.  I stuck the pistol in a case in the back of the gun room and ignored it.

I have gotten the urge to create a shooter again.  I love the feel and miss grandad. 

-new front and rear ADJUSTABLE sights...yes I realize this will take some welding or brazing or ?
-polish and reble or maybe even a High tech coating

I want to turn this into something I can shoot, carry in the woods and enjoy.  I realize that it will not be cost effective as I could probably buy a plinker for less than half what this will cost me, but I don't care. 

I would appreciate any suggestions you have for gunsmith options that are reasonable, good and are reliable; i.e. know how to follow directions. 

Thanks.

[JD]

I don't remember Woodsie's having a spring loaded front sight, but I'm wrong on occasion. My 2nd gen is secured with two very small pins.
 Is it possible the barrel and/or sights have been replaced/changed ??

One fix may be to replace the front blade only with a taller one to bring the impact point down; you didn't mention how high it actually shot.

[Bowman26]

Sorry to hear of your misfortune with the Woodsman. I have one myself I inherited from my father that could really use a re-bluing job but when I think about getting one done it just takes away from the character of the pistol. It will always shoot regardless of the bluing on the outside and this pistol can flat out shoot with a nice silky smooth trigger. Its old and not exactly a looker but she makes up for that with how she handles.

Sorry I don't have any info to help with a smith. Search online for the guy that has the insane Woodsman collection, he has a website and could probably put you in touch with someone who can get it done right for you.


Bo