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Today I shot my newly acquired Colt Delta Elite (10mm) from my tree stand (no rest) at 25 yards. Fairly happy with my shooting. Tree stand is a little over 12 feet high and I was standing while taking the shot. I seem to be more accurate from the stand with the Colt than my Glock 40. A little bit more practice from the stand and I'm hoping I can tighten the group a little.

The Colt Delta Elite (newer model) is a pleasure to shoot and the factory trigger seems pretty nice for out of the box. Looking forward to taking a nice Whitetail buck or Axis for my first time with a hand gun this year.



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Re: Colt Delta Elite-Time for handgun hunting [Re: TexasVine] #6498018 10/16/16 10:27 PM
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That's a danged nice pistol and I am totally jealous!

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Thanks River Rider.


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Originally Posted By: poisonivie
That dog will hunt!!!


Thanks poisonivie.


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Originally Posted By: RiverRider
That's a danged nice pistol and I am totally jealous!

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Me too! Always wanted one....


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Re: Colt Delta Elite-Time for handgun hunting [Re: TexasVine] #6498107 10/16/16 11:16 PM
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Very nice gun. My BIL has killed a couple of does with his Delta Elite.


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Originally Posted By: Grizz
Very nice gun. My BIL has killed a couple of does with his Delta Elite.


Thanks Grizz. Looking forward to putting some meat on the table!


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That's a danged nice pistol and I am totally jealous!

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Me too! Always wanted one....


Thanks Drop Tine. I have wanted one for awhile and finally found one of the newer ones, although I like to older blued ones as well.


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Good luck and nice pistol

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That's great shooting from your stand



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Originally Posted By: SapperTitan
Good luck and nice pistol


Thanks Sapper.


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Originally Posted By: Buzzsaw
That's great shooting from your stand



Ah, how great it would be to have young eyes again up


Thanks Buzzsaw. Its the first time I have shot a pistol from a stand in all of these years.


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Very nice! I have wanted one of those for years, just waiting on the right deal.

I am gonna hunt with my Glock 21 this year some.


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That'll work! Beautiful pistol. up


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Originally Posted By: DallasShootingSupplies
Very nice! I have wanted one of those for years, just waiting on the right deal.

I am gonna hunt with my Glock 21 this year some.


Occasionally I will see one come up on Texasguntrader for a reasonable price.


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Originally Posted By: janie
That'll work! Beautiful pistol. up


Thanks janie.


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Good shooting, sweet gun. up
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Good shooting, sweet gun. up
Good luck groundchecking something smile


Thanks chital.


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That's a good gun. I like to carry my 1911 in a chest holster from Diamond D.

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Handloads or factory?

Are the current Colt's/Delta's any different in chamber support the older models?

My bucket list has had a 10 for a long time, G20's are solid, but the Colt's sure are easy on the eyes.

Know a person who dumped a Doe with a Dan Wesson Bobtail using a 175 Silvertip, ran a short ways, bullet classic mushroom.

Do the DE's shoot as accurate as the Gold Cup? Different trigger quality, or just sights?

What are the differences in the older DE and new XE?



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Handloads or factory?

Are the current Colt's/Delta's any different in chamber support the older models?

My bucket list has had a 10 for a long time, G20's are solid, but the Colt's sure are easy on the eyes.

Know a person who dumped a Doe with a Dan Wesson Bobtail using a 175 Silvertip, ran a short ways, bullet classic mushroom.

Do the DE's shoot as accurate as the Gold Cup? Different trigger quality, or just sights?

What are the differences in the older DE and new XE?


The older ones did have a frame cracking issue until Colt machined a frame relieve cut in the slide that took care of the issue. I favor my new model Delta Elite over my Glock G40 and my old G20. I am more accurate with the Colt.

As far as more accurate than a Gold Cup, I don't know, perhaps someone else on the forum can filed that question.

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Good info to know, thanks very much.



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Good luck! I will be in the woods with my Glock 20 with a Lone Wolf 6.5" barrel. I broke 2 early Delta Elites, but my Glock just keeps running.


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