Colt question
I have a Colt .38 Army Special Revolver that I got from my great uncle when he passed recently. I cannot find anything similar to it. The Serial number lists it to be made in 1911. It has a pearl handle and is very ornately engraved. Any info would be appreciated...
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I picked up a Colt Detective Special at the Portland Or. Gun show last weekend, serial # 476054. It doesn't have a barrel shroud, has wood grips that are flat on the bottom with the edges beveled. Can some one give me a date of manufacture. It's about an 80-85% gun, and according to the 29th Blue Book of Gun Values it's worth $425-$500 if it's a first issue. Any assistance and information is appreciated. Thanks for looking.
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Most of the older Colts out there of the Army Spec, Officers Model, Police Positive, New Service, etc, type, do that. It is a wear characteristic. After a few hundred or a few thousand cycles that happens.
One might say it was a kind of fail-safe design by product rather than design intent. It has withstood the test of time because even when badly worn or sloppy, the old Colts continue to line up the cylinder.
What the gunsmith says it true, pulling the trigger aligns he cylinder with the bore. Before this mechanism appeared, Colt had produced several marginal DAs dating back into the 1870s.0 -
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