Colt Army Special

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The Army Special was offered in both blue and nickel plated finishes. Take the grips off and see if there is any sign of the original finish under them. If you still can't tell, touch the side of the frame under where the grips would be with a Q-Tip and a drop of cold blue. The cold blue will darken plain steel, but not that which is nickel plated.
 
My dad has a .32-20 with the 6in barrel in blue from 1922 too! Very nice gun to shoot, took a while to get used to the sights, but once I did it was very accurate. The DA trigger was nice and crisp, but I did most of the shooting in SA.
BTW we purchased new WWB 50 rounders from a local store for $54.95, the only box they had. The guy at the counter had never even heard of the round in 3 years working there!
 
BTW we purchased new WWB 50 rounders from a local store for $54.95, the only box they had.

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If you still want to shoot your revolver (which is a very good one) consider either reloading, or buy cowboy loads from outfits like Blackhills. The cost will still be high, but not that high.
 
Oh yes indeed, reloads in the future. It was a last minute decision to take the gun with us on that particular range trip, so we were limited on available ammo choices. We do plan on shooting with the gun again, but not much and not often. I've also talked Dad around to my POV on ammo, that it's unwise to NOT have ammo for any particular gun you own. It's a little harder for him, since out of his 20 some guns, only 2 share ammo, and 4 of them are expensive, very hard to find, and usually both.
 
32-20 Colt Army Special

Pyramid head,

I agree with your friends. This Colt in the photo is not in original condition.

This looks like it's been acid dipped (washed) and then sealed in some sort of matte finish. The grips look like they're from a newer Colt. It looks too clean. Like an old Twenty Dollar Gold piece or a Morgan Dollar that's been dipped. These look too clean also.

As for original finish, my guess is it was probably blued.

Some Photo's:

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/ind...viewPicture&friendID=59400763&albumId=1141976

The serial #104XXX (first series).

$54.95 for fifty rounds? See photo's.

ought8

P.S. Sorry that the photos are of poor quality. I assure you that I'll get this digital camera down. "First the powder, ...then the shot"
 
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Thanks a bunch!

That pretty much seals any doubt I've had about this gun. I always wondered why the grips covered up half of the horse, as it never dawned on me that the grips weren’t original. Fortunately the main reason I bought the gun was because it reminded me of a Colt Python and not exactly for its history and originality otherwise I'd be pissed. Out of a hunch I did a search for Colt Python to refresh my memory and voile la!

http://tinyurl.com/2hqy6z

So that’s where my grips probably came from. The Python’s design looks like it was somewhat influenced from the army special now that I compare them.
 
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