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Today I found a Colt .38 spc, nickle plated. Detective Special with a 2" bbl in a small gunshop in SW Florida.
The gun has a clean bore and excellant plating. I followed Jim March's check out procedure exactly, every step checked out perfectly, I even had feeler gauges in my tool box and I used them to check the cylinder/ barrel gap. Had my Mini Mag light and carefully checked the timing. To say I made the dealer nervous would be an understatement, he said "nobody ever checked one like that before." Thank you very much Mr. March, your post made shopping for a used gun actually fun.
The gun is all original, numbers match and it has the stock walnut checkered grips. The shop owner had a $325 price tag on the piece, after I completed Mr March's procedure, I frowned a little, took a deep breath and offered him $250 which he promptly accepted. It has no box or papers but I think I got a good deal, that is unless you Wheel Gun guys disagree. Please let me know, I'm not thin skinned, I can take it if you think I've been had.
One other thing, can anyone tell the year of manufacture? The serial no is F270XX, it has a small no.6 on the frame just below the left side plate just above the trigger guard. Also there is a very small triangle just above the front of the trigger guard with the letter P in the triangle.
Thank you all for any information you can share with me. J.W.
The gun has a clean bore and excellant plating. I followed Jim March's check out procedure exactly, every step checked out perfectly, I even had feeler gauges in my tool box and I used them to check the cylinder/ barrel gap. Had my Mini Mag light and carefully checked the timing. To say I made the dealer nervous would be an understatement, he said "nobody ever checked one like that before." Thank you very much Mr. March, your post made shopping for a used gun actually fun.
The gun is all original, numbers match and it has the stock walnut checkered grips. The shop owner had a $325 price tag on the piece, after I completed Mr March's procedure, I frowned a little, took a deep breath and offered him $250 which he promptly accepted. It has no box or papers but I think I got a good deal, that is unless you Wheel Gun guys disagree. Please let me know, I'm not thin skinned, I can take it if you think I've been had.
One other thing, can anyone tell the year of manufacture? The serial no is F270XX, it has a small no.6 on the frame just below the left side plate just above the trigger guard. Also there is a very small triangle just above the front of the trigger guard with the letter P in the triangle.
Thank you all for any information you can share with me. J.W.