I have a family revolver that is a colt police positive .38 special, 5" barrel with black plastic grips, last patent is Oct. 5, 1926, serial is 151XXX on both the cylinder and frame. There is a C stamped on the frame under the serial. Both grips have a corner knocked off the square butt, and most the finish is gone, so not much collector value to it.
I was looking at proofhouse for the serial number to ID what year it was made under police positive special, which comes up with 1918 and '19, which isn't possible given the patent stamp.
Under police positive .38 would put it between '23 and '24, again not possible
Am I not looking it up correctly? I would think a list of serial numbers by model would be kinda idiotproof.
Also, the gun also has a tall front blade sight and a dovetailed v notch sight on the rear. Are these later additions or a option from the factory?
I was looking at proofhouse for the serial number to ID what year it was made under police positive special, which comes up with 1918 and '19, which isn't possible given the patent stamp.
Under police positive .38 would put it between '23 and '24, again not possible
Am I not looking it up correctly? I would think a list of serial numbers by model would be kinda idiotproof.
Also, the gun also has a tall front blade sight and a dovetailed v notch sight on the rear. Are these later additions or a option from the factory?