Colt 38 special

timbob6886

September 13, 2003 19:59

I have a Colt 38 special that I cannot identify. It has a 2 inch barrel, 6 shot revolver. It has standard wooden grips but has a military shield at the top where the colt emblem usually is. The serial number is 4799-LW. It looks like a early model colt cobra and the ejection rod is almost as long as the barrel and is not enclosed. I had heard that colt had made a revolver that designated as the "Airman" but I can't find any reference to it. Any help please.
Timbob

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  timbob6886

  September 13, 2003 19:59

  I have a friend whose Father had a Cold 38 special.
  
  She showed it to me and the markings are as follows:
  
  Patent 1884, 1900, 1905
  
  Colt Army
  
  38 special
  
  PTFA1MFG
  
  It is double action but that is all I can find on the gun.
  
  It is in pretty good shape.
  
  Any help as to what it really is and a ballpark value?
  
  Thanks

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  p3skyking

  September 13, 2003 20:05

  Check under "Aircrewman" and I think you will get a hit.
  
  non illegitimus carborundum

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  rufe-snow

  September 13, 2003 20:18

  My reference says that Colt made 1,189, of the Model M13 "Aircrewman" revolvers for the U S Air Force between 1951 and 1956.
  Yours fall into the correct s. n. range. Does it have any additional markings such as "A. F. NO. XXX" ?

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