Colt Police Positive-"Special"

Mgderf

December 20, 2009 13:54

I recently traded into a Colt Police Positive. I was looking for more info. about the grips. I went to the Colt Forum and found the same grips that are on my gun.
www.coltforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23986&page=2

Does anyone know if these were stock grips, or after-market? There is a thumb index(?) protrusion on the left grip, and it bears NO Colt emblem.

I then noticed that there was a reference to a "Colt Police Positive Special", and that this model was chambered for the .38 special round.Mine IS marked .38 special, and from the serial number, I traced mine to 1928.

I'm wondering about the grips, but also, are the "Special" models any more, or less desirable to collectors?

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  Zinderbloc

  December 20, 2009 15:09

  I have a Colt Police Positive Special from 1922. The grips shown in your picture are not like the ones that came with my gun. Yours are aftermarket, I think.
  
  Replacement grips for this model are not at all uncommon, since the original Colt grips were prone to chipping.
  
  The Special marking told buyers that this .38 was not the old .38 short (.38 S&W) but rather the newer .38 Special.

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  mrs102

  December 20, 2009 16:26

  The Police Positive was not chambered for a 38 Special. It has a shorter cylinder than the Police Positive Special which was chambered for 38 Special and other calibers. The Police Positive was chambered for 32 Colt, 32 New Police, 38 New Police and 38 S&W.

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