Posted: 2/16/2026 9:36:09 PM EDT
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Im familiar with the Delta Elite but I never knew there was such a gun as a Delta Gold Cup. Saw one for sale last week and bought it. Haven’t taken possession of it yet because of Md 7 day wait. It is stainless with typical rubber wraparound grips with delta medallions. Adjustable rear sight. Left side slide marked Delta Gold Cup Right side slide marked Gold Cup National Match. I plugged the serial number in to the Colt database and it came up as 1990 date of manufacture. Anyone else own one of these? |
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Originally Posted By 1badf350: Im familiar with the Delta Elite but I never knew there was such a gun as a Delta Gold Cup. Saw one for sale last week and bought it. Haven’t taken possession of it yet because of Md 7 day wait. It is stainless with typical rubber wraparound grips with delta medallions. Adjustable rear sight. Left side slide marked Delta Gold Cup Right side slide marked Gold Cup National Match. I plugged the serial number in to the Colt database and it came up as 1990 date of manufacture. Anyone else own one of these? My god that's a rare one. Please please post pictures! Im a HUGE fan of the Delta series guns and yes these were a 90s run! Awesome find OP. May i ask what it ran you? |
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Originally Posted By 1badf350: Im familiar with the Delta Elite but I never knew there was such a gun as a Delta Gold Cup. Saw one for sale last week and bought it. Haven’t taken possession of it yet because of Md 7 day wait. It is stainless with typical rubber wraparound grips with delta medallions. Adjustable rear sight. Left side slide marked Delta Gold Cup Right side slide marked Gold Cup National Match. I plugged the serial number in to the Colt database and it came up as 1990 date of manufacture. Anyone else own one of these? This is mine. All I did was swap out the factory wrap-around ‘prebble’ rubber grips for some custom Hogues with the Delta medallion installed. Otherwise it’s stock.  
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Thanks Nick, What I'm seeing is that the early ones had the "Delta Gold Cup" on the right side. Then, somewhere around serial number GC03000'ish the roll marks on the right side changed to "Gold Cup National Match" with the cup emblem, which is the version mine has. Then again at some point they went back to just "Delta Gold Cup" like yours. Kinda strange |
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Originally Posted By 1badf350: Thanks Nick, What I'm seeing is that the early ones had the "Delta Gold Cup" on the right side. Then, somewhere around serial number GC03000'ish the roll marks on the right side changed to "Gold Cup National Match" with the cup emblem, which is the version mine has. Then again at some point they went back to just "Delta Gold Cup" like yours. Kinda strange  |
