[natedog]

Let's see some ponies

[Standing Wolf]

I've posted pictures of my Pythons before, but believe I haven't shown any of my Detective Special. It's the only nickel-plated gun I've ever owned. I wanted it blued, but couldn't find one for love nor money at the time. The stocks are by Hogue in coco bolo. The single action trigger breaks at about 2.25 pounds, and the double action pull is every bit as smooth as that on my best Python.

This would be my carry gun, but a pre-agreement Smith & Wesson model 60 .357 magnum packs a more useful punch.

Sad to say, I still haven't bought a safe, so this one, all my Pythons, my High Standards, and one or two other irreplaceable guns reside in bank boxes. One of these days...!

[natedog]

One word: classy.

P.S. How do you get your pics so good? What kind of camera do you use

[popeye]

A couple o mine

[xring]

My Trooper Mk3.

r

[JBP]

An oldie but goodie New Service 38 spl.

[Vern Humphrey]

Here's my Colt New Service in .45 Colt. The bowie knife is a Model 14 Randall -- the perfect adventure pair.

[GoldenLoki]

Standing Wolf, I need to get some stocks like yours!

http://www.goldenloki.com/guns/colt/detspec.htm

disclaimer: don't mix alcohol w/ firearms, unless your just shooting pictures ;)

GL

[Standing Wolf]

Colt 1851 Navy revolver (Italian rather than authentic.)

[GoldenLoki]

SaxonPig wrote:
OK, first of all who puts ice in Jack Daniels? Secondly, don't you know that guns and liquor don't mix?

1. Me and enough people that they came up with a catchy little name for it called "on the rocks"

2. Covered in the disclaimer, and you can take the grouping up with the Bureau of ALCOHOL, Tobacco, and FIREARMS :D

Best, GL

[Bullet Bob]

New Frontier, with custom front sight:

http://www.fototime.com/78DDB8C7F61E662/standard.jpg

Colt .357:

http://www.fototime.com/68EB75B2CEA5383/standard.jpg

Detective Special:

http://www.fototime.com/ED426538D2E73E1/standard.jpg

1969 Woodsman Match Target:

http://www.fototime.com/C9EE664F79C2C26/standard.jpg

And about the alcohol ( or cars, guns, etc.) you pays your money, and you do what makes you happy, not how "they" say something should be done!

[Dave Markowitz]

My first Colt, picked up at the Valley Forge Gunshow today:

http://www.building-tux.com/images/Colt-New-Service-44.jpg

It's a Colt New Service "Old Model," chambered in .44-40 WCF and made some time between 1898 and 1909. Yep, it's old. Only scant traces of the original finish remain. Most of the gun is covered with a brown patina, but the inside of the bore and chambers look good. Because of the exterior condition I was able to pick it up relatively cheaply. I plan to shoot it a little -- there are 30 rounds left in that box that the gun is leaning on in the picture. And I figure I'll pick up some .44-40 cowboy action shooting loads, which are downloaded to provided wimpy ballistics putting less stress on the old gal.

[guy sajer]

JBP
Is it possible that your Colt is a DA 38 "New Army" ? Which is actually 38 Long Colt and is a smaller frame size .

New Service 44-40 1920
http://thehighroad.org/attachment.php?s=&postid=245952

[guy sajer]

New Service Shooting Master .38 spl 1936
http://thehighroad.org/attachment.php?s=&postid=245939

[guy sajer]

Detective Special .38 spl 1938
http://thehighroad.org/attachment.php?s=&postid=244810

[JBP]

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Is it possible that your Colt is a DA 38 "New Army" ? Which is actually 38 Long Colt and is a smaller frame size .
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The revolver was adverstised as a New Service. According to the best web information I could find at http://www.armchairgunshow.com/colthe-info.html its serial number 161XXX makes it a New Service Improved Model since it also has the July 4, 1905 patent date stamped on the cylinder. However, it may be a New Model since the Oct. 5, 1926 patent date is also on the barrel. I guess it depends on the serial # of 325,00 being the cutoff for the Improved or New Model.

[guy sajer]

Thanks for replying .
Your Colt having been made in approximately 1916 based on the 116,xxx range serial number is a rarity . It is a special order caliber as Colt didn't catalog the .38 Spl until around 1930 .
How is the caliber marked on the barrel ? It should read
"New Service .38 "
I collect the New Service . Thanks for sharing .

Mitch

[JBP]

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Your Colt having been made in approximately 1916 based on the 116,xxx range serial number is a rarity . It is a special order caliber as Colt didn't catalog the .38 Spl until around 1930 .
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Mitch: I doubt if it was made in 1916. Serial # is 161XXX, not 116XXX. Also, the date of Oct 5, 1926 is stamped on top of the barrel. On the left side of the barrel it is stamped Colt D.A. 38

[guy sajer]

My mistake . 166,xxx makes it 1918 . The barrel markings are confusing . Every commercial N.S. that I've seen was marked New Service on the side of the barrel followed by the caliber .

Just one of those " if that gun could only talk " guns .

[Lone Star]

Just took a look at JBP's gun. It's either a New Army or New Navy .38 Long Colt.

Look at it: this is just not a New Service. Anyone who knows Colts can see that at a glance.

This gun evolved into the Official Police, but was first called the Army Special from 1908. The gun shown was probably made prior to 1908 when the Army Special came out. These guns were made on Colt's .41 frame, used also for .41 Long Colt.

Lone Star

[guy sajer]

That is my opinion also . The "longish" frame is rather distinctive . I didn't want to make an issue out of it .

Easy way to verify New Service would be to measure the cylinder diameter . Also , the serial number on the N.S. is on the inside of frame visible when the cylinder is open . The N.A. DA38 serial number is on the butt .

The 1926 patent date would mean that it would have had to have been rebarreled at some point in time based on the serial number provided regardless of whether it's a N.S. or N.A.