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I would have placed that ad sometime in the 1960s, but that is a >1972 gun.

I remember seeing an ad, obviously dated well before the passage of the National Firearms Act, showing a lone cowboy fighting off bandidos with a Thompson submachine gun. Big Grin In reality, not too many ranchers out in BFE could afford one.
 
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Thanks for that posting. That lady in the back looks just like my lunch lady who served up sloppy Joes with her hand covered by a clear plastic wrap. She even looks like she is wearing one of those attractive hair nets.
 
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I Googled the name of the magazine and got no hits. Fake?
 
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Maybe that gal has her Cobra stashed in that book on the table (cutout) at school. Maybe she will put that Cobra in his face between bits of mashed potatoes and English peas.

Enjoyed seeing that ad, don't remember seeing it , how well would that ad go over today! LOL


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It appears to be fabricated.

Shrouded Cobras and Detective Specials were introduced in 1972. The photo shows people with clothing and hairstyles from the late 1950s or early 1960s. On top of that, I used to collect Colt literature and advertisement and I've never seen such a thing.

I just can't see an ad like that appearing from Colt anytime in the postwar era, and words like masher and hophead were already antiquated when the pistol shown in that ad was manufactured.

If it's authentic, it's the most outrageous Colt ad ever.


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Sorry if it's a fake. I thought it was a kinda cool ad.



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It appears to be fabricated.

Shrouded Cobras and Detective Specials were introduced in 1972. The photo shows people with clothing and hairstyles from the late 1950s or early 1960s. On top of that, I used to collect Colt literature and advertisement and I've never seen such a thing.

I just can't see an ad like that appearing from Colt anytime in the postwar era, and words like masher and hophead were already antiquated when the pistol shown in that ad was manufactured.

If it's authentic, it's the most outrageous Colt ad ever.



Fake news, now Fake Ads. Of course some of the ads from the 50s and 60s were something else.

 
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I wonder if I could still get a gun finished in “Pacifier” blue. Smile

And city zones (e.g., Hartford 15) were out and ZIP codes were in long before shrouded Colts.




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Yup, Zip codes were introduced in 1963. Looks like this was a fabrication/fake. Sorry para and guys. Frown



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He's one creepy masher, though. Probably a panty sniffer or something. Shoot him, baby!


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I LOVE that fake ad! I think Colt would be wise to use it in a full-page ad in USA Today, People, and Mademoiselle.

I actually had one of those "Johnny 7's".... It did not stand up to heavy tactical use, at least in my seven year-old hands.
 
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Good fun. But way over the top IMO to be real.

Has to be a fake.

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That boy is a p-i-g, pig!


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It is fake.
No way Colt puts shooting someone over and over in an advertisement.

I agree he looks like a creep and probably deserves it for that alone.


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It appears to be fabricated.

Shrouded Cobras and Detective Specials were introduced in 1972. The photo shows people with clothing and hairstyles from the late 1950s or early 1960s. On top of that, I used to collect Colt literature and advertisement and I've never seen such a thing.

I just can't see an ad like that appearing from Colt anytime in the postwar era, and words like masher and hophead were already antiquated when the pistol shown in that ad was manufactured.

If it's authentic, it's the most outrageous Colt ad ever.


This post put a smile on my face. We have quite a few people here that have the knowledge and critical thinking skills in different and many areas. Para is one of them.

I don't admire that somebody's balloon got popped but the expertise demonstrated. It's like those Antique Road Show experts when they talk about either fake or genuine stuff and their value.



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"Ladies life and household" magazine gets no returns on Google.
More likely Mad Magazine?


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No such title in the Library of Congress as well.



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1500 rpm? Obviously before "truth in advertising" laws, too.
 
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