You werent kidding! Beautiful!Ask and thou shall receive! Please excuse the phone pics...
It is pictured with a 1928 Colt Shooting Master 38 in 38 special. And it appears the 32 is a 4" barrel.
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According to the Colt Fever article, the overlapping grips were fitted to the PPS starting in '66. If correct that would make yours a '67. As far as the contradictory info from Colt.....many paper records were lost over the years due to water and fire damage- or simply lost. Converting those old paper ledgers into digital format, inconsistencies are bound to pop up. Heck, Smith and Wesson wont even try to nail down a M10s birthday within less than a decade or so.Thank you. My grandpa had pretty good taste, most of the time!
Amy clue on the 1964 vs 1967 discrepancy from the colt website?
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Wrong thread, this is the Colt thread.Model 26 Chief's Special, picked up yesterday. 5 Shot, 1 7/8" barrel, Serial number J127044 which I think places it being shipped from the factory around 1969-1970, but would love to know more and for sure. Super clean gun, nice and tight, and probably the sweetest DA trigger on any of my Smith's. View attachment 965181
Whoops. I need to pick up a matching Colt Detective....my Dad has one from the 60’s.Wrong thread, this is the Colt thread.
And I need an Anaconda in .45 ColtWhoops. I need to pick up a matching Colt Detective....my Dad has one from the 60’s.
1943 according to Colts lookup tool.Official Police: 6 inches, wood grips, checkered hammer spur and trigger.
Serial # is 6891**
Can anyone put a date on this one for me?
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Most wartime production was parkerized too. Yours is either an anomaly or was refinished. The patina certainly looks genuine, however.Great. Thanks!
From what I've been reading Colt went to "Coltwood" grips among other changes to reduce manufacturing costs during the war so if mine is all original it must have been among the last before the changes were made.