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Colt Frame terminology......

prangle
Can anyone tell me where to find ALL the frame designations. Examples=
J-frame o-frame I-frame I need an example of each one.
Thanks!
Please ,someone that knows what they are talking about.
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  • peabo
    Go to www.e-gunparts.com they have them all listed.

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  • prangle
    Where??
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  • peabo
    When you get into e-gunparts, on the left hand side, where it says "order parts by manufacturer", click on the c for colt and scroll down. They list accessories for I frame, e frame etc. You should be able to figure it out from there(which firearm is which frame size) If you are asking about a particular firearm, maybe I can look in my catalog and tell you what the frame size is.

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  • Rocklobster
    D Frame: Agent, Cobra, Diamondback, Police Positive and Special, Viper Detective Special, Commando Special, etc.

    E/I Frame: Official Police, Officers Model, Python, Trooper. (Lumped together)

    F Frame: Navy, Pocket Navy, Walkers, Dragoons etc.

    G, K, Q Frame: 22 Scouts and 22 New Frontier Scouts, Buntline Scouts etc.

    J Frame: Trooper MKIII, Lawman MKIII, Official Police MKIII. Metropolitan MKIII.

    P Frame: Single Action Army.

    SF Frame: SFVI, DSII, Magnum Carry.

    AA Frame: King Cobra,

    V Frame: Peacekeeper, Trooper MKV, Lawman MKV

    MM Frame: Anaconda.

    Prior to the very early 1950's Colt did not assign letter codes to their guns, so as example, referring to a 1930's Police Positive Special as a "D" frame is technically wrong.

    In those days Colt referred to the various frames by names.
    As example the large frame was the "New Service", a small frame would be called the "Police Positive", or "Police Positive Special" depending on the actual gun, and the medium frame like the Official Police was known as the "41 Frame" after an early ancestor.



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  • Fluw
    Thank's Rocklobster,
    nice and clear overview.
    Am I right when I assume, that the same size frame change name when made in stainles - as in the case of the Python model and when the MarkV becomes the stainles King Cobra?
    Regards

    Fluw
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