A photo of the Texas Ranger whose Colt Super .38

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There is a great lesson in this thread! I bought this historically important Colt off a table at a small gun show in Custer, WA. Many people walked right by it before I got to it. I heard one "expert" say that it had to much "wear".. He was looking for pristine examples.

I want the ones that show honest usage because they have a story to tell. Many pre-war Colt Super .38s were carried by LEOs of various federal, state and local agencys. So, every example I acquire, deserves a letter from Colts.

As an example, I bought #533 years ago, and got a letter. It was shipped to the Los Angeles Hardware Co. in 1929 for a gentleman from Butte, Montana. I contacted the Montana Historical Society and lo and behold the owner was notorious as the owner of the largest brothel and bar in Butte during the 1920s and 30s. The Colt had been carried and probably used, as Butte was a wild and wooley frontier mining town during the 20s and 30s.

BOY, IF IT COULD JUST TALK!!!!! My kinda pistola!!!!!!!

This is the right stock of Rohatch's Colt. It has the wear pattern of a pistol that has been carried. Note the small scratches on the front grip, again sure signs of a gun that has been carried by a right handed person in a holster. So who would be carrying a Colt Super .38. a law enforcement officer!!!!

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Great find, it's great that someone who cares about the history of guns owns it.



Where are your guns on display?


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My dad grew up near a retired Texas Ranger. He was assigned to the East Texas oil field towns in the 1920s. He said Dodge City was like Disneyland compared to those. Many used the .38 Super with armor piercing special bullets to shoot at cars. He said a pistol, however was a last resort weapon. His favorites were a Winchester Model 97, and a short barrel BAR full auto specially made for the Rangers. He said one night in Burk Burnet, Texas eight people were killed in separate gunfights. I'm sure your 1911 could tell some stories. He said water wagons would go out to the drilling rigs and charge $1.00 a glass for water.
 
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That's a very nice Colt with a documented history that would be hard to top. Colts and S&W Registered Magnums with either Texas Ranger or FBI provenance are as good as it gets.

Chuck Norris has nothing to do with it...besides, he's just the Ab-Flex infommercial guy or something like that ;)
 
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